Abstract:

In line with the goal of holistically building a socialist， harmonious “Xiao Kang” society， and with the reference to the frequently used international indexes of gender equality and women’s development in the family sphere， the author has constructed such an index to fit the reality in China. The Chinese index was applied to the analysis and evaluation of the gender equality and women’s developmental state in family. The results indicate that both are at the intermediate developmental level. When compared with the levels in the areas of health， education， and finance， the levels of the gender equality and women’s development in the family sphere are relatively lowerwomen are still playing the traditional roles in family and the pattern of family duties shared by men and women hasn’t been radically changed.

Key words: family, gender equality, index system