Russian men on gender roles in parental leave 2020

The absolute majority of Russian men believed that parental leave should be taken by the mother of the child to take care of the newborn, according to a survey from 2020. Only 12 percent of male respondents in Russia considered parental leave to be an equal responsibility of both parents.

Opinion of men on who should take a parental leave upon a child's birth in Russia in 2020

Characteristic	Share of respondents
The mother	87%
Together or in turns by both the father and the mother	12%
The father	1%

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Release date

October 2020

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

August to September 2020

Number of respondents

1,600 respondents*

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Male respondents

Supplementary notes

* Refers to the total sample. Only answers from male respondents were included in the results.

The survey respondents were asked the following question: "There are different points of view about the roles of a man and a woman in a modern family, which statement is closer to you concerning parental leave?"

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