Abstract
Trends in occupational sex segregation and inequality from 1950 to 1990 are examined, indicators of which are calculated for 489 occupations from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses and compared with previous results. The data signal a decline in unevenness and isolation but not concentration in occupational distribution, due mostly to changes in occupational sex composition. Occupational sex inequality also decreases during the 1980s, due to increasing female occupational status. The results suggest that occupational integration and equality will not be achieved until the concentration and isolation of women in the labor force are reduced.
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