Table 6.

Attitudinal changes in issues regarding family and gender in three Latin American countries, by age and sex, 1990-2006

		Men					Women
		≤ 29	30-49	50+	Total	N	≤ 29	30-49	50+	Total	N
Marriage is an outdated institution (% agree)
Argentina	1991	13.5	11.4	4.8	9.6	460	13.7	10.5	4.4	9.2	502
	2006	38.1	29.0	22.8	29.7	434	38.2	32.3	22.0	30.1	521
Chile	1990	18.5	15.4	10.4	15.4	702	17.0	16.1	10.2	14.9	774
	2006	42.4	26.6	23.3	29.8	433	39.3	29.6	22.3	29.6	530
Brazil	1991	29.0	28.4	20.5	26.9	875	32.1	26.1	18.2	26.7	868
	2006	30.4	21.8	19.2	23.4	619	17.7	19.6	19.7	19.1	871
Child needs home with father and mother (% agree)
Argentina	1991	91.5	93.4	97.6	94.4	462	94.2	96.1	96.1	95.6	519
	2006	83.7	93.6	98.0	92.0	449	79.6	80.3	89.9	83.6	518
Chile	1990	93.5	93.6	98.2	94.6	708	89.5	90.1	94.1	90.9	781
	2006	66.7	84.0	89.0	80.9	440	59.3	66.5	78.5	68.6	539
Brazil	1991	89.8	92.2	96.5	92.2	890	82.0	80.9	94.0	84.3	885
	2006	82.6	89.6	91.5	87.9	622	73.2	76.3	81.0	76.6	867
Being a housewife is just as fulfilling (% disagree + strongly disagree)
Argentina	1991	42.9	39.0	44.8	42.1	401	54.6	46.6	28.9	42.6	496
	2006	50.4	45.0	53.4	49.5	364	45.3	46.1	30.9	40.1	506
Chile	1990	35.1	23.0	11.9	24.9	687	35.4	29.6	15.3	28.0	765
	2006	48.3	43.3	24.3	38.4	419	55.4	44.7	31.9	43.0	542
Brazil	1991	43.5	36.3	27.2	37.0	862	51.5	39.0	29.4	41.8	872
	2006	51.9	40.7	39.3	43.8	601	58.7	53.6	45.3	53.0	869
Priority for men if jobs are scarce (% agree)
Argentina	1991	25.2	23.1	31.1	26.5	471	13.1	21.8	29.8	22.2	517
	2006	26.9	29.4	32.2	29.5	454	17.6	14.2	32.8	22.0	523
Chile	1990	34.0	35.0	50.0	38.1	713	30.3	33.7	49.0	36.5	781
	2006	24.0	28.9	41.4	31.6	446	21.1	19.8	32.8	24.6	548
Brazil	1991	39.8	37.2	45.8	40.1	892	33.8	33.7	49.0	37.2	885
	2006	26.2	19.9	33.1	25.6	624	10.6	20.1	27.5	19.2	870

Source: Own tabulations of the 1990 and 2005 rounds of the World Values Surveys data files.