Title :
Status of women´s participation in science and technology in Costa Rica: Women informatics
Author_Institution :
Programa Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento (PROSIC), Univ. de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
Abstract :
This paper compares the participation of women studying or have studied computer science in the country. An analysis from variables such as grade level, activity status and income and the main differences with men. Overall, the results show that women have lower participation in the career and that in most of the variables gender differences are evident.
Keywords :
computer science education; gender issues; Costa Rica; activity status; computer science; gender difference; grade level; income; science and technology; women informatics; women participation status; Abstracts; Computer science; Informatics; Medical services; Optimized production technology; Silicon compounds; Software; Costa Rica; Women; computing; participation; science; technology;
Conference_Titel :
Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En
Conference_Location :
Medellin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0794-9
DOI :
10.1109/CLEI.2012.6427241