Gender differences in male- and female-dominated occupations among two age cohorts of the lidA study

Background: The German labour market is highly gender-segregated in two directions horizontal and vertical. Regarding horizontal segregation, in 2009, nearly 49% of men and more than 36% of women worked in a professional group with a gender ratio of 4:1 [1]. Only a small proportion of women and men worked in a gender-balanced profession. According to existing research results male- and female-dominated occupations might be associated with health differences and even with mental disorders [2]. Besides, employees are increasingly faced with work and non-work risk factors for poor mental health (e.g. depressiveness…