• DocumentCode
    3187876
  • Title

    Status of women´s participation in science and technology in Costa Rica: Women informatics

  • Author

    Vivianne, A.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Programa Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento (PROSIC), Univ. de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    1-5 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    9
  • Abstract
    This paper compares the participation of women studying or have studied computer science in the country. An analysis from variables such as grade level, activity status and income and the main differences with men. Overall, the results show that women have lower participation in the career and that in most of the variables gender differences are evident.
  • Keywords
    computer science education; gender issues; Costa Rica; activity status; computer science; gender difference; grade level; income; science and technology; women informatics; women participation status; Abstracts; Computer science; Informatics; Medical services; Optimized production technology; Silicon compounds; Software; Costa Rica; Women; computing; participation; science; technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En
  • Conference_Location
    Medellin
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0794-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEI.2012.6427241
  • Filename
    6427241
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3187876