Cohort Differences in Occupational Retention among Computer Science Degree Holders: Reassessing the Role of Family

IF 2.2 3区 社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY
Sharon L. Sassler, Kristin E. Smith, Katherine Michelmore
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Although women’s representation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) employment has increased significantly over the past few decades, their presence remains low in fields like computer science. Using the National Science Foundation’s Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT), this paper assesses the factors shaping employment in STEM and non-STEM occupations among men and women with bachelor’s degrees in computer science. Our results reveal that women with degrees in computer science are far less likely than their male counterparts to be employed in STEM occupations, particularly in computer science jobs. But family factors do not have the expected association with employment in computer science jobs. Men who are parents and childless women are more likely to work in non-STEM jobs versus computer science jobs, relative to childless men. Furthermore, the gender gap in employment in computer science jobs is larger among those graduating in the new millennium, suggesting that other factors are at play.
计算机科学学位持有者职业保留的队列差异:重新评估家庭的作用
尽管在过去的几十年里,女性在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的就业人数显著增加,但她们在计算机科学等领域的比例仍然很低。利用美国国家科学基金会的科学家和工程师统计数据系统(SESTAT),本文评估了影响计算机科学学士学位的男性和女性在STEM和非STEM职业中就业的因素。我们的研究结果显示,拥有计算机科学学位的女性从事STEM职业的可能性远远低于男性,尤其是在计算机科学领域。但家庭因素与计算机科学工作的就业并没有预期的联系。与没有孩子的男性相比,有父母的男性和没有孩子的女性更有可能从事非stem工作,而不是计算机科学工作。此外,在新千年毕业的计算机科学工作中,性别差距更大,这表明还有其他因素在起作用。
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期刊介绍: Established in 1957 and heralded as "always intriguing" by one critic, Sociological Perspectives is well edited and intensely peer-reviewed. Each issue of Sociological Perspectives offers 170 pages of pertinent and up-to-the-minute articles within the field of sociology. Articles typically address the ever-expanding body of knowledge about social processes and are related to economic, political, anthropological and historical issues.
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