Occupational Attributes and Occupational Gender Segregation in Sweden: Does It Change Over Time?

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ingvill Bagøien Hustad¹  Johan Bandholtz¹  Agneta Herlitz¹  Serhiy Dekhtyar² 

[1] Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet;Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet

关键词: gender;    segregation;    longitudinal;    occupational attributes;    numerical;    verbal;    people;    things;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00554

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Sweden consistently ranks at the top of international assessments of gender equality, but paradoxically exhibits marked horizontal gender segregation in the labor market. By combining administrative and respondent-collected data, this study investigates whether occupational attributes are associated with sex distribution in Swedish occupations over a 10-year period between 2002 and 2011. Results show that the proportion of women was higher, on average, in occupations high in people orientation and verbal demands and lower in occupations high in things orientation and numerical demands. Mixed linear models showed a trend for desegregation during this period, as the proportion of women in people-oriented occupations has declined and a trend for an increase in the proportion of women in numerically demanding occupations was observed. Occupational attributes aid the understanding of gender segregation but patterns of segregation seem to change over time.

【 授权许可】

CC BY