Study: Women aren't becoming engineers because of confidence issues

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 08:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Women are less likely than men to stay in engineering majors and to become engineers because they want to have families and are more insecure about their math abilities, right? Not necessarily, suggests a new study in the October issue of the American Sociological Review.

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