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Feist, Amber M.; Saladin, Shawn P.; Hansmann, Sandra – American Annals of the Deaf, 2013
The authors used the hermeneutics approach within social cognitive career theory to explore employment trends and issues over the past 20 years relevant to Hispanic women who are deaf. Barriers to employment were discovered including discrepancies due to gender, race/ethnicity, and severity of hearing loss. Recommendations for policymakers and…
Descriptors: Females, Rehabilitation Counseling, Counselors, Vocational Rehabilitation
Dozier, Raine – Social Forces, 2010
During the 1980s and 1990s, industrial restructuring led to a marked increase in wage inequality. Women, however, were not as negatively affected by declining manufacturing employment because their pay was relatively low within the industry, and their already high representation in the service sector provided access to newly created opportunities.…
Descriptors: Females, Employment Patterns, Manufacturing, Whites
Jackson, Leah Witcher – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2009
An extensive body of research indicates a significant correlation between gender equality and the level of economic and social development of a country. Gender inequities have been found to influence the way members of the family spend their time and resources. Evidence suggests that women with more control over resources will spend more money on…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Correlation, Economic Progress, Females
Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 2010
The labor force is the number of people aged 16 or older who are either working or looking for work. It does not include active-duty military personnel or institutionalized people, such as prison inmates. Quantifying this total supply of labor is a way of determining how big the economy can get. Labor force participation rates vary significantly…
Descriptors: Labor Force Nonparticipants, Race, Females, Population Growth

Fineshriber, Phyllis H. – Monthly Labor Review, 1979
The following question is discussed: What will be the impact on unemployment compensation not only of increased labor force participation of women, but also of nearly equal proportions in the labor force of men and women? (BM)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Females, Opinions
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1995
As part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) survey, this study reviewed data from Illinois on employment in higher education in that state during fall 1993 with a view to reporting on the status of female and minority employment. In particular the review looked at the number of individuals in each of the occupational…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Females
Basta, Nicholas – Graduating Engineer, 1985
Employment opportunities remain high for electrical/electronic (EE) engineering; although leveling-off has occurred in the personal computer area, there is expansion potential in telecommunications. Specific skills sought by EE employers and data on women in EE fields are noted. (DH)
Descriptors: Electronics Industry, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Engineering
Basta, Nicholas – Graduating Engineer, 1985
After several lean years, chemical engineering (a popular discipline among women) is witnessing a higher job demand for new graduates. Companies show a trend toward specialty chemicals with resultant needs for more engineering talent. Other opportunities in the field include agriculture and food processing, environmental control, biotechnology,…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Chemical Industry, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Basta, Nicholas – Graduating Engineer, 1985
Recent economic growth and improved manufacturing profitability are supporting increased employment for industrial engineers. Promising areas include modernizing manufacturing technology and productivity with large amounts of hiring in aerospace, electronics, and instrumentation. Percentages of women employed in these fields for 1982 and 1983 are…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Engineering, Engineering Education

Hultstrand, Bonnie J. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1990
A slow and gradual nationwide trend by which more men than women are being hired to teach physical education full time at the high school level has been accompanied by a decrease in numbers of full-time physical education teaching positions. (JD)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Females, Full Time Faculty, High Schools
Hickes Lundquist, Jennifer; Smith, Herbert L. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2005
Although female employment is associated with lower levels of completed fertility in the civilian world, we find family formation rates among U.S. military women to be comparatively high. We compare enlisted women with civilian women using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N = 3,547), the only data set to measure simultaneously the…
Descriptors: Marriage, Females, Economic Factors, Incentives
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
The labor market and marital status experiences of women in their forties were examined using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, which tracked the experiences of women from ages 40 to 49 during the 1967-86 time period. Findings included the following: (1) over 85% worked at some time during their forties; (2) they averaged…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Females
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
The transitions of women into and out of part-time work were studied by examining the same women over time, using data from the Young Women's cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys. Two groups of women were studied: those who were aged 29-33 in 1978 and those who were 29-33 in 1983. The labor force transitions of the two groups were compared…
Descriptors: Demography, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Females

Bergmann, Barbara R. – Academe, 1983
The principal distinction between nonfeminist and feminist economists is that the latter view the present assignment to economic duties based on sex as unfair and wish to draw a system of work and family relations that will be fair to men, women, and children. (MSE)
Descriptors: Economic Opportunities, Economics, Employment Patterns, Females

Dealy, Ellen F. – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
A successful female executive discusses women's progress in the business field in the 1980s and examines the influence and contributions of the feminist cause to women's careers and aspirations. New practical and philosophical problems encountered in attaining economic and professional equality are considered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business Administration, Career Ladders, Employed Women