Britons’ take on the gender pay gap: past, present and future
YouGov's @BethKMann1 looks at how attitudes and awareness have shifted, and what people expect to come
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First, Brits still don't actually know what a gender pay gap is. Asked the correct definition...
❌ "Women being paid less than men for doing the same job" 50% (-14 from 2018)
✅ "Women as a whole being paid less on average than men as a whole" 41% (+11)
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Britons do, however, believe there is a gender pay gap
Very big gap - 11%
Fairly big gap - 46%
Small gap - 21%
No gap - 4%
👨 very/fairly big - 46%
👩 very/fairly big - 69%
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Among those who do think there is a gender pay gap in Britain, an optimistic 18% think it is likely to close in the next 5 years
42% think it likely to be gone within a decade, and 68% expect that it should be history within the next 50 years
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In what ways is it acceptable to try and close the gender pay gap? (1/2)
Education schemes to get girls into uni and higher paid roles: 63%
Actively ensuring gender diversity among colleagues: 62%
Actively celebrating female successes at work: 61%
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In what ways is it acceptable to try and close the gender pay gap? (2/2)
Workplace skills training specifically for women
✅41%
❌39%
Actively targeting women with job advertisements
✅39%
❌41%
All women shortlists for a job role
✅16%
❌65%
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Britons are no more likely to think women have equal job opportunities now than they did 10 years ago
ALL BRITONS
Do: 37% (-1)
Do not: 52% (-1)
WOMEN
Do: 22% (-3)
Do not: 66% (+3)
MEN
Do: 52% (+1)
Do not: 36% (-7)
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Britons are now far less satisfied with how women are treated in society than they were in 2010
ALL BRITONS
Satisfied: 50% (-21)
Dissatisfied: 41% (+19)
WOMEN
Satisfied: 46% (-19)
Dissatisfied: 48% (+21)
MEN
Satisfied: 53% (-24)
Dissatisfied: 34% (+18)
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