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Table 9 Influence of educational gender concentration and linkage strength on occupational gender concentration for women in Bulgaria (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)

 University

3.588

(1.851)

3.498

(2.057)

2.856

(2.385)

 College

− 0.257

(3.733)

− 1.042

(3.879)

− 1.373

(4.108)

% women in educational program

 

0.753

(0.636)

0.742

(0.660)

Linkage strength

 

− 73.48***

(22.01)

− 75.66**

(24.00)

% women in educ. progr. * linkage strength

 

9.421**

(3.298)

9.715**

(3.621)

Parental education: tertiary

  

2.749

(2.314)

Literacy: low (ref. high)

  

− 0.417

(3.688)

Region: rural (ref. urban)

  

− 0.959

(2.076)

N

449

363

358

Adj. R2

0.006

0.069

0.066

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