Stockemer Daniel, Plank Friedrich, Niemann Arne
School of Political Studies University of Ottawa Ottawa Canada.
Department of Political Science University of Mainz Mainz Germany.
Soc Sci Q. 2021 Sep;102(5):2383-2393. doi: 10.1111/ssqu.13028. Epub 2021 Aug 25.
The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis has led to shutdowns of the cultural, associational, and economic life in many parts of the world and had a severe impact on gender relations in many societies. This study engages with gender differences in public support of severe infringements of personal and economic freedoms.
We use data from an original survey conducted by CINT in the United States and Germany in June 2020. Descriptive statistics both aggregated for the two countries and then split by country as well as multinomial logistic regression analyses gauge gender differences in support of COVID-19 related confinement measures.
Men and women rather converge on the level of risk COVID-19 might cause to their health and economic situation, but the two sexes still differ in their assessment of their preferred government reaction to the disease. Women are approximately one-third more likely to advocate stricter infringements, compared to men. This finding illustrates that while both sexes share similar risk evaluations, women are more prudent for their health than men.
With this study, we add to the literature on risk aversion and gender differences. In a pandemic situation, women appear to be more risk averse than men.
2019年新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）危机导致世界许多地区的文化、社团及经济生活停摆，并对许多社会中的性别关系产生了严重影响。本研究探讨了公众对严重侵犯个人和经济自由行为的支持态度中的性别差异。
我们使用了CINT于2020年6月在美国和德国进行的一项原始调查的数据。对两国汇总后的数据以及按国家划分的数据进行描述性统计，并通过多项逻辑回归分析来衡量在支持与COVID-19相关的隔离措施方面的性别差异。
男性和女性在COVID-19可能对其健康和经济状况造成的风险程度上较为一致，但在对他们所倾向的政府应对该疾病的反应的评估上，两性仍然存在差异。与男性相比，女性主张采取更严格限制措施的可能性大约高出三分之一。这一发现表明，虽然两性的风险评估相似，但女性在健康方面比男性更为谨慎。
通过本研究，我们补充了关于风险规避和性别差异的文献。在大流行情况下，女性似乎比男性更厌恶风险。
