Revisiting occupational sex segregation in the United States, 1910-1990: results from a log-linear approach.
I reexamine trends in the strength and structure of occupational sex segregation in the United States from 1910 to 1990. Log-multiplicative models show significant change in the association between gender and occupation. Contrary to conventional characterizations, a substantial proportion of this change occurred before 1970. Likewise, a margin-free index shows more integration over the century than do conventional indices. These discrepancies arise from occupation-specific variations in the trajectory of sex segregation: Highly segregated occupations were especially likely to integrate between 1930 and 1940. I identify regions of the occupational structure and pivotal periods in which shifts in segregation occurred and compare these results with conventional historical accounts.
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Department of Sociology, Stanford University, CA 94305-2047, USA. weeden@leland.stanford.edu
D019352:Censuses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D011287:Prejudice; D014481:United States