TY - JOUR
T1 - On measures of gender occupational segregation
T2 - Statistical and conceptual considerations (a response to Grusky and Levanon)
AU - Jerby, Iris
AU - Semyonov, Moshe
AU - Lewin-Epstein, Noah
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - In a recent article (2005), the authors proposed the first-order approximation (FOA) index for the measurement of gender occupational segregation across detailed occupational categories. The FOA index can remedy the two inherent limitations - sensitivity and singularity - associated with the ratio index and the association index, especially when applied to the measurement of micro-segregation. Grusky and Levanon (this issue), while acknowledging these limitations, view the FOA index as a misguided effort to remedy the shortcomings of the other indexes. When responding to Grusky and Levanon, the authors address two kinds of controversies. The first aims directly at the methodological reasoning put forward by Grusky and Levanon and centers on the statistical properties and statistical assumptions embodied in the various measures. The second revolves around different paradigmatic approaches to the study of occupational segregation and centers on different conceptual views of the gender segregation phenomenon.
AB - In a recent article (2005), the authors proposed the first-order approximation (FOA) index for the measurement of gender occupational segregation across detailed occupational categories. The FOA index can remedy the two inherent limitations - sensitivity and singularity - associated with the ratio index and the association index, especially when applied to the measurement of micro-segregation. Grusky and Levanon (this issue), while acknowledging these limitations, view the FOA index as a misguided effort to remedy the shortcomings of the other indexes. When responding to Grusky and Levanon, the authors address two kinds of controversies. The first aims directly at the methodological reasoning put forward by Grusky and Levanon and centers on the statistical properties and statistical assumptions embodied in the various measures. The second revolves around different paradigmatic approaches to the study of occupational segregation and centers on different conceptual views of the gender segregation phenomenon.
KW - FOA index
KW - Margin-free indices
KW - Occupational segregation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33645675820&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0049124106286333
DO - 10.1177/0049124106286333
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AN - SCOPUS:33645675820
SN - 0049-1241
VL - 34
SP - 573
EP - 586
JO - Sociological Methods and Research
JF - Sociological Methods and Research
IS - 4
ER -