Chapter 3: Science & Engineering Indicators 93
Employment of Women
The United States has had more success than the other industrialized countries studied in attracting women into the nonacademic S& E workforce. (See appendix
table 3-19.) It has the highest proportion of female scientists in the labor force (54 per 10,000 workers). Canada ranks second with 48, followed by Sweden (43), France (36), and the United Kingdom
(32). Among these countries, the United States has the second highest proportion of female engineers (13 per 10,000 workers); Sweden has a higher ratio of female engineers--16. Although women are vastly underrepresented in engineering in all
industrialized nations, their numbers have been increasing. For example, in the United States, the ratio of female engineers per 10,000 workers rose from 8 in 1986 to 13 in 1992. In Japan, it rose from 3 in 1985 to 8 in 1990.(Click here for footnote 38.)
Footnote 38:
Center for International Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, and unpublished NSF data.
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