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Direct linkKim, Doo Hwan; Law, Helen – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
In many industrialised societies, women remain underrepresented in the sciences, which can be predicted by the gender gap in math achievement at school. Using PISA 2006 data, we explore the role of family background and single-sex schooling in girls' disadvantage in maths in South Korea and Hong Kong. This disadvantage is found to be associated…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Females, Family Characteristics, Social Structure
