Occupational sex segregation is a major factor behind the gender ...

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Occupational sex segregation is a major factor behind the gender pay gap. Explain.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Social gerontology is the study of
 
  A) female illness in old age.
  B) medical and health need throughout the life course.
  C) communications patterns among widows.
  D) older persons and the aging process.

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Answer to Question 1

Occupational sex segregation is a major factor behind the pay gap because female-dominated occupations pay lower wages. In 2012, for example, among full-time employees, 98 percent of workers in construction, production, or transportation occupations were men; their annual median earnings were almost 39,000. Bank tellers89 percent of whom are womenhad annual median earnings of only 26,000.

Answer to Question 2

D