Table 3.

Correlation of GMS with some country-level measures of essentialist gender attributes, traditional gender roles, and liberal values

	GMS
Essentialist gender attributes (“horizontal” stereotypes):
Gender gap in feminine extraversion (49)	0.763***
Gender gap in feminine openness (49)	0.698***
Gender gap in the share of individuals agreeing with the statement that family is important (WVS 2010–2014)	0.738***
Traditional gender roles (“vertical” stereotypes): belief by women and men that…
“Women should take care of their home and children” (ISSP 2012)	−0.386**
“Being a housewife is fulfilling” (ISSP 2012)	−0.392**
“University is more important for boys than girls” (WVS 2010–1014)	−0.532***
Index of traditional gender norms (opposite of Equality index, WVS 2005–2009)	−0.559***
“Liberal values”:
Individualism (33)	0.611***
Emancipative values (WVS 2005–2009)	0.621***

The table shows the correlation between our measure of GMS and a series of country-level variables. See SI Appendix for details on the construction of GMS and the other variables. ***P < 0.01, **P < 0.05, *P < 0.1.