Gender Equality and American Jews, livre ebook

Based on the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, this book analyzes gender equality in education, labor force participation, and occupational achievement among American Jews, and offers a comparison with the wider American population and Israeli Jews.

Based on the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, this book analyzes gender equality in education, labor force participation, and occupational achievement among American Jews, and offers a comparison with the wider American population and Israeli Jews.

Gender Equality and American Jews studies gender equality in education, labor force participation, and occupational achievement among American Jews, based on the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey. It first focuses on education and training as key "gatekeepers" to roles in the economy, and then on the gender differences in labor force behavior and occupational attainment. To place American Jews in perspective, they are compared to the wider American population, and to Israeli Jews, presenting a multi-dimensional analysis of American Jewishness in the 1990s. The difficulties of comparing Israel and American Jews are discussed, lending insights into the similarities and differences between the two cultures.

The authors draw on a solid base of sociological literature, placing American Jews in the wider American context with comparative data. The book discusses the conclusions that can be drawn from the analysis along with some policy implications.

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Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
PART 1. Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement Among American Jews
2. Education: Gatekeeper to Gender Equality in the Economy
3. The Labor Force Participation of American Jewish Men and Women
4. Occupational Achievement of American Jewish Men and Women
5. Gender Equality Within Jewish Couples
PART 2. Are We One? The Jewishness of the Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement
6. Are We One? How Jewish Involvement Is Related to Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement
7. Are We One? Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement Among Israeli and American Jews
8. Conclusions
APPENDIXESAppendix I The Methodology of the 1990 Jewish National Population Survey,
by Joseph Walesberg
Appendix II Jewishness Factors
Appendix III Methods of Analysis
Appendix IV Profile of Israeli Society
Notes

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index