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Table 7 Influence of educational gender concentration and linkage strength on occupational gender concentration for women 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 women

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Educational sector (ref. VET)

 UAS/PH

3.353*

(1.383)

− 0.725

(1.288)

− 0.174

(1.375)

 University

− 4.810**

(1.741)

− 5.128***

(1.250)

− 5.013***

(1.333)

% women in educational program

 

2.684***

(0.289)

2.379***

(0.298)

Linkage strength

 

− 66.63***

(5.814)

− 68.67***

(5.918)

% women in educ. progr. * linkage strength

 

13.08***

(0.844)

13.32***

(0.866)

Parental education: tertiary

  

− 2.277**

(0.853)

Literacy: low (ref. high)

  

− 2.674

(1.466)

Region: rural (ref. urban)

  

0.825

(0.990)

Language region: German (ref. Latin)

  

− 0.418

(1.129)

N

1853

1037

1032

Adj. R2

0.007

0.521

0.523

  1. Gender concentration in education: % women in educational program/10 (ISCED97 2-digit); occupational gender concentration: % women 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