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Women in business

8 Mar 2016

Thinking about men and women holding senior business positions, which of the following statements is closest to your view?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Men Women
Men will continue to hold more top business positions than women in the future 50%   52% 55% 41% 46%   46% 53%
It’s only a matter of time before women hold as many top business positions as men 38%   38% 37% 51% 41%   39% 37%
Don’t know 13%   11% 8% 8% 14%   15% 11%

50% think that men will continue to hold more top business positions than women in the future while 38% think that it’s only a matter of time before women hold as many top business positions as men.

53% of women and 46% of men agree that men will continue to hold more top business positions.

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