Women in Computing around the World: an Initial Comparison of
International Statistics
V.C. Galpin
Technical Report TR-Wits-CS-2002-0, School of Computer
Science, University of the Witwatersrand, 2002.
Abstract
This technical report describes the participation of women in computing
in more than 30 countries, by focussing on participation at undergraduate
level. A brief discussion covers how societal and cultural factors may
affect women's participation. Statistics from many different sources
are presented for comparison. Generally, participation is low -- most
countries fall in the 10-40% range with a few below 10% and a few above
above 40%. In the appendices, the approach to data collection is described
and statistics for women in computing and mathematics are presented.
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