SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Occupational Segregation, Sex Segregation, Where We Are
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On average more women likely to have degree than men but less likely to have a job: oced. Girls go for education and health whereas boys go for construction, engineering. Family reaction when child drops out of school: upset, difference in boy and girl reaction. Kids in science the programs get higher pay, this does not include women because they choose different occupation then men. The difference between occupational segregation and occupational concentration. The differences with broad or narrow occupational categories. Terms to know occupation occupational segregation occupational concentration sex predominance job segregation industrial segregation narrow occupational categories. Occupations are the broad categories of the kind of work people do, or consider themselves trained and able to do, to earn an income. Don"t have to have a paying job or can be inactive but still be part of an occupation. Just need the required skill set to perform the occupation: sex predominance.
