Summary information
Study title
Woman Lawyer: Areas of Strain in the Professional Career, 1979-1981
Creator
Spencer, A. C., University of Aston, Department of Sociology and Social History
Podmore, D., University of Aston, Sociology Group
Study number / PID
1772 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1772-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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(i) To illuminate the difficulties and strains involved and the accommodations made when women embark on careers in a male-dominated profession.
(ii) To identify the factors which enable women to perform the professional role successfully in a male-dominated profession.
(iii) To identify the specialities in which women barristers and solicitors work, together with other features of their professional practice; also to ascertain the extent to which the practice of women lawyers differs from that of men.
(iv) To suggest ways in which female participation may be facilitated in other male-dominated professions.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/12/1979 - 01/12/1981
Country
England
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Groups
Subnational
Elites
Lawyers
Women
Universe
Lawyers in the Midlands and London
Sampling procedure
One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Funding information
Grant number
HR6391
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1982
Terms of data access
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Related publications
- Spencer, A. and Podmore, D. (1982) The law as a sex-typed profession.
- Spencer, A. and Podmore, D. (1982) 'Women lawyers in England:: the experience of inequality', Work and Occupations, 337-361
- Podmore, D. and Spencer, A. (1981) 'Women lawyers: : the experience of inequality'
- Podmore, D. and Spencer, A. (1981) Women lawyers at home and at work, [Discussion paper].: BSA.
- Spencer, A. and Podmore, D. (0001) 'Women in a male-dominated profession: : pressure and strain in family and domestic life'