Table 1 Frequency distribution of career patterns by gender and parental social status/gender
From: Occupational career patterns over 30 years: predictors and outcomes
Stability (%) (n = 131) | Horizontal changes (%) (n = 48) | Upward career (%) (n = 196) | Downward career (%) (n = 24) | Fluctuating pattern (%) (n = 106) | Family pattern (%) (n = 92) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||||
Women | 28.1a | 4.4a | 19.1a | 5.6a | 14.4a | 28.4a |
Men | 14.8a | 12.3a | 48.7a | 2.2a | 21.7a | 0.4a |
Social class | ||||||
Men | ||||||
Lower class | 16.4 | 14.5 | 47.3 | 1.8 | 20.0 | 0 |
Middle class | 17.0 | 13.6 | 47.2 | 1.1 | 20.5 | 0.6 |
Upper class | 0a | 0 | 58.6 | 6.9a | 34.5 | 0 |
Women | ||||||
Lower class | 19.1 | 8.8 | 27.9 | 4.4. | 14.7 | 25.0 |
Middle class | 29.6 | 3.9 | 17.0 | 7.3 | 14.6 | 27.7 |
Upper class | 33.3 | 0 | 22.2 | 0 | 7.4 | 37.0 |