title: Men's perceptions of their roles and responsibilities regarding sex, contraception and childrearing.
abstract: Data from the 1991 National Survey of Men examine men's perceptions about their roles in relation to those of women in a couple's decision-making about sex, contraception and the rearing of children. A majority of men (61%) perceive that there is gender quality in sexual decision-making, and more than three-quarters (78%) believe that men and women share equal responsibility for decisions about contraception. However, men are three times as likely to say that women play a greater role in a couple's decisions about sex as they are to believe that men have the greater voice (30% compared with 9%). In contrast, men are more than twice as likely to perceive than men have a greater responsibility in contraceptive decisions as they are to say that women do (15% compared with 7%). Finally, 88% of men strongly agree that a man has the same responsibilities as a woman for the children they have together.
authors.affiliation: Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Grady
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanfer
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Billy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lincoln-Hanson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D003267:Contraception; D004522:Educational Status; D005783:Gender Identity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010332:Paternal Behavior; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012067:Religion; D019529:Sexuality; D012941:Social Responsibility