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Headings: !!Resources for Gender Courses !!!!Hot Topics !!!!Summary Data and Graphs (useful for lecture material and class assignments)* !!!!Using Data in the Classroom !!!!Links to Syllabi

Resources for Gender Courses ^

Hot Topics ^

• From AmeriStat: "More US Women Outearning Their Husbands"
  • 7 out of 10 women earn less than their husbands. This is a small improvement from the past when the ratio was closer to 8 out of 10 women earning less.

Summary Data and Graphs (useful for lecture material and class assignments)* ^

• Gender gap in wages
  • Wage Ratios by Schooling
  • Faculty Salaries by Sex and Race:
    • Differences by Sex
    • Differences by Race/Ethnicity

• Trends in Schooling by Sex 1940-2000 (Adults)

• Women's Schooling by Age in Developing Countries, Population Council

• World Illiteracy Rates by Sex, UNESCO

• College Major Choice

• From the National Science Foundation (NSF), "Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering Education and Employment" (NSF 04-317, May 2004 Microsoft Excel and .pdf format, 292p.). Links below show data for differences by sex:
  • US Demographics
  • Undergraduate Enrollment
  • Undergraduate Degrees
  • Graduate Enrollment
  • Graduate Degrees
  • Postdoc Status
  • Employment

• From the US Census Bureau:
  • Educational Attainment by Sex
  • Sex by Age by Educational Attainment

Using Data in the Classroom ^

• Modules from the Social Sciences Research and Instructional Council:
  • California Opinions On Women's Issues, 1985-1995

• Modules from SSDAN:
  • Gender, Marital Status, and Earnings
  • Occupational Sex Segregation
  • Investigating differences in earnings by gender

• Modules from the Site for Instructional Materials and Information (SIMI), ICPSR:
  • Domestic Violence teaching package
  • Violence Against Women

• See also, the assignments listed on the Family page

Links to Syllabi ^

• Soc M162 Saguy
• Soc M162 Anderson

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