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Views towards gender equality in Australia
Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about gender equality in Australia?
TOTAL: Agree | Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||||
Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
Gender equality, meaning that men and women are equal, has come far enough already | 45% | 56% | 34% | 45% | 51% | 39% | 40% | 52% | 22% | 52% | ||
Gender equality has already been mostly achieved | 50% | 62% | 39% | 52% | 54% | 45% | 46% | 58% | 29% | 55% | ||
Work to achieve gender equality today benefits mostly well-to-do people | 60% | 63% | 57% | 69% | 65% | 47% | 61% | 57% | 60% | 64% | ||
There should be laws that require equal salaries for men and women in the same position | 83% | 77% | 89% | 82% | 82% | 86% | 87% | 83% | 87% | 77% | ||
Although there has been significant progress on gender equality there is still a long way to go | 76% | 69% | 82% | 78% | 77% | 72% | 80% | 69% | 92% | 74% | ||
Base (n) | 1,074 | 527 | 547 | 326 | 363 | 385 | 335 | 396 | 106 | 138 | ||
- Agreement that there should be laws that require equal salaries for men and women in the same position is high overall, with 89% of women and 77% of men agreeing. Of this, 73% of women and 49% of men strongly agree.
- Many also agree although there has been significant progress on gender equality there is still a long way to go, with 82% of women and 69% of men in agreement with this (respectively, 50% and 38% strongly agree).
- However, men are still more likely than women to agree that gender equality has come far enough already (56% to 34%) and that it has already been mostly achieved (62% to 39%).

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