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Impact of economic downturn on higher education attendence, by gender U.S. 2011
This graph shows responses to a survey question in the United States in 2011 asking young people whether they had either delayed starting, or continuing college, or any other training because of the economy and its impact on them. The results are differentiated between men and women. 42 percent of women stated that they had delayed either starting or continuing higher education as a result of problems with the economy.