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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2011 Jan 30;40(2):298. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.05.001

Table 3.

OLS Determinants of Promotion Chances, By Gender of Subordinate, 2002 NSCW (N=839 men; N=670 women)

Model 1
Model 2
Men Women Men Women
b s.e. b s.e. t -value b s.e. b s.e. t- value


Intercept 1.044 0.352 * 0.465 0.447 1.35 0.919 0.354 * 0.748 0.504 0.28
Demographic Controls
 Minority 0.114 0.081 0.040 0.098 0.71 0.139 0.089 0.239 0.145 + −0.59
 Single −0.131 0.084 0.054 0.078 −1.79 + −0.076 0.091 0.136 0.115 −1.44
 Parent −0.022 0.072 0.074 0.081 −0.97 −0.021 0.072 0.065 0.080 −0.79
 Years of education −0.020 0.015 −0.005 0.019 −1.46 −0.007 0.017 0.007 0.024 −0.47
 Age −0.011 0.004 * −0.012 0.005 * 0.66 −0.010 0.004 * −0.012 0.005 * 0.35
Workplace Controls
 Years of tenure (logged) −0.057 0.041 −0.095 0.048 * 1.02 −0.057 0.041 −0.083 0.048 + 0.41
 Works 50+ hours per week 0.073 0.068 0.068 0.094 −0.98 0.081 0.068 0.052 0.094 0.25
 Hourly wage (logged) 0.153 0.066 * 0.064 0.073 2.54 * 0.129 0.070 + −0.122 0.099 2.05 *
 Profession/technical occupation 0.032 0.110 0.229 0.148 0.33 0.057 0.110 0.225 0.149 −0.91
 Sales occupation 0.192 0.130 0.347 0.151 * 0.29 0.155 0.135 0.591 0.187 * −1.89 +
 Clerical Occupation −0.028 0.132 0.142 0.130 −0.98 −0.012 0.132 0.140 0.132 −0.81
 Service Occupation 0.304 0.118 * 0.056 0.156 0.58 0.255 0.122 * 0.046 0.159 1.04
 Union member 0.168 0.085 * −0.009 0.105 −1.61 0.186 0.085 * 0.003 0.104 1.36
 Public Sector 0.059 0.095 0.116 0.104 −0.89 0.069 0.096 0.138 0.104 −0.49
 Non-profit sector 0.023 0.189 0.038 0.120 −0.61 0.079 0.189 0.025 0.119 0.24
 Firm size (logged) −0.008 0.018 0.016 0.022 0.21 −0.010 0.018 0.015 0.022 −0.91
 Females as % of coworkers −0.001 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.60 −0.002 0.002 0.001 0.002 −1.33
Supervisor Traits
 Job-related support from super 0.553 0.060 * 0.646 0.073 * −0.94 0.552 0.060 * 0.636 0.073 * −0.89
 Super is female 0.242 0.097 * −0.081 0.082 2.28 * 1.540 0.598 * −0.482 0.473 2.65 *
 Super is older 0.071 0.079 0.030 0.098 0.32 0.056 0.079 0.038 0.098 0.14
 Super is younger −0.073 0.100 −0.114 0.102 0.02 −0.073 0.099 −0.127 0.101 0.38
 Super is incompetent −0.100 0.120 0.078 0.136 −1.09 −0.100 0.120 0.053 0.135 −0.85
Intreraction of Female Supervisor with:
 Minority −0.313 0.218 −0.385 0.191 * 0.25
 Single −0.374 0.196 + −0.166 0.153 −0.84
 Years of education −0.087 0.032 * −0.024 0.031 −1.42
 Hourly wage (logged) 0.016 0.183 0.348 0.137 * −1.45
 Sales occupation 0.530 0.384 −0.445 0.228 + 2.18 *

  R2 0.209 0.185 0.220 0.206
*

p < .05 (2-tailed test)

+

p < .05 (1-tailed test)