Statistics of Women in Science and Technology Education: Data from Taiwan, Japan and South

Korea

Panelists:TaiwanTaiwan: Li-Ling Tsai, Yen-Wen PengJapanJapan: Mariko Ogawa, Kae TakarabeSouth KoreaSouth Korea: Eunkyoung Lee

Methodological note

• What are S&T (Science and Technology) fields of study?

– According to the Canberra Manual (OECD, 1995), there are 7 broad fields of study in S&T: 1)natural sciences, 2)engineering and technology, 3)medical sciences, 4)agricultural sciences, 5)social sciences, 6)humanities, 7)other fields.

– They can be divided into 21 fields of study (cf. ISCED 76).

– We follow the framework used in She Figures (EU, 2009), and only compare data in the first 6 fields.

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Numbers of PhD graduates across the broad fields of study by sex, 2001

JP KR TW

M F M F M F

NS 1299 211 618 362 206 45ET 2790 258 1443 86 518 19AS 730 223 213 47 65 25MS 3217 956 1204 430 81 57SS 706 320 849 293 147 62HM 638 552 414 262 85 74

ＴＯＴＡＬ 9380 2520 4741 1480 1102 282

Numbers of PhD graduates across the broad fields of study by sex, 2011

JP KR TW

M F M F M F

NS 1045 210 1197 745 479 165ET 2912 458 2669 266 1476 158AS 711 290 157 58 65 28MS 3454 1614 1318 773 242 171SS 797 437 1742 1024 418 331HM 753 688 875 821 124 177

ＴＯＴＡＬ 9672 3697 7958 3687 2804 1030

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F1.3 Compound annual growth rate of PhD graduates by sex

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F1.6 Compound annual growth rate of PhD graduates by broad fields of study, 2001-2011

NS ET AS MS SS HM

M F M F M F M F M F M F

TW 8.8% 13.8% 11.0% 23.6% 0.0% 1.1% 11.6% 11.6% 11.0% 18.2% 3.8% 9.1%

JP -2.2% -0.05% 0.4% 5.9% -0.3% 2.7% 0.7% 5.4% 1.2% 3.2% 1.7% 2.2%

KR 6.8% 7.5% 6.3% 12.0% -3.0% 2.1% 0.9% 6.0% 7.5% 13.3% 7.8% 12.1%

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