1. Consider the following hypothetical information about the occupational distribution of Country Y. Assume that 100 employed men and 100 employed women work in either Occupation A or Occupation B.
Employed Women Employed Men
Occupation A 70% 20%
Occupation B 30% 80%
Total 100% 100%
a. Calculate the index of occupational segregation by sex using the formula given in footnote 5, Chapter 5.
b. Explain exactly what the number you obtained in (a) means in light of the definition of the sex segregation index.