Turing’s children: Representation of sexual minorities in STEM
dc.contributor.author | Sansone, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Carpenter, CS | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-19T12:45:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-11-18 | |
dc.description.abstract | We provide nationally representative estimates of sexual minority representation in STEM fields by studying 142,641 men and women in same-sex couples from the 2009–2018 American Community Surveys. These data indicate that men in same-sex couples are 12 percentage points less likely to have completed a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field compared to men in different-sex couples. On the other hand, there is no gap observed for women in same-sex couples compared to women in different-sex couples. The STEM degree gap between men in same-sex and different-sex couples is larger than the STEM degree gap between all white and black men but is smaller than the gender gap in STEM degrees. We also document a smaller but statistically significant gap in STEM occupations between men in same-sex and different-sex couples, and we replicate this finding by comparing heterosexual and gay men using independently drawn data from the 2013–2018 National Health Interview Surveys. These differences persist after controlling for demographic characteristics, location, and fertility. Finally, we document that gay male representation in STEM fields (measured using either degrees or occupations) is systematically and positively associated with female representation in those same STEM fields. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 15 (11), article e0241596 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0241596 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/123690 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://usa.ipums.org/usa/ | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://nhis.ipums.org/nhis/ | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020 Sansone, Carpenter. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | sexual minorities | en_GB |
dc.subject | representation | en_GB |
dc.subject | LGBTQ | en_GB |
dc.subject | STEM | en_GB |
dc.title | Turing’s children: Representation of sexual minorities in STEM | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-19T12:45:54Z | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from the Public Library of Science via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data Availability: All data used in this work can be downloaded from IPUMS. The American Community Survey can be accessed here: https://usa.ipums.org/usa/. The National Health Interview Survey can be accessed here: https://nhis.ipums.org/nhis/. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.journal | PLoS ONE | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-10-17 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-11-18 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-11-19T12:44:35Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-11-19T12:46:05Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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