Changes in Women's Majors from Entrance to Graduation at Women's and Coeducational Colleges

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3319263
AutoresSara J Solnick (0000-0002-3172-1041, autor de correspondencia)
Año1995
Volumen48
Número3
Páginas505
Fecha de publicación1995-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2524778
OpenAlexW4247059962
ISBN9793995048003
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas27

Using data on the anticipated and final majors of 1700 students at eight women's colleges and 818 female students at seven coed colleges, the author tests whether women at single-sex institutions were more likely than their counterparts at coed schools to remain in traditionally male-dominated subjects and whether they were more likely to shift from traditionally female-dominated subjects. Depending on how broadly "female-dominated majors" is defined, 40% to 75% of women at women's colleges who began in such majors shifted to neutral or male-dominated fields during their college careers, compared to only about 25% of women at coed schools. Approximately 22% of women at both types of school left male-dominated majors

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