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The Effects of Working in Pink-Collar Occupations on Upward Occupational Mobility Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland College Park, 1999. Also: https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/wfrn-repo/facet/all_author_field?filters=all_author_field%3A%22Ronica%20Nicole%20Rooks%22 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Ethnic Differences; Mobility; Mobility, Occupational; Racial Equality/Inequality This research (1) creates an empirical definition and list of "pink-collar" occupations (PCO), (2) analyzes whether women in PCO are more likely to remain in these occupations or experience upward occupational mobility to professional and managerial occupations, (3) analyzes whether Latina and African-American women in PCO are less likely to experience upward occupational mobility compared to White women, and (4) analyzes what other factors determine upward occupational mobility for women in PCO, using bivariate cross-tabulations and multinomial logistic regression. Based on the 1980 Public-Use Microdata Sample, PCO are defined as occupations where: (1) greater than two-thirds of the workers are women, (2) greater than 50% are within service industries, and (3) greater than 50% have between eleven to fourteen years of educational achievement. Fifty-one PCO were identified. Based on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, fewer women remained in PCO (32%) between 1982 and 1992 than those who experienced mobility into professional and managerial occupations (38%), blue-collar occupations (9%), or non-employment (21%). Bivariate and multivariate results revealed that race and ethnicity did not account for significant differences in women's occupational mobility from PCO. Multinomial logistic regression results revealed that women in PCO were more likely to move to professional and managerial occupations when they were never or previously married in 1982, had more years of completed education in 1992, were not enrolled in school in 1992, and did not have children in 1992. Women were more likely to move to blue-collar occupations when they were not enrolled in school in 1982, had a lower hourly rate-of-pay in 1982, and were working part-time in 1982. Women were more likely to become non-employed when they had a lower hourly rate-of-pay in 1982 and had one child or more in 1992. Women were more likely to remain in PCO when they were married in 1982, had a higher hourly rate-of-pay in 1982, worked full-time in 1982, had fewer completed years of school in 1992, were enrolled in school in 1992, and had a child in 1992. |
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Rooks, Ronica Nicole. The Effects of Working in Pink-Collar Occupations on Upward Occupational Mobility. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland College Park, 1999.. |