I decided to combine tables 6 & 9 from the report noted in the previous post (as it was PDF I assume many readers didn't follow the link). These tables deal with:
1) The percentage of women in a given subfield (all)
2) The percentage of each race/ethnic group in a given subfield (U.S. citizens only)
With the proviso above that one data set includes non-citizens while the other does not, here is the correlation between sex (female) and each race in terms of their representation in the various fields:
-0.67 Asian
0.59 Black
0.32 Hispanic
0.36 Indian
-0.20 White
0.07 Other
You can double check me by downloading the excel file yourself. The only major thing that surprised me was that there are very few women in History (40%) compared to English, etc. (59%).
|
Field |
% of Women (all |
U.S. citizens who declared their race/ethnic group
|
|
|
Asian |
Black |
Hispanic |
Indian |
White |
Other |
All |
|
Physics & astronomy |
16.3% |
48 |
18 |
21 |
2 |
513 |
10 |
612 |
|
Chemistry |
33.6% |
73 |
41 |
35 |
5 |
950 |
11 |
1115 |
|
Earth, atmospheric, & marine sciences |
31.4% |
10 |
5 |
13 |
0 |
422 |
9 |
459 |
|
Mathematics |
28.9% |
19 |
13 |
11 |
3 |
352 |
7 |
405 |
|
Computer science |
20.8% |
50 |
17 |
13 |
1 |
267 |
2 |
350 |
|
Engineering |
17.5% |
248 |
77 |
86 |
7 |
1392 |
22 |
1832 |
|
Biological sciences |
44.7% |
372 |
112 |
157 |
12 |
3023 |
47 |
3723 |
|
Health sciences |
68.2% |
55 |
66 |
29 |
3 |
940 |
12 |
1105 |
|
Agricultural sciences |
30.8% |
12 |
9 |
17 |
2 |
373 |
3 |
416 |
|
Psychology |
66.8% |
104 |
164 |
179 |
15 |
2186 |
36 |
2684 |
|
Anthropology |
58.4% |
10 |
21 |
22 |
6 |
306 |
8 |
373 |
|
Economics |
27.7% |
24 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
279 |
1 |
328 |
|
Political science/international relates |
41.6% |
16 |
36 |
27 |
2 |
412 |
5 |
498 |
|
Sociology |
61.1% |
17 |
41 |
21 |
7 |
334 |
10 |
430 |
|
Other social sciences |
46.1% |
23 |
41 |
20 |
2 |
406 |
6 |
498 |
|
History |
39.9% |
25 |
40 |
34 |
3 |
732 |
9 |
843 |
|
English language & literature |
58.9% |
25 |
45 |
28 |
5 |
688 |
17 |
808 |
|
Foreign language & literature |
60.4% |
13 |
10 |
82 |
2 |
311 |
1 |
419 |
|
Other humanities |
49.0% |
74 |
70 |
70 |
12 |
1718 |
43 |
1987 |
|
Teacher education |
69.7% |
4 |
21 |
9 |
3 |
167 |
1 |
205 |
|
Teacher fields |
63.8% |
9 |
50 |
20 |
2 |
407 |
7 |
495 |
|
Other eduation |
66.3% |
85 |
593 |
280 |
41 |
3416 |
60 |
4475 |
|
Business & management |
38.2% |
27 |
54 |
21 |
4 |
472 |
6 |
584 |
|
Communications |
58.6% |
5 |
30 |
10 |
0 |
219 |
6 |
270 |
|
Other professional fields |
50.3% |
16 |
57 |
15 |
7 |
424 |
4 |
523 |
|
Other fields |
65.3% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
13 |
|
Physics & astronomy |
|
7.8% |
2.9% |
3.4% |
0.3% |
83.8% |
1.6% |
|
|
Chemistry |
|
6.5% |
3.7% |
3.1% |
0.4% |
85.2% |
1.0% |
|
|
Earth, atmospheric, & marine sciences |
|
2.2% |
1.1% |
2.8% |
0.0% |
91.9% |
2.0% |
|
|
Mathematics |
|
4.7% |
3.2% |
2.7% |
0.7% |
86.9% |
1.7% |
|
|
Computer science |
|
14.3% |
4.9% |
3.7% |
0.3% |
76.3% |
0.6% |
|
|
Engineering |
|
13.5% |
4.2% |
4.7% |
0.4% |
76.0% |
1.2% |
|
|
Biological sciences |
|
10.0% |
3.0% |
4.2% |
0.3% |
81.2% |
1.3% |
|
|
Health sciences |
|
5.0% |
6.0% |
2.6% |
0.3% |
85.1% |
1.1% |
|
|
Agricultural sciences |
|
2.9% |
2.2% |
4.1% |
0.5% |
89.7% |
0.7% |
|
|
Psychology |
|
3.9% |
6.1% |
6.7% |
0.6% |
81.4% |
1.3% |
|
|
Anthropology |
|
2.7% |
5.6% |
5.9% |
1.6% |
82.0% |
2.1% |
|
|
Economics |
|
7.3% |
3.7% |
3.7% |
0.0% |
85.1% |
0.3% |
|
|
Political science/international relates |
|
3.2% |
7.2% |
5.4% |
0.4% |
82.7% |
1.0% |
|
|
Sociology |
|
4.0% |
9.5% |
4.9% |
1.6% |
77.7% |
2.3% |
|
|
Other social sciences |
|
4.6% |
8.2% |
4.0% |
0.4% |
81.5% |
1.2% |
|
|
History |
|
3.0% |
4.7% |
4.0% |
0.4% |
86.8% |
1.1% |
|
|
English language & literature |
|
3.1% |
5.6% |
3.5% |
0.6% |
85.1% |
2.1% |
|
|
Foreign language & literature |
|
3.1% |
2.4% |
19.6% |
0.5% |
74.2% |
0.2% |
|
|
Other humanities |
|
3.7% |
3.5% |
3.5% |
0.6% |
86.5% |
2.2% |
|
|
Teacher education |
|
2.0% |
10.2% |
4.4% |
1.5% |
81.5% |
0.5% |
|
|
Teacher fields |
|
1.8% |
10.1% |
4.0% |
0.4% |
82.2% |
1.4% |
|
|
Other eduation |
|
1.9% |
13.3% |
6.3% |
0.9% |
76.3% |
1.3% |
|
|
Business & management |
|
4.6% |
9.2% |
3.6% |
0.7% |
80.8% |
1.0% |
|
|
Communications |
|
1.9% |
11.1% |
3.7% |
0.0% |
81.1% |
2.2% |
|
|
Other professional fields |
|
3.1% |
10.9% |
2.9% |
1.3% |
81.1% |
0.8% |
|
|
Other fields |
|
0.0% |
7.7% |
7.7% |
0.0% |
84.6% |
0.0% |
|
