is it true that 95% of engineers are men
and is it true that 90% of personals are posted by engineers
2006-06-28 12:20:53 · 9 answers · asked by yahoo 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
i know why engineers are such a rare breed: they rarely reproduce and that would explain the personals posting
2006-06-29 02:19:47 · update #1
Check the National Science Foundation stats at the link below as far as gender in engineering (race/ethnicity and other factors too). There is a lot of information to sift through, which is a pain.
The Society of Women Engineers has more focused figures, but only goes up to the year 2000. Check out the "number of employed engineers" graph; only around 10% women at year 2000, so your 90% male figure is right for that year. I would say that the percentage of women in engineering has certainly increased since that time.
From my engineering experience at Ohio State, I would agree with some of the other answers; chemical eng, med/bio eng, and industrial systems engineering seem to do pretty good with the women-to-men ratio. Computer science/eng and electrical/computer engineering seem to be sausage party majors at the moment.
90% of personals posted by engineers? I somehow doubt that.
2006-06-29 03:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by Ubi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt that 90% of personals are posted by engineers. There just aren't that many engineers. There just aren't that many people that can pass engineering school. A rare breed actually.
So, no, not true.
2006-06-28 12:23:24 · answer #2 · answered by enginerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about neither of this one.
As said by other answerers, there just aren't enough engineers out there. US produces 60,000 engineers a year. That is what ? 0.00002% of US population.
About girls, boys to girl ratio is very low, however girls are found in computer engineering and chemical engineering, there are growing number of girls in electrical engineering too.
2006-06-28 14:49:58 · answer #3 · answered by Sandip P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Is probably true. I am an engineer (chemical)
2. I don't post personals (you wish).
2006-06-28 12:23:12 · answer #4 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not engg as a whole say for mechanical or chemical it would be true but for other branches there is head to head competition sometimes there are more femails then males
2006-06-28 19:40:47 · answer #5 · answered by Hardik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that 75% of facts are made up.
2006-06-29 08:47:10 · answer #6 · answered by N M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i fit the %-ages, male, mechanical/electrical engineer, plant operator and on-line dater. although i always thought i was different.
2006-06-28 12:28:52 · answer #7 · answered by ron and rasta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
it's wrong
this estimation had now falled off
2006-06-28 12:23:34 · answer #8 · answered by BOND WITH THE BEST 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know dont care
2006-06-28 12:21:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋