Data on employment by sex and detailed occupational groups The
database on employment by sex and detailed occupational groups
(SEGREGAT) contains statistics for over 80 developed and
developing countries and for years near to 1970, 1980, 1990 and
2000. The statistics are not always comparable across countries
or across points in time, given differences regarding the
sources of data collection, worker coverage and national
classifications used. However, it may be possible to compare
specific and well defined occupational groups, such as teachers,
doctors and taxi drivers. This database was first compiled in
1993 to measure and analyze occupational segregation between men
and women in the world . It was also used to provide background
information on women and men managers to analyze the reasons
women find it hard to come into positions of power . In
addition, the database has been used for many other
applications, including for the analysis of individual
occupations. More recently, it has been used to analyze o