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Ethnic differences in women's employment

Holdsworth, Clare; Dale, Angela

Authors

Angela Dale



Contributors

C. Holdsworth
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A. Dale
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Abstract

This paper uses the 1 per cent household file from the Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs) for the 1991 Census and the ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) to explore variations in patterns of employment and occupational attainment among women from different ethnic groups. The analysis of the SARs focuses on the impact of lifecycle events on women's employment status and economic activity. The presence of a partner is identified as having the greatest impact on Pakinstani and Bangladeshi women's employment, while the presence of a pre-school child is most significant for White women's economic activity. White women also have a higher rate of part-time worlding than all other ethnic groups. These patterns are for malised in two models, one for economic activity and a second for full-time/part-time work. The LS is used to investigate the impact of these employment patterns on women's occupational attainment over a ten-year period. The analysis demonstrates that, while minority ethnic women in nonmanual occupations have similar longitudinal occupational profiles to White women, those in manual occupations fare worse than their White counterparts, despite the fact that a larger propotion of minority ethnic women are in fill-time employment.

Citation

Holdsworth, C., & Dale, A. (1997). Ethnic differences in women's employment. Work, Employment and Society, 11(3), 435-457. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017097113003

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 1997-09
Deposit Date Feb 14, 2024
Journal Work, Employment and Society
Print ISSN 0950-0170
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 3
Pages 435-457
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017097113003
Publisher URL https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0950017097113003