November 6, 2007
Gallup Poll results in three North African nations find large majorities of respondents agreeing that their countries should guarantee certain rights to women. At least 7 in 10 respondents in Tunisia (78%), Algeria (73%), and Morocco (71%) agree ...
July 12, 2007
Americans' belief that women have equal job opportunities as men in the U.S. grew over the past year, to the point that a solid majority now believe such equality exists. The shift could be a reaction to the ascension of women to some very high ...
July 5, 2007
Americans have a slight preference for a boy rather than a girl if they could have only one child, an attitude that has changed little in 66 years of Gallup polling. A strong preference among men to have a boy drives these attitudes; women do ...
June 14, 2007
Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats and independents to say that religion is very important in their lives. This relationship is particularly strong among whites and others who do not identify as black. Women who are ...
April 2, 2007
Sen. Hillary Clinton's disproportionate appeal to women is particularly evident among political independents who do not lean toward either political party. This gender gap is much less evident at the extremes of the political spectrum. There is ...
March 23, 2007
Sen. Hillary Clinton enjoys a 10-point advantage among Democratic women when their preferences for the Democratic presidential nomination are compared with those of Democratic men. This gender gap is built almost entirely on Clinton's relative ...
March 13, 2007
Analysis of recent Gallup surveys uncovers interesting relationships between voter characteristics and willingness to vote for presidential candidates with specific characteristics. Women are no more likely than men to vote for a female ...
February 1, 2007
Educational attainment among women in the United Arab Emirates has led to rising numbers of women in the country's labor force and leadership roles. Currently, 82% of Emiratis say women should be allowed to hold any job for which they're ...
September 1, 2006
Americans are nearly twice as likely to say they would prefer their new boss to be a man rather than a woman, though a greater percentage volunteers that the gender would make no difference. Most men say it would not matter whether their boss is ...
August 4, 2006
Overall, Gallup World Poll data find women in rural India to be on the lowest rung of the socioeconomic ladder, and even though they have far better living standards today than they did a decade ago, most of them do not have the capabilities to ...