Abstract
Using the latent-class analysis and related regression models, this paper identifies the relationship between the latent classes of gender-role attitude and status/class characteristics among married Japanese women and among married American women, and compares the results between the two countries. For Japanese women, three latent classes labeled as class with traditionality, class with nontraditionality/prowork combination, and class with nontraditionality/antiwork combination are identified. For American women, class with nontraditionality, class with traditionality/compatibility combination, and class with traditionality/incompatibility combination are identified. In each case, the analysis clarifies how the status/class attributes of married women, their husbands, and their fathers affect latent-class membership. Theoretical implications of findings are also discussed.
