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Title: Identifying the Determinants of Gender-Atypical Occupational Choice Among Men and Women
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Okamoto, Dina G. |
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Identifying the Determinants of Gender-Atypical Occupational Choice Among Men and Women Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Children; Discrimination, Sex; Gender Differences; Human Capital Theory; Marital Status; Occupational Choice; Occupational Segregation; Occupations, Non-Traditional; Part-Time Work Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A national probability sample taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth is used to explore the factors that influence the gender-atypical occupational choices of men & women. Using the theoretical frameworks of human capital theory & sex role socialization, & building on past research, hypotheses about the sex composition of men's & women's occupations are derived & tested. Hypotheses derived from the theoretical frameworks received mixed support from OLS regressions. It was found that, for men, education, a high % female (F) in mother's or father's occupation, perceptions of sex discrimination, & high % F in aspired & expected occupation increase the nontraditionality of occupational outcomes. For women, liberal gender role attitudes decrease the traditionality of their occupational outcome, while having children, being married, working part-time, & high % F in aspired occupation increase the traditionality of their occupational outcome. (Co pyright 19 96, Sociolo gical Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.) |
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Okamoto, Dina G. "Identifying the Determinants of Gender-Atypical Occupational Choice Among Men and Women." Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996. |