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Young Women, Work and Inequality: Is it What They Want or What They Get? An Australian Contribution to Research on Women and Workforce Participation Wicks, Deidre; Mishra, Gita; Milne, Lisa.

Sociological Research Online; London  Vol. 7, Iss. 3,  (Aug 2002): 1-

16. DOI:10.5153/sro.737

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The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women 's Health was established to track the health of three age

cohorts of Australian women - 40,000 in total - over a twenty year period. It provides opportunities for

research into health and related issues for women . In this paper, we investigate (1) baseline data from the

young cohort of 1400 survey participants and (2) follow up in -depth interview data from a small sample of

57 of the original respondents. The focus of the paper is on the aspirations of young women (aged 18-23)

for work, their ideal job, relationships (including children) and further education, particularly in the context

of gender inequality in labour markets.Through an analysis of the data, we look at the extent to which

gender inequalities are the result of free choices and preferences and to what extent they are conditioned by

socio-economic structures and processes that reproduce inequalities over time. This issue is further

explored through a classification of women by socio- economic status. In this way, we can analyse the

gender dimension of labour market inequality in general as well as the relationship of gender inequality to

class inequality in the areas of work, work choice and the ability to combine work and family

responsibilities. Analysis of the two data sets sheds light on debates about women 's workforce

participation as well as establishing baseline data for future research on the options chosen and available

for this group of young women . The results will have significance for policy debates in several areas,

including those concerned with worker entitlements, childcare, access to higher education and workforce

planning. More particularly, it makes a significant contribution to the current debate, initiated by Catherine

Hakim, about women 's supposed preference for part-time rather than full-time work.

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Womens health;

Labor market;

Age groups;

Family work relationship;

Higher education;

Labor force participation;

Classification;

Economic conditions;

Gender;

Children;

Data;

Womens health care;

Preferences;

Health research;

Child care services;

Sexual inequality;

Inequality;

Socioeconomic factors;

Women ;

Workforce ;

Gender relations;

Continuing education;

Work;

Gender inequalities;

Aspiration;

Child care;

Economic status;

Manpower planning;

Young women ;

Occupational segregation;

Medical research;

Employment

Labor market;

Workforce

Young Women , Work and Inequality: Is it What They Want or What They

Get? An Australian Contribution to Research on Women and Workforce

Participation

Wicks, Deidre; Mishra, Gita; Milne, Lisa

Sociological Research Online; London

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