Reasons for working in STEM according to women worldwide 2016

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 20, 2016
The statistic displays the reasons women gave for having chosen work in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields, as of 2016. At that time, 7 percent of respondents said they had desire to prove others wrong and had chosen to work in STEM at least partially on that basis.

Women's reasons for working in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields worldwide, as of 2016

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Release date

August 2016

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April and May 2016

Number of respondents

1,096 respondents

Special properties

members of the WITI organization

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Which of the following best describes why you chose to work in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field? Please select up to three."

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