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Preoccupational Segregation Among First-Year College Students: An Application of the Duncan Dissimilarity Index.
Journal of College Student Development (1996)
  • Linda Serra Hagedorn, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Amaury Nora, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Ernest T. Pascarella, University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract

Annual earnings continue to be unequal across gender and racial lines. One reason for this disparity is occupational segregation, the overrepresentation of women and minorities in lower-paying jobs and occupations. This study involved an investigation of what could be considered the roots of subsequent occupational segregation among male and female minority and male and female non-minority first-year college students in relation to college major. A measure of preoccupational segregation was quantified through the use of the Duncan Dissimilarity Index. Findings indicated that preoccupational levels of segregation in the form of selection of college majors are not as prevalent as those levels of occupational segregation found for the general workforce.

Publication Date
July, 1996
Citation Information
Linda Serra Hagedorn, Amaury Nora and Ernest T. Pascarella. "Preoccupational Segregation Among First-Year College Students: An Application of the Duncan Dissimilarity Index." Journal of College Student Development Vol. 37 Iss. 4 (1996)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/linda_hagedorn/25/