Attitudes Toward Parenthood, Partnership, and Social Rights for Diverse Families: Evidence From a Pilot Study in Five Countries.
Attitudes toward the civil and social citizenship rights of individuals in diverse family forms are underresearched. We use cross-national data from a pilot study among students in Denmark, Spain, Croatia, Italy, and the Netherlands to explore cross-country differences in beliefs about partnership, parenthood, and social rights of same-sex couples vs. heterosexual couples or married vs. cohabiting couples. The results suggest a polarization in students' attitudes between countries that appear more traditional (i.e., Italy and Croatia) and less traditional (Spain and the Netherlands), where the rights of married heterosexual couples are privileged over other family forms more so than in nontraditional countries. Moreover, equality in social rights is generally more widely accepted than equality in civil rights, particularly in relationship to parenthood rights and in more traditional countries. We discuss the implications of these findings and the implications for further research in this underexplored area of attitudinal research.
a Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science , Utrecht University , Utrecht , The Netherlands.
Mara A
MA
Yerkes
b Collegio Carlo Alberto , Moncalieri , Turin , Italy.
Giulia Maria
GM
Dotti Sani
c Department of Cultures , Politics, and Society, University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Albeto , Lungo Dora Siena, Turin , Italy.
Cristina
C
Solera
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002961:Civil Rights; D017523:Croatia; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009426:Netherlands; D016487:Parenting; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students
Citizenship rights; family diversity; gay and lesbian families; parenthood rights; partnership rights; social rights