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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED164975 AUTHOR: Briggs, Norma L.
TITLE: Women and the Skilled Trades. Information Series No.
132.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 42 p.; For related documents see CE 019 620 and CE
019
624
AVAILABILITY: National Center for Research in Vocational
Education Publications, Ohio State University, 1960 Kenny
Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (IN 132, $2.80)
ABSTRACT: The participation of women in the skilled trades
increased appreciably between 1960 and 1970; however, the
rate of increase was not as large as could have been
expected if women had entered the skilled trades at the
same
rate they entered the total civilian labor market. The gap
between men's and women's median earnings was greater in
1970 than in 1960, but in the skilled trades the decrease
in
women's earnings in proportion to men's was smaller. The
participation of women in the skilled trades appears to be
higher in larger companies in large metropolitan areas than
it is on the average nationwide. Also, proportionately more
minority women are employed in the skilled trades by such
companies. Women continue to be underrepresented in both
apprenticeship training programs and vocational/technical
education programs for the skilled trades even though
affirmative action regulations and special stimulus
programs
have made some gains. Women have been well represented as
participants in federal government training programs;
however, they have been disproportionately concentrated in
programs which lead to low-paying and low-skill jobs.
Government funded outreach projects for women designed to
prepare and place women in pre-apprenticeship,
apprenticeship, and traditionally male blue-collar jobs
have
increased from one program in 1971 to over eighty in 1978.
Now it is time to determine the effectiveness of these
programs and to analyze which combination of factors is
optimal--the project designs, the skills/characteristics of
women selected, the support/training offered, and the
follow
up services. (BM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Census-Figures; Employed-Women; Employment
Opportunities; Employment-Patterns; Employment-Programs;
Employment-Services; Federal-Programs; Job-Placement; Job
Training; Labor-Legislation; Labor-Market; Salaries-; Sex
Differences
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Apprenticeships-;
*Employment-Statistics; *Females-; *Skilled-Occupations;
*Vocational-Education
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