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Rachel Ivie and Casey Tesfaye Funded by Henry Luce Foundation

The Effects of Limited Resources and Opportunities on Women’s Careers in Physics: Results from the Global Survey of Physicists. Rachel Ivie and Casey Tesfaye Funded by Henry Luce Foundation. Why survey women in physics?. Source: US Department of Education.

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Rachel Ivie and Casey Tesfaye Funded by Henry Luce Foundation

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  1. The Effects of Limited Resources and Opportunities on Women’s Careers in Physics: Results from the Global Survey of Physicists Rachel Ivie and Casey Tesfaye Funded by Henry Luce Foundation

  2. Why survey women in physics? Source: US Department of Education

  3. (Spain) “It is difficult when you are, as I have been, the only woman in a conference. Or when people interrupt, or do not listen or even laugh at what you are saying, even if it is important. Or when advisors or mentors could not believe that I’d done the work myself.”

  4. We also must have data on other factors that affect women’s careers • In this study, we focus on • Opportunities • Resources • Work and family • Will touch briefly on educational experiences Although representation is very low

  5. Goal: To describe common problems that women in physics across the world face in their work and studies With Women’s Working Group of IUPAP, AIP has done 3 global surveys Why a Global Survey of Physicists?

  6. More than 1000 women from more than 50 countries responded to each survey Only women were included English only The first two global surveys of physicists

  7. To ensure comparability across countries—one report at the end of the process To show whether women physicists’ experiences are different from men’s To provide survey in languages other than English Purposes of Third Survey

  8. English • French • Russian • Arabic • Chinese • Spanish • German • Japanese Languages

  9. Web survey sent to country leaders from conference Survey itself contained instructions to forward to colleagues Sample surveys were drawn by APS and German Physical Society, so their results are representative of their membership. Survey went to entire membership of Japanese Physical Society. Open from ~Oct. 2009-Oct. 2010 How the survey was distributed

  10. 130 countries • 14,932 respondents • Language of responses • 60% English • 11% German • 11% Spanish • 7% Japanese • 5% Chinese • 3% French • 2% Russian • 1% Arabic Who Responded?

  11. By Region: • 37% Europe • 32% North America • 17% Asia • 7% South America • 3% Africa • 2% Middle East • 2% Australia Who Responded?

  12. 75% from Very Highly Developed Countries (21% Female) 25% from Less Developed Countries (27% Female) Employed in all types of jobs Who Responded?

  13. Norway Australia New Zealand United States Ireland Liechtenstein Netherlands Canada Sweden Germany Japan Korea (Republic of) Switzerland France Israel Finland Iceland Belgium Denmark Spain Hong Kong, China (SAR) Greece Italy Luxembourg Austria United Kingdom Singapore Czech Republic Slovenia Andorra Slovakia United Arab Emirates Malta Estonia Cyprus Hungary Brunei Darussalam Qatar Bahrain Portugal Poland Barbados Very Highly Developed NationsUnited Nations, 2010

  14. education

  15. When did you first think of choosing physics as your career?

  16. Models tested Resources and opportunities

  17. Percentage of respondents with access to key resources

  18. % of R’s w/ career-advancing opportunities

  19. Sex had a statistically significant effect on all resources But not on all opportunities In the models tested

  20. % of R’s w/ career-advancing opportunities

  21. Relationship between career progress and opportunities

  22. Relationship between career progress and resources

  23. Sex*Children

  24. Compared to colleagues, how quickly have you progressed in your career?

  25. Work and family

  26. How did your work or career change because you are a parent?

  27. Did your employer assign less challenging work to you when you became a parent?

  28. Has your career changed your personal life, such as decisions about marriage or children?

  29. How much school did your partner or spouse complete?

  30. If your partner is employed, does he or she earn:

  31. The Bad News First

  32. Percentage of respondents who have felt discouraged about physics

  33. Percent who felt discouraged because of interaction with colleagues

  34. Percent who felt discouraged about workplace environment

  35. Percent who felt discouraged about funding and personal life

  36. 89% said yes Would you choose physics again?

  37. Education: use research-based strategies to encourage girls to stay in physics • Opportunities and resources: • Decision-makers should work to distribute opportunities and resources fairly • Professional societies should work to increase awareness of how opportunities and resources are unequally distributed • Programs to remedy women’s situations should be based on documented differences • Work and family: personal and cultural Recommendations

  38. Visit http://www.aip.org/statistics for past reports or to sign up for updates about the Global Survey of Physicists Our article available in Feb. 2012 issue of Physics Today Want to learn more?

  39. Thanks to our colleagues Roman Czujko, Raymond Chu, & Susan White

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