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•Men are more confident of women’s equality than women. Sixty-one percent of men, compared to 51 percent of women, state that men and women are "basically similar in their personalities, interests and abilities" (apart from physical differences). A mere 37 percent of men, compared to 47 percent of women, report that men and women are "basically different." The same pattern holds for views of equal opportunities. Men are less likely to admit that society favors men (47 percent) than women (53 percent). Men are more likely to declare that women enjoy equal job opportunities (51 percent) than women (46 percent).

The results from this study are based on 2,022 interviews with adults in major cities within five Latin American countries (about 400 interviews per country). Random sampling procedures were used, and quotas were set by age, sex, education level, and head of household occupation . The margin of error for the sample is plus or minus 5 percentage points at the country level. The aggregate figures used in this summary represent simple averages across the six cities included in the survey (Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, San Salvador, and São Paulo). They do not represent the cities in proportion to the national population. Where possible, trend comparisons are shown to a 1996 international Gallup study in Colombia, El Salvador and Mexico.