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The Measurement of Occupational Gender Segregation: Current Problems and a New Approach
Author(s) -
Blackburn Robert M.,
Siltanen Janet,
Jarman Jennifer
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-985X
pISSN - 0964-1998
DOI - 10.2307/2983294
Subject(s) - current (fluid) , psychology , econometrics , mathematics , engineering , electrical engineering
SUMMARY This paper demonstrates the weaknesses of the two principal measures used in British occupational segregation research—the index of dissimilarity and the sex ratio index. It takes a fresh look at the conceptual and statistical issues involved and proposes a solution through a new approach using marginal matching. Contrary to the findings of previous researchers, the analysis of British census data reveals that there has been little change in segregation levels between 1951 and 1981 in England and Wales.