According to respondents surveyed throughout the United States, female students are less likely to receive encouragement from an adult in their lives to pursue some form of a career in computer science compared to their male counterparts, as of 2020. Only 37 percent of surveyed female students received encouragement from an adult to pursue a career in computer science, while 52 percent of male students received encouragement for the same.
However, once a female student has received such encouragement from an adult, she becomes more likely to receive encouragement from a teacher pursue a CS career, and the gender gap narrows.
Share of high school students that received encouragement from an adult and a teacher to pursue a career in computer science (CS) in the United States in 2020, by gender
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Encouragement from an adult
Encouragement from a teacher (after receiving encouragement from an adult)
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Gallup. (September 25, 2020). Share of high school students that received encouragement from an adult and a teacher to pursue a career in computer science (CS) in the United States in 2020, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251717/united-states-computer-science-encouragement-students-gender/
Gallup. "Share of high school students that received encouragement from an adult and a teacher to pursue a career in computer science (CS) in the United States in 2020, by gender." Chart. September 25, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251717/united-states-computer-science-encouragement-students-gender/
Gallup. (2020). Share of high school students that received encouragement from an adult and a teacher to pursue a career in computer science (CS) in the United States in 2020, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251717/united-states-computer-science-encouragement-students-gender/
Gallup. "Share of High School Students That Received Encouragement from An Adult and a Teacher to Pursue a Career in Computer Science (Cs) in The United States in 2020, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251717/united-states-computer-science-encouragement-students-gender/
Gallup, Share of high school students that received encouragement from an adult and a teacher to pursue a career in computer science (CS) in the United States in 2020, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251717/united-states-computer-science-encouragement-students-gender/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Share of high school students that received encouragement from an adult and a teacher to pursue a career in computer science (CS) in the United States in 2020, by gender [Graph], Gallup, September 25, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251717/united-states-computer-science-encouragement-students-gender/
