Women in Science and Engineering: Increasing Their Numbers in the 1990s: A Statement on Policy and Strategy

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Women in Science and Engineering: Increasing their Numbers in the 1990s

TABLE 8: College Major Field of Study of 1980 High School Seniors Who Had Graduated from College by 1986, by Intended Field of Study in High School and by Sex (in percent)

	College Graduates, by Major Field of Study
Sex and Intended Field of Study in College in 1980	Total (sample size)	SEM*	Other	All	All 1980 High School Seniors Planning to Attend College
Males
Total	100.0 (668)	33.9	66.1	100.0	100.0
SEM*	100.0 (230)	54.2	45.8	39.1	31.2
All other fields	100.0 (634)	20.9	79.1	60.9	68.8
Females
Total	100.0 (786)	18.2	81.8	100.0	100.0
SEM*	100.0 (152)	44.4	55.6	18.8	19.6
All other fields	100.0 (634)	12.1	87.9	81.2	80.4
* Science, engineering, and mathematics SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "High School and Beyond" survey, 1986, in Henry A. Gordon, Who Majors in Science? College Graduates in Science, Engineering, or Mathematics from the High School Class of 1980 (NCES 90-658), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990.