The magnitude of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's "woman problem" has been underlined in new research which shows women rate the government very poorly across all policy areas and are harsher than men in their assessment of the government's overall performance.

Female voters are also more pessimistic about the economic outlook, according to the new polling analysis.

Not impressed: New research shows that women rate the government poorly across all policy areas.

By JWS Research, the analysis also shows women's satisfaction with their standard of living has declined much more precipitously than men's over the last year, a year the government has been under fire for failing to "get" women.

The findings are based on the views of 1004 Australians aged 18 and over. The views were collected as part of an online survey conducted from November 19 to 24.