Research and analysis

Attitudes to STEM subjects by gender at key stage 4

Research into the attitudes of male and female students aged 15 to 16 towards STEM subjects.

From:
Department for Education
Published
11 February 2019

Applies to England

Documents

Attitudes towards STEM subjects by gender at KS4

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-997-5, DFE-RB891

PDF, 403 KB, 15 pages

Details

This research looks at the different attitudes of male and female students in key stage 4, when thinking about STEM subjects. It examines which subjects they thought were:

  • most enjoyable
  • the students’ best subject
  • most likely to lead to a job
  • most likely to lead to the highest salaries
  • taken up at A level

It is based on data from the second Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE2).

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Published 11 February 2019

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