Liz O'Donnell
Question:26 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Education the relative proportion of males and females participating in higher education; and the way in which this compares with other EU states. [13480/95]
Written Answers. - Higher Education Gender Ratio.
The White Paper states that "all institutions will be asked to develop and publish policies to promote gender equality" and proposes measures for inclusion in any such policy.
Forty-four thousand nine hundred and thirty-one females and 47,664 males received full-time education in 1993-94. Women constitute more than half (53 per cent) of all enrolments in universities and almost half (43 per cent) in the regional technical colleges and the Dublin Institute of Technology. The following table shows the proportion of women in the population 25 to 64 years of age who have attained non-university tertiary education and university education for the EU states in 1992. In Ireland in 1992 women comprised 52 per cent of the population 25 to 64 years of age who had attained non-university tertiary education. Ireland came 6th of the nine European Community countries who supplied data. Portugal with 74 per cent had the highest proportion, and Spain with 34 per cent the lowest.
The table also shows that in Ireland in 1992 women comprised 41 per cent of the total population 25 to 64 years of age who has attained university tertiary education. Ireland came 7th of the 11 European Community countries who supplied data. Portugal and Spain with 48 per cent had the highest proportion, and Belgium with 34 per cent the lowest.
Proportion of women in the total population 25 to 64 years of age having attained a specified level of education (1992).
|
European Community |
Non-University tertiary |
University |
|
Belgium |
60 |
34 |
|
Denmark |
57 |
47 |
|
France |
56 |
46 |
|
German |
35 |
35 |
|
Greece |
40 |
40 |
|
Ireland |
54 |
41 |
|
Italy |
* |
43 |
|
Luxembourg |
* |
* |
|
Netherlands |
* |
42 |
|
Portugal |
74 |
48 |
|
Spain |
34 |
48 |
|
United Kingdom |
60 |
36 |
*data not available
Source: Education at a Glance — OECD 1995.