---
"title": "A Woman’s Place Is in the Home"
"description": "Fewer than one-in-four Americans think that “women should return to their traditional roles in society.”"
"date": "2008-09-19"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/09/19/a-womans-place-is-in-the-home/"
---

# A Woman’s Place Is in the Home

Fewer than one-in-four Americans think that “women should return to their traditional roles in society.”Most Americans (72%) disagree with that statement, a level similar to those recorded in surveys over the past decade. Among major demographic groups, Hispanics (41%) and people with less than a high school education (51%) are among those most likely to agree. There is little difference among the classes on this question, with strong majorities in the upper class (76%) and lower class (70%) disagreeing that women should return to traditional roles.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/793/inside-the-middle-class)