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Exploring the Gender Gap

Women, Men and Public Attitudes toward European Integration

Department of Political Science, Furman University, USA

James L. Guth

Department of Political Science, Furman University, USA

We attempt to further the `normal' study of public opinion in the European Union (EU) by examining the relationship of gender to attitudes toward integration. Using Eurobarometer 42 we demonstrate that a modest gender gap exists, with women being less enthusiastic about the EU than men. We then construct a model to explain male and female attitudes using measures of political distance, women's values, ideology, economic vulnerability and national tradition. Women's attitudes are more sensitive to knowledge about the EU and to economic pessimism than men's, while men's attitudes are determined more by interest in politics, traditionalist values, ideology, and working-class status. We conclude by analyzing interesting differences that emerge when respondents are grouped by `type of welfare state'.

Key Words: economics • gender • public opinion • religion • welfare state

European Union Politics, Vol. 1, No. 3, 267-291 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1465116500001003001


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