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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://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.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://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/793/inside-the-middle-class)