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%).