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The Effect of Labor Force Participation on Gender Differences in Voluntary Association Affiliation: A Cross-National Study
Abstract
In a secondary analysis of Gabriel A. Almond's & Sidney Veba's
data (The Civic Culture, Princeton: Princeton U Press, 1963) is was
found that the extent of voluntary association affiliation varies
considerably from country to country & that men's membership rates
consistently exceed women's. While controlling for some background
variables (size of town, age, education, rated SES) reduces M-F
differences by only a few % points, the addition of LF participation
changes the findings dramatically. A large proportion of the
difference in all 5 countries considered -- the US, GB, West Germany,
Italy, & Mexico -- is due to the higher participation of men in
work-related trade or labor unions. 1 Table, 16 References. Modified
HA.
Journal
(1979)
vol8
no3-4
pages51-56
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