Generational Dissonance or Cultural Persistence? European Immigration and the Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Beliefs.

This article examines the intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes about the domestic division of labor among immigrant and native families using data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (CILS4EU). It finds that mothers' gender traditionalism strongly influences adolescents' gender beliefs in both immigrant and native families, with no significant difference in the strength of this transmission between the groups. Immigrant mothers, particularly those from non-Western origins, hold more traditional gender attitudes, which are persistently transmitted to their children, resulting in higher gender traditionalism among immigrant adolescents compared to natives. Although adolescents' gender traditionalism declines modestly over time and peer influence is significant, parental influence remains robust, underscoring the family domestic sphere as a key context for the reproduction of gender beliefs despite broader societal egalitarian norms.