The Relative Status of Women Administrators: Not a Unitary Group

Abstract

This paper examines the relative status of women school administrators using data from a representative, national sample. Results indicate that the administrators varied significantly on prestige-related variables (salary, number of people supervised, and size of district) and that it was possible to differentiate distinct groups of women administrators using these variables. Very few (7.5%) held high status position, while a substantial minority (32%) were in relatively low status posts. Members of the status groups also differed from each other on a variety of career-related, demographic, and lifestyle related variables.