2004: Please look at page [page] of the booklet. Recently there has been a lot of talk about women’s rights. Some people feel that women should have an equal role with men in running business, industry, and government. (Suppose these people are at one end of a scale, at point 1.) Others feel that a woman’s place is in the home. (Suppose these people are at the other end, at point 7.) And, of course, some other people have opinions somewhere in between, at points 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Where would you place [the Democratic presidential candidate] (on this issue)? ALL YEARS: Recently there has been a lot of talk about women’s rights. Some people feel that women should have an equal role with men in running business, industry, and government. Others feel that women’s place is in the home. Where would you place [the Democratic Presidential Candidate] on this scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)
Democratic presidential candidate on women's equal role · Asked in 8 waves, 1972–2008 · 13,135 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 9 in 2000. NA code treated as not asked where it exceeds 10% of a year's answers (an unlabeled split or filter): 9 in 2008. Kept and flagged: 0 (dk), 8 (dk), 9 (no_answer). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: See NOTE VCF9081.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Women and men should have an equal role |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 2008 Time Series Study | 2008-09-02 to 2008-12-30 | face to face | 2,322 | 1,147 |
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V043199. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,212 |
| ANES 2000 Time Series Study Source variable: V000761. | 2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22 | mixed | 1,807 | 1,002 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V960544. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,714 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880388. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,039 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V801095. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,408 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763789. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 1,909 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720234. |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
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| All respondents | 35% | 22% | 14% | 19% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 1147 | ±4 | |
| Less than high school | 28% | 16% | 14% | 29% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 154 | ±10 | |
| High school | 26% | 21% | 17% | 22% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 404 | ±6 | |
| Some college | 39% | 24% | 10% | 16% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 348 | ±7 | |
| Bachelor's | 49% | 20% | 16% | 12% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 164 | ±9 | |
| Postgraduate | 42% | 33% | 14% | 10% | 0% | – | – | 72 | ±14 |
ANES 2008 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 |
| face to face |
| 2,705 |
| 2,704 |