Quantitative methods and gender inequalities
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Authors
Scott, Jacqueline
Publication Date
2010-07Journal Title
International Journal of Social Research Methodology
Series
13/3
Language
English
Type
Article
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Scott, J. (2010). Quantitative methods and gender inequalities. International Journal of Social Research Methodology http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/242172
Abstract
This paper argues that concerns that the feminist agenda is better served by
qualitative not quantitative methodology were based on a rather narrow definition
of feminism and a somewhat misleading portrayal of quantitative research. Using
exemplar studies undertaken as part of the ESRC Research Priority Network on
Gender Inequalities in Production and Reproduction (GeNet), I show how
quantitative analysis can forward our understanding of the processes that underlie
gender inequalities. Quantitative approaches are essential to examine the
processes of selection and exclusion that reflect and create gender inequalities as
manifest in changing lives and structures. Quantitative analysis of longitudinal
data is used for investigating dynamic processes and different patterns of gendered
resource allocation in productive and reproductive activities; whereas in-depth
qualitative analysis is used to unpick the different national policy contexts for
work-family balance. This can help inform how quantitative researchers (some of
whom are feminists) interpret what they count
Keywords
GeNet, quantative methods, gender inequalities, statistical, longitudinal
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