... Gap Index (GGI) developed by the World Economic Forum (WEF); the World Values Survey ... countries analyzed in the study.
The research also found a striking gender gap in reading skills. In every country ...
MADISON, Wis., July 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. study found that girls have closed the gender gap in math performance.
... society. "On average, girls have reached parity with boys in the United States and some other countries, and the gender gap at the high end is closing," says Hyde.
In their report, Mertz and Hyde ...
... are considered receive tenure at the same or higher rates than men. That means the gender gap is closing without quotas and with a consistent expectation of excellence. The congressionally mandated ...
Working overtime has a disproportionate impact on women in dual-earner households, exacerbating gender inequality and supporting the "separate sphere" phenomenon in which men are the breadwinners ...
Working overtime has a disproportionate impact on women in dual-earner households, exacerbating gender inequality and supporting the "separate sphere" phenomenon in which men are the breadwinners ...
The personality gap among the genders seems to be widening in modern society.
... this difference extends all the way back to 5 months of age," Johnson said. "We have shown that this gender difference is present in a pre-verbal population, a population too young to have learned it ...
Women are less likely to receive kidney transplants than men, and researchers have found that this gap primarily affects older women.
... in sleep disruption, with parental status accounting for an additional five percent of the gender gap in sleep disruption.
The authors say that women were more likely than men to report more sleep ...
... Placement courses) among race, poverty, and gender groups in Florida. The study finds that black ... likely than white students to enroll in the courses. Gaps in pre-high school performance also explain ...
... country in the world has yet managed to eliminate the gender gap." In the U.S., the Bureau of Labor Statistics ... study displayed, what the author calls, "gender fatigue" where individuals tire of acting ...
Prudence Mutowo, winner of a 2006 L'Oreal UNESCO fellowship, speaks to SciDev.Net about her experiences as a woman in science.
... in China.
Furthermore, in developing countries worldwide, women are more likely than men to be overweight or obese. The gender gap is largest in South Africa, where more than one-third of women are ...
The gender gap is alive and well in heart disease, a new international study finds, with women differing from men on everything from symptoms to treatment in both heart attack and severe ...
