Statistics
Worldwide, men are more likely to be literate, with 100 men considered literate for every 88 women. In some countries the difference is even greater; for example, in Bangladesh only 62 women are literate for every 100 men.
In an OECD study of 43 developed countries, 15-year-old girls were ahead of boys in literacy skills and were more confident than boys about getting high-income jobs.. In the United States, girls are significantly ahead of boys in writing ability at all levels of primary and secondary education. However, boys are slightly ahead of girls in mathematics ability.
There has been a significant increase in women accessing tertiary education compared to men. In the United States, the 2005 averages saw male to female university participants at a 43 to 57 ratio (Marklein, 2005). Also, in 2005-2006, women earned more Associate's, Bachelor's, and Master's degrees than men, but men earned more Doctorates. This is repeated in other countries; for example, women make up 58% of admissions in the UK and 60% in Iran. In Canada the 15% gender gap in university participation favoured women (Christofides, Hoy, and Yang, 2006)
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