Female Participation Rates and the Occupational Prestige of the Professions: Are They Inversely Related?.

Crino, Michael D.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ279166

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Publication Date: 1983-Apr

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Female Participation Rates and the Occupational Prestige of the Professions: Are They Inversely Related?

Crino, Michael D.; And Others

Journal of Vocational Behavior, v22 n2 p243-55 Apr 1983

Contradictory evidence about women and the prestige and desirability of selected high-status professions is examined. Concludes that when alternative methodological issues are considered, the question of whether or not an increasing female participation rate in high-status professions erodes the prestige and desirability of those professions is not addressed. (Author/HLM)

Descriptors: College Students, Employed Women, Females, Higher Education, Participant Characteristics, Participation, Professional Occupations, Professional Recognition, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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