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Daily Digest Archive for March 11, 2003

Q: (Initially posted on March 6, 2003) FROM MENTEE MEGAN V. IN VT
How many women are going into technology majors in college? What percentage of
technology majors are women?

March 11, 2003
A: FROM MENTOR SHEILA ENGLAND IN PA
I found some statistics from 1995-1996:
Males outnumber females:
2 to 1in computers and data processing
6 to1 in science and engineering
20 to 1 in trade and industry
5 to 1 in protective services

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