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Rytina, Nancy F.; Bianchi, Suzanne M. – Monthly Labor Review, 1984
During the 1970s the most important shift in the distribution of the sexes by occupation was the larger female representation among managers; the proportion of specific occupations that were male-dominated declined, but the share that were female-intensive remained the same. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Females
Lyson, Thomas A. – 1987
The most recent census data from the United States and New Zealand show a dramatic increase in the number of female farmers and farm managers and support two explanations for this increase. First, the 1970s saw large numbers of women enter traditionally male occupations as many of the formal and informal barriers were removed. One consequence of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Census Figures, Cohort Analysis, Employment Patterns
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1990
The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee's statistics for average annual predicted job openings for program year 1989 are given in this report, along with the New Jersey Division of Vocational Education completers' statistics for the 1988-89 school year. The numbers of male and female completers of secondary programs for each…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Females
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1988
The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee's statistics for average annual predicted job openings for 1984-87 are presented, along with the New Jersey Division of Vocational Education's enrollment statistics for the same period. The number of males and females enrolled in secondary programs for each of the 29 job categories…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Enrollment
Shaeffer, Ruth Gilbert; Axel, Helen – 1978
This chartbook documents with extensive charts what happened between 1970-75 in improving job opportunities for women, with special emphasis on the progress made in business. Employment data come from census, payroll, report, and survey information. Section 1 considers male-female employment profiles (1970, 1975) for the whole economy. Section 2…
Descriptors: Adults, Business, Career Education, Careers
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1997
Between 1994 and 2005, employment in the United States will rise to 144.7 million from 172 million, an increase of 14 percent, with women's labor force growth expected to be twice that of men. Growing occupations requiring a Bachelor's degree or above include the following: lawyers, physicians, systems analysts, computer engineers, management…
Descriptors: Adults, Demand Occupations, Educational Needs, Employed Women
Smith, Paula A. – 1982
A comparative followup technique was used to assess sex nontraditional vocational training efforts in Oklahoma during the 1978-79 and 1979-80 school years. The dropout behavior, labor force participation, unemployment, training related employment, and wages of sex nontraditional and sex traditional students were compared. Training and labor…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Females
Hargrave, Lou A.; And Others – 1983
This study analyzed Oklahoma's completion status reports, student follow-up findings, employers' ratings, and wages of secondary and adult traditional and nontraditional students from vocational and technical education programs for fiscal years 1978-79, 1979-80, and 1980-81. (Complete statistical data calculations for each area analyzed are…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Wichowski, Chester P.; DuMond, Doreen C. – 1980
A pilot study was conducted to identify sex role factors which could affect the search for employment and the adjustment to employment for vocational graduates in selected occupational areas. Target employment areas were identified through a review of occupations with a disproportionate composition by one sex or the other. These included…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Hargroder, Margaret – 1998
Workplace and educational changes related to gender in Louisiana in 1996-97 suggest some progress but a continued need to reduce wide gender gaps in some occupational areas. Workplace data show a closing gender gap, but changes are occurring at different rates for different areas. Women's share of the total labor force continues to rise; wage…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Federal Programs, Females, Followup Studies
Seeland, Suzanne – 1991
This paper presents an overview of the Equal Opportunities and Vocational Training program of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) from its inception in 1977 until 1990. In the first section, the report describes the legislation that spurred the equal opportunities and vocational training program and presents…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Educational Needs, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Waite, Linda J.; Berryman, Sue E. – 1982
The occupational distributions in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs and the wage implications of these for men and women of different racial and ethnic origins were examined. Data came from two projects on CETA, both using Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey data. One assessed the nature and equity of men's and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Fagan, Colette; Burchell, Brendan – 2002
Trends in gender, jobs, and working conditions in the European Union (EU) were examined. In 2000, representative samples of approximately 1,500 workers in each of the EU member states (500 in Luxembourg) were surveyed. To identify trends, the survey findings were compared with those of similar surveys conducted in 1991 and 1996. The comparison…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Employment Qualifications
Jensen, Jytte Juul – 1996
For some years, the European Commission on Childcare and Other Measures to Reconcile Employment and Family Responsibilities has given priority to the role of men as caregivers. Work in child care services remains one of the most gender-segregated occupations in the entire labor force, and this discussion paper adopts a clear position that more men…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Training, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers
Clark, Pat, Ed. – 2000
The three two-page briefs in this packet focus on the skills needed for America's workforce and student career aspirations. "What Do We Know about America's Workforce?" provides a statistical overview of the workforce and workers today, reporting the following: (1) the number of men and women in the labor force is about equal; (2) by the time…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
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