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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Soc Stratif Mobil. 2015 Dec;42:48–61. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2015.07.002

Table 5.

Trends in Class Structure by Gender, 1980 and 1991 CPCA

Men
Women
LRT
1980
1991
1980
1991
Class/measure Est. 95% CI Est. 95% CI Est. 95% CI Est. 95% CI p-value
Measure A (sup. authority)
    Workers 0.39 (0.35, 0.43) 0.40 (0.36, 0.43) 0.62 (0.58, 0.67) 0.59 (0.55, 0.63) 0.54
    Managers 0.45 (0.41, 0.49) 0.38 (0.35, 0.42) 0.29 (0.25, 0.33) 0.29 (0.25, 0.32)
    Proprietors 0.13 (0.10, 0.15) 0.14 (0.11, 0.16) 0.07 (0.04, 0.09) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08)
    Ind. Producers 0.03 (0.02, 0.05) 0.08 (0.06, 0.10) 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08)
Measure B (pol. authority)
    Workers 0.67 (0.63, 0.71) 0.62 (0.59, 0.66) 0.83 (0.80, 0.87) 0.76 (0.73, 0.80) 0.23
    Managers 0.17 (0.14, 0.20) 0.16 (0.13, 0.19) 0.08 (0.05, 0.10) 0.12 (0.09, 0.14)
    Proprietors 0.13 (0.10, 0.15) 0.14 (0.11, 0.16) 0.07 (0.04, 0.09) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08)
    Ind. Producers 0.03 (0.02, 0.05) 0.08 (0.06, 0.10) 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08)
Measure C (sup. OR pol. authority)
    Workers 0.36 (0.32, 0.40) 0.37 (0.33, 0.40) 0.60 (0.56, 0.65) 0.56 (0.52, 0.60) 0.34
    Managers 0.48 (0.44, 0.52) 0.41 (0.38, 0.45) 0.31 (0.26, 0.35) 0.32 (0.28, 0.36)
    Proprietors 0.13 (0.10, 0.15) 0.14 (0.11, 0.16) 0.07 (0.04, 0.09) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08)
    Ind. Producers 0.03 (0.02, 0.05) 0.08 (0.06, 0.10) 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08)
Measure D (sup. AND pol. authority)
    Workers 0.70 (0.66, 0.74) 0.65 (0.62, 0.69) 0.85 (0.81, 0.88) 0.80 (0.76, 0.83) 0.48
    Managers 0.14 (0.11, 0.17) 0.13 (0.10, 0.15) 0.06 (0.04, 0.09) 0.08 (0.06, 0.11)
    Proprietors 0.13 (0.10, 0.15) 0.14 (0.11, 0.16) 0.07 (0.04, 0.09) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08)
    Ind. Producers 0.03 (0.02, 0.05) 0.08 (0.06, 0.10) 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08)

Notes: Sample includes respondents who are 25 to 65 years old and work full-time in the 1980 and 1991 waves of the U.S. CPCA. Results are combined estimates from 20 multiple imputation datasets. The likelihood ratio tests (LRT) evaluate the hypothesis of no change in gender differences over time.