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Gender Segregation Within Different Educational Levels: Austrian and Finnish Trends in the Light of Educational Reform, 1981-2005




TekijätPrix Irene

KustantajaROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Julkaisuvuosi2012

JournalScandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiSCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Lehden akronyymiSCAND J EDUC RES

Vuosikerta56

Numero6

Aloitussivu637

Lopetussivu657

Sivujen määrä21

ISSN0031-3831

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2011.621136


Tiivistelmä
Within most educational systems, men and women tend to specialize in different fields of study. Comparing Austria and Finland, this article traces the extent and patterns of gender segregation within different educational levels between 1981 and 2005. Relying on official enrollment figures, a logarithmic index is used to measure overall and field-specific gender segregation. Although results indicate that higher educational levels are less severely differentiated into male-and female-typical fields, notable differences exist between sectors of higher education. Reforms which shifted vocational programs to a higher educational level were often accompanied by desegregation tendencies in the affected fields. Nevertheless, this increase in educational prestige seems to have made female-dominated fields only to a limited extent more attractive to male students.


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