This book is designed to provide current and historical statistics about the professional segment of the population and particularly the participation and availability of women and minorities. Over 200 data sources were used to prepare the statistical tables and charts. The first five chapters focus on general enrollments, general degrees, general…

Notes that pension plans which group employees by sex constitutes a denial of equal pay for equal work for the majority of the population which is in the overlap group. (Author/AM)

Presents results of research to examine the role of the firm in women's job mobility by using employment history data. Observes that processes involved in shifting jobs within an organization differ from those in job changes between employers. Demonstrates the advantages of firm internal labor markets in women's employment. (Author/MJL)

Project Mentor examined mentoring for career advancement to answer questions about the mentoring of women and minorities. Twenty chief executive officers and high-level administrators were selected as mentors. Mentors chose a person in their organization whom they perceived as having potential to advance to top levels of management to mentor…

This paper reports on a study which measured labor market experience and its possible effects on workers' psychological expectancies. Past efforts that employed black and white men and women had made to improve their market situations are described, as well as attributions they gave for their experiences. Work or educational changes attempted by…

Females who were poor outnumbered males by more than four million in 1975. The 15 million females living in poverty accounted for three out of five persons (fifty-eight percent) who were poor in the United States. Advance data for 1976 indicate that more than ten million women aged sixteen and over had low incomes, and that these women accounted…

This booklet on women workers of minority races includes all races in a minority other than white, Negroes constituting about 90 percent of all persons other than white in the United States; Spanish-speaking persons are included in the white population. The following topics are encompassed; labor force participation; unemployment; marital status;…

Examined contributions of job- and gender-related variables to Hispanic women professionals' mental health. Income, Hispanic group, discrimination, job stress, and peer support related to mental health. Spouse support and spouse ethnicity were associated with stress in balancing roles and psychological distress. Married women reported greater…

Because of the problem of lack of progress by minorities and women in the newsrooms of television and radio stations, a survey investigated the types of positions held by minority and non-minority men and women in broadcast news. Subjects, 730 news directors from non-satellite commercial TV stations and commercial radio stations, answered…

All but 3-4% of the 91,189 complaints of alleged discrimination received by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1994 were dismissed for lack of sufficient proof of discrimination. A 1995 study of the extent of voluntary affirmative action found that 37% of a sample of 138 employers surveyed in the Philadelphia area had implemented steps…

This study, which analyzes employment patterns of women and minorities in 23 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs), is based on reports (required by the EEOC--Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) from private employers (EEO-1 Reports) and State and local governments (EEO-4 Reports). For each SMSA, EEO-1 data are presented for 1970…

Congress, as part of the Fiscal Year 1981 National Science Foundation Authorization Act (Public Law 96-516), called for the Director of the National Science Foundation to transmit to the Congress and certain Federal agencies a biennial statistical report on the participation of women and minorities in science and engineering employment and…

Statistical profiles of Mexican American women workers and a narrative describing their role in trade unions illustrate the economic precariousness of this group and of women in general. Census and Labor Department reports document national labor trends from 1930-1980 with emphasis on the Southwest. Tables present information on occupational type,…

This partially annotated bibliography lists 391 bibliographies, resource lists, and literature reviews on women. The entries, published in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, are classified alphabetically by author into 30 categories including a general category, anthropology and sociology, art and music, child care, criminal justice,…

In May 2001, 7.8 million people in the United States (5.7% of U.S. workers) worked multiple jobs. The May 2001 Current Population Survey asked multiple jobholders their main reason for holding more than one job. These percentages of respondents gave the following reasons: to meet expenses or pay off debt, 27.8%; to earn extra money, 35.4%; to…