Equal but separate? A cross-national study of sex segregation in higher education.

Autor/inn/en	Charles, Maria; Bradley, Karen
Titel	Equal but separate? A cross-national study of sex segregation in higher education. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Gleich aber getrennt? Eine international vergleichende Studie der Geschlechtersegregation im Hochschulsystem.
Quelle	In: American sociological review, 67 (2002) 4, S. 573-599Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-1224; 1939-8271
Schlagwörter	Ungleichheit; Industriestaat; Hochschulsystem; Internationaler Vergleich; Geschlechterverteilung
Abstract	"The contours and correlates of sex segregation in higher education are explored using data from twelve advanced industrialized countries. Tertiary sex segregation is examined across two dimensions: (horizontal segregation) and tertiary level (vertical segregation). The authors argue that the different aspects of female status in higher education (e. g., overall enrollments, representation at the postgraduate level, and representation in traditionally male-dominated fields of study) do not covary because each variable is affected in distinct ways by structural and cultural features commonly associated with "modernity". In particular, (1) ideals of universalism do more to undermine vertical segregation than horizontal segregation, and (2) some modern structural features may actually exacerbate specific forms of sex segregation. Consistent with these arguments, results suggest strongly integrative effects of gender-egalitarian cultural attitudes on distributions across tertiary levels, and weaker, less uniform cultural effects on distributions across fields of study (one notable exception being a strong positive effect on women's representation in engineering programs). Two modern structural features - diversified tertiary systems and high rates of female employment - show segregative effects in some fields and institutional sectors. Overall, few across-the-board integrative or segregative effects can be discerned that would lend support to evalutionary conceptualizations of gender stratification. Modern cultural and structural pressures are manifested unevently and in contextually contingent ways." (author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2003_(CD)