Taiwanese intimate partners' gender determines latent profiles of gender role attitudes and perceived equity

Objective The current study examined whether Taiwanese intimate partners' gender would determine their latent profiles of gender role attitudes, warmth toward partner, and perceived equity at home and in society. Background Taiwanese middle‐aged adults have received traditional education rooted in Confucianism and encountered societal shifts in gender roles. How their gender in the context of East Asian cultures affects their gender role profiles is understudied. Method Using data collected in 2022 from the Taiwan Social Change Survey, a nationally representative data set, we conducted a latent profile analysis of Taiwanese intimate partners ( M age = 52.5, N = 1,024, 55% female) to explore potential determinants of their group membership of gender role profiles. Results Three latent groups were identified: The largest group (64%; mostly men) had the highest egalitarian gender role attitudes and warmth toward partner. The other two groups were a more traditional gender role profile (21%; mostly women) and an egalitarian gender role profile with the lowest perceived inequity at home and in society (16%; mostly women). Conclusion Taiwanese gender role attitudes have been more egalitarian over the past decade. Intimate partners' gender predicts their gender role profiles as indicated by variables across bioecological levels such as individual gender role attitudes, warmth toward partner, and perceived equity in family and society. Implications The fact that a large proportion of Taiwanese men showed more egalitarian gender role attitudes is worth investigating. Practitioners promoting gender equity could pay more attention to clients' gender role profiles.