Women earn substantial shares of bachelor's degrees in most math and science fields but remain underrepresented in computer sciences, physics, and engineering¶

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q2 i? In 2004 women earned 25 percent of computer science, 22 percent of physics, and 21 percent of engineering bachelor's degrees, versus 51 percent in chemistry and 46 percent in mathematics. → Halpern 2007

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Halpern 2007¶

Halpern, D., Aronson, J., Reimer, N., Simpkins, S., Star, J., and Wentzel, K. (2007). Encouraging Girls in Math and Science (NCER 2007-2003). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/5

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Descriptive statistics reported in the guide's overview, drawn from National Science Foundation degree-completion data, citing NSF (2006d). The guide reports that "women earned 58 percent of all bachelor's degrees" with field-level percentages as printed; no effect sizes are reported.

"In 2004, women earned 58 percent of all bachelor's degrees, 78 percent of bachelor's degrees in psychology, 62 percent in biological sciences, 51 percent in chemistry, 46 percent in mathematics, 25 percent in computer sciences, 22 percent in physics, and 21 percent in engineering."

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