Despite Sweden’s national gender-neutral family and social policies, local differences in gender contracts exist and have been related to differences in the structure of the labour market and cultural traditions. Existing studies are outdated and used relatively large administratively defined areas, which may lead to several measurement and interpretation errors. This paper examines geographical variation in gender contracts in present-day Sweden using individualized neighbourhoods on different scales. Gender contracts are operationalized using six indicators on the level of family, politics and labour. We identify five types of local gender contracts: the metropolitan gender contract, the progressive gender contract, the suburban gender contract, the commuter gender contract and the traditional gender contract. The most gender equal patterns are found in metropolitan and other urban areas, with high shares of fathers taking parental leave and the highest shares of women with high education and gainful employment, and low shares of young mothers. The analyses give evidence of considerable local variation instead of a dominant gender contract in each region. The findings may stimulate further research and local policies on gender inequality.

尽管瑞典实行国家不分性别的家庭和社会政策，但性别合同的地方差异仍然存在，并且与劳动力市场结构和文化传统的差异有关。现有研究已经过时，并使用了较大的管理定义区域，这可能会导致一些测量和解释错误。本文使用不同规模的个性化社区，研究了当今瑞典性别契约的地域差异。使用关于家庭，政治和劳动力水平的六个指标来实施性别合同。我们确定了五种类型的地方性别合同：大都市性别合同，渐进式性别合同，郊区性别合同，通勤性别合同和传统性别合同。在大都市和其他城市地区，性别平等的模式最多，父亲休育儿假的比例较高，受过高等教育和有酬工作的妇女比例最高，而年轻母亲的比例较低。分析提供了相当大的局部差异的证据，而不是每个地区的主要性别契约。这些发现可能会刺激对性别不平等的进一步研究和地方政策。