Gender equality and American Jews / Moshe Hartman and Harriet Hartman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1 Introduction (starting p. 1) -- Ch. 2 Education: Gatekeeper to Gender Equality in the Economy (starting p. 23) -- Ch. 3 The Labor Force Participation of American Jewish Men and Women (starting p. 61) -- Ch. 4 Occupational Achievement of American Jewish Men and Women (starting p. 115) -- Ch. 5 Gender Equality Within Jewish Couples (starting p. 165) -- Ch. 6 Are We One? How Jewish Involvement Is Related to Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement (starting p. 197) -- Ch. 7 Are We One? Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement Among Israeli and American Jews (starting p. 249) -- Ch. 8 Conclusions (starting p. 289) -- Appendixes (starting p. 299) -- Appendix I The Methodology of the 1990 Jewish National Population Survey (starting p. 301) / Joseph Walesberg -- Appendix II Jewishness Factors (starting p. 323) -- Appendix III Methods of Analysis (starting p. 327) -- Appendix IV Profile of Israeli Society (starting p. 329) -- Notes (starting p. 337) -- Bibliography (starting p. 351) -- Name Index (starting p. 365) -- Subject Index (starting p. 369)

Based on the 1990 National Jewish population survey, this book analyses gender equality in education, labour Force participation and occupational achievement among American Jews, and offers a comparison with the wider American population.

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