This statistic shows the results of survey in selected countries all over the world regarding the importance of a university education for boys and girls. The survey was conducted in 2010. 15 percent of respondents in the United States agree that a university education is more important for a boy than for a girl, while 83 percent disagree.
Do you agree that a university education is more important for a boy than for a girl? (Worldwide 2010)
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Pew Research Center. (July 1, 2010). Do you agree that a university education is more important for a boy than for a girl? (Worldwide 2010) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/219542/attitude-on-equal-job-opportunities-for-men-and-women/
Pew Research Center. "Do you agree that a university education is more important for a boy than for a girl? (Worldwide 2010)." Chart. July 1, 2010. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/219542/attitude-on-equal-job-opportunities-for-men-and-women/
Pew Research Center. (2010). Do you agree that a university education is more important for a boy than for a girl? (Worldwide 2010). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/219542/attitude-on-equal-job-opportunities-for-men-and-women/
Pew Research Center. "Do You Agree That a University Education Is More Important for a Boy than for a Girl? (Worldwide 2010)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/219542/attitude-on-equal-job-opportunities-for-men-and-women/
Pew Research Center, Do you agree that a university education is more important for a boy than for a girl? (Worldwide 2010) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/219542/attitude-on-equal-job-opportunities-for-men-and-women/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Do you agree that a university education is more important for a boy than for a girl? (Worldwide 2010) [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 1, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/219542/attitude-on-equal-job-opportunities-for-men-and-women/