Intrafamiliar congruence in gender-role ideology: Husband-wife versus parents-offspring

The study examined intrafamiliar congruence (i.e., mother-father and parent -offspring) in gender role ideology (gender role attitudes and sex-typing o f occupations) among a sample of Israeli fathers, mothers, and adolescent o ffspring(n=134 in each oroup). The findings revealed a relatively high corr elation between spouses for gender role attitudes, but only a moderate corr elation for sex-typing of occupations, Similarly, a moderate correlation wa s found between parents and offspring in both aspects of gender role ideolo gy. Out of all family members, mothers expressed the most liberal gender ro le ideology, whereas fathers were the most conservative. Moreover, a correl ation was found between religiosity and gender role ideology. In addition, mothers of Asian-African origin and their husbands expressed more gender ro le attitudes than did mothers born in other countries. Among all family mem bers, gender role attitudes and occupational sex-typing were interrelated.