Ls. Hagedorn et al., PREOCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION AMONG FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE-STUDENTS - AN APPLICATION OF THE DUNCAN DISSIMILARITY INDEX, Journal of college student development, 37(4), 1996, pp. 425-437
Annual earnings continue to be unequal across gender and racial lines.
One reason for this disparity is occupational segregation, the overre
presentation of women and minorities in lower-paying jobs and occupati
ons. This study involved an investigation of what could be considered
the roots of subsequent occupational segregation among male and female
minority and male and female nonminority first-year college students
in relation to college major. A measure of preoccupational segregation
was quantified through the use of the Duncan Dissimilarity Index. Fin
dings indicated that preoccupational levels of segregation in the form
of selection of college majors are not as prevalent as those levels o
f occupational segregation found for the general workforce.