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Table 6 Influence of educational gender concentration and linkage strength on occupational gender concentration for men in Switzerland (OLS, average marginal effects).

From: The role of vocational education in the transmission of gender segregation from education to employment: Switzerland and Bulgaria compared

Occupation: % of men

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Educational sector (ref. VET)

 UAS/PH

− 4.682**

(1.733)

− 1.421

(1.749)

0.642

(1.784)

 University

− 21.09***

(2.756)

− 10.70***

(2.129)

− 7.991***

(2.169)

% men in educational program

 

3.131***

(0.283)

3.288***

(0.283)

Linkage strength

 

− 13.85 (10.15)

− 15.23

(10.16)

% men in educ. progr. * linkage strength

 

5.104*** (1.183)

5.052***

(1.184)

Parental education: tertiary

  

− 2.395*

(0.933)

Literacy: low (ref. high)

  

3.743**

(1.147)

Region: rural (ref. urban)

  

1.495

(1.033)

Language region: German (ref. Latin)

  

2.426

(1.238)

N

1362

984

984

Adj. R2

0.043

0.484

0.496

  1. Gender concentration in education: % of men in educational program/10 (ISCED97 2-digit); occupational gender concentration: % of men in first significant job (ISCO88 2-digit); linkage strength: Mutual Information Index. Standard errors in parentheses; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001