The Female Occupational Selection Process: Atypicality of Occupational Choice

The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a model of atypical occupational choice for women. Briefly, atypicality of an occupation for women is defined as the percentage of males engaged in a particular job classification. Occupational atypicality is conceptualized as a continuum, ranging from values of zero to 100 percent and along which any given occupation can be placed. Since sex segregation is most prevalent among college graduates, a sample of female college graduates would provide an excellent opportunity for studying female success in male occupations. The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) longitudinal study of 1961 college graduates provides a sample of 1799 women, over half of whom are occupationally active seven years after college graduation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Appelbaum, Laura Ruth

• Education, Sociology of

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8017914

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67901