论文标题
图灵的孩子：茎中的性少数群体的代表
Turing's Children: Representation of Sexual Minorities in STEM
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论文摘要
我们通过研究2009 - 2018年美国社区调查中的同性伴侣中的142,641名男性和女性，为STEM领域的性少数群体代表性提供了首个全国代表性的估计。这些数据表明，与不同性别夫妇的男性相比，同性夫妇中的男性在STEM领域完成学士学位的可能性少12个百分点。与不同性别夫妇中的女性相比，同性夫妇中的女性没有观察到的差距。同性和不同性别伴侣中男性之间的茎隙大于白人和黑人之间的茎缝隙，但比性别茎间隙小。我们还记录了同性和不同性别伴侣中男性之间的STEM职业差距，并使用2013 - 2018年国家健康访谈调查中独立绘制的数据来复制这一发现。控制人口特征，位置和生育能力后，这些差异持续存在。我们的发现进一步呼吁采取干预措施，以增加STEM中性少数群体的代表。
We provide the first 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; there is no gap observed for women in same-sex couples compared to women in different-sex couples. The STEM gap between men in same-sex and different-sex couples is larger than the STEM gap between white and black men but is smaller than the gender STEM gap. We also document a gap in STEM occupations between men in same-sex and different-sex couples, and we replicate this finding using independently drawn data from the 2013-2018 National Health Interview Surveys. These differences persist after controlling for demographic characteristics, location, and fertility. Our findings further the call for interventions designed at increasing representation of sexual minorities in STEM.
