We explore the role of gender‐unequal attitudes towards gender norms and perceived structural gender inequality in the migration decision‐making of men and women. Adopting a conceptual model based on possible selves theory, the research employs a contextual social identity perspective concerning gender. We posit that the disparate spheres of inequality experienced by women relative to men should have a distinct relationship with the constituent elements of migration decision‐making per gender. We expect a negative (positive) relationship between more conservative gender attitudes and women's (men's) aspirations to migrate. Similarly, gender inequalities concerning structural opportunities should have a negative (positive) relationship with women's (men's) expectation to migrate. We explore these propositions using survey data from a sample of 11,563 young adults aged 18‐39 from Afghanistan, Cabo Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Tunisia and Turkey. The results provide insights regarding the role of gender‐unequal attitudes and structural gender inequality in migration decision‐making. More conservative gender‐unequal attitudes are associated with a lower preference for migration among women. More conservative gender‐unequal attitudes have no statistically significant relationship with a preference for migration among men. On the other hand, higher perceived structural gender inequality is linked to higher expectations of migration for men, but with no statistically significant indication for women.

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性别态度、不平等和移民决策


我们探讨了性别不平等对性别规范的态度和感知的结构性性别不平等在男性和女性移民决策中的作用。该研究采用基于可能自我理论的概念模型，采用了关于性别的情境社会身份视角。我们假设女性相对于男性所经历的不同不平等领域应该与每个性别的移民决策的构成要素有明显的关系。我们预计更保守的性别态度与女性（男性）的移民愿望之间存在负（正）关系。同样，结构性机会方面的性别不平等应该与女性（男性）的移民期望产生负（正）关系。我们使用来自阿富汗、佛得角、埃塞俄比亚、加纳、几内亚、尼日利亚、巴基斯坦、索马里、突尼斯和土耳其的 11,563 名 18-39 岁年轻人的样本数据来探讨这些主张。研究结果提供了关于性别不平等态度和结构性性别不平等在移民决策中的作用的见解。更保守的性别不平等态度与女性对移民的偏好较低有关。更保守的性别不平等态度与男性对移民的偏好没有统计学上的显著关系。另一方面，较高的结构性性别不平等与男性对移民的较高期望有关，但女性没有统计学意义的指标。