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Figure 4.
Women’s Employment in STEM Occupations: 1970 to 2011
(Data based on sample. For information on con dentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and de nitions,
see www.census.gov/acs/www/)
Percent female
70
60
61
Social scientists
Total employed
40
60
STEM
20
50
47
Mathematical
0
1970
1980
1990
2000
2011
workers
41
Life and physical
scientists
40
30
27
Computer workers
20
17
15
13
Engineers
14
10
3
0
1970
1980
1990
2000
2011
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses and 2011 American Community Survey.
Table 3 provides estimates of STEM
the lowest female representation
would approximate 48 percent,
employment by detailed STEM
(6 percent are women).
which is the share of the workforce
17
occupational categories. Among the
that is female. Women’s employ-
Figure 5 shows that women’s
occupations with the largest rep-
ment shares do vary significantly
employment in STEM is below aver-
resentation of women is psycholo-
by detailed occupation, but their
age in most STEM occupations. If
gist (70 percent are women), while
share of employment is lowest in
women were equally represented
mechanical engineers have among
engineering occupations.
in STEM occupations, their share
17
The estimate for psychologists is not
statistically different from the estimates for
sociologists and survey researchers.
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