. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 7.

Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2010 Jun 1;88(4):1777–1806. doi: 10.1353/sof.2010.0012

Table 4a.

Model of Occupational Attainment over the Life Course (Females)

			First Job
Independent Variable	Educational Attainment	Family Formation	Occupational Education	Occupational Income	Duncan SEI
Father's occupational education	.02 (7.69)^***		.08 (2.88)^**
Family income	.00 (4.17)^***
Parental education	−.02 (−1.50)
Academic ability	.04 (12.66)^***		.13 (3.72)^***
SRBMI underweight	.17 (1.03)	.05 (.21)	−2.45 (−1.93)^†
SRBMI high normal weight	−.32 (−3.12)^**	−.06 (−.38)	−.29 (−.37)
SRBMI overweight	−.31 (−2.11)^*	.91 (3.10)^**	−1.24 (−1.24)
Educational attainment		.60 (7.88)^***	10.06 (24.73)^***
Family formation			.74 (5.47)^***
First occupational education				.27 (23.66)^***	.50 (34.87)^***
First occupational income					.01 (.30)
1975 occupational education
1975 occupational income
1993 occupational education
1993 occupational income
R²	.25	.09	.62	.47	.53

Notes: Numbers in parentheses at t-values.

^†

p < .10

p < .05

^**

p < .01

^***

p < .001 (two-tailed tests)