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Women in the U.S. are substantially more likely than men to say gender discrimination is a major problem in the technology industry, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in July and August.<\/p>\n\n

The survey comes amid public debate about underrepresentation<\/a> and treatment of women \u2013 as well as racial and ethnic minorities \u2013 in the industry. Critics of Silicon Valley have cited\u00a0high-profile cases<\/a>\u00a0as evidence that the industry has fostered a hostile workplace culture. For their part, tech companies point to their commitment to increasing workforce diversity<\/a>, even as some employees claim<\/a> the industry is increasingly hostile to white males.<\/p>\n\n

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The new survey finds that roughly three-quarters of Americans (73%) say discrimination against women is a problem in the tech industry, with 37% citing it as a major problem and an equal share citing it as a minor one. But 44% of women say it is a major problem, compared with just 29% of men. And roughly a third of men (32%) say discrimination against women is not<\/em> a problem, compared with 17% of women.<\/p>\n\n

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Younger women are more likely than older women to view gender discrimination as a major problem in the tech industry. About half (49%) of women younger than 50 say this, compared with 39% of women 50 and older.<\/p>\n\n

Women who work in computer jobs are also more likely than men in these jobs to consider gender discrimination a major problem in the tech industry (43% to 31%); about twice as many men (32%) as women (15%) who work in these jobs say gender discrimination is not a problem in the industry. (Computer jobs include positions in software development or data science, and include some who work in the technology industry and some who work in other sectors.)<\/p>\n\n

The survey results are in keeping with earlier research about perceptions of gender discrimination in society as a whole. Previous Pew Research Center surveys<\/a> have shown that women are significantly more likely than men to say there is gender discrimination in our society today. In a 2014 survey, 65% of women said there is at least some discrimination against women, a view shared by 48% of men.<\/p>\n\n

For the most part, Americans do not see gender discrimination as more widespread in the tech industry than in others. More than half (57%) say there is about the same amount of discrimination against women in tech as there is against women in other industries. About a quarter of adults (27%) say there is more discrimination against women in the tech industry, and 14% say there is less.<\/p>\n\n

But there are gender differences on this question, too. A third of women, compared with 19% of men, say there is more gender discrimination against women in tech than in other industries.<\/p>\n\n

Younger adults (ages 18 to 49) (31%) are more inclined than those 50 and older (22%) to see gender discrimination as particularly prevalent in the tech industry.<\/p>\n\n

Blacks, Hispanics also more likely to perceive discrimination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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The survey also asked about perceptions of discrimination against two other groups underrepresented in the tech industry: blacks and Hispanics. (Though some have also raised concerns about how Asians are treated<\/a> in the tech industry, the survey questions were limited to perceived treatment of blacks and Hispanics.)<\/p>\n\n

A majority of blacks (64%) say discrimination against blacks and Hispanics is a major problem in the tech industry, and half of Hispanics agree. Only 21% of whites say this is a major problem. At the same time, 37% of whites say such discrimination isn\u2019t<\/em> a problem, compared with 11% of blacks and 12% of Hispanics.<\/p>\n\n

Blacks and Hispanics are also much more likely than whites to say there is more discrimination against blacks and Hispanics in the tech industry than in other industries. Four-in-ten blacks and 35% of Hispanics say this, compared with 11% of whites.<\/p>\n\n

About the survey: These are some of the findings from a survey conducted among a nationally representative sample of 4,914 adults, ages 18 and older, from July 11-Aug. 10, 2017. The survey, which was conducted online in English and in Spanish through GfK\u2019s Knowledge Panel, included an oversample of employed adults working in science, technology, engineering and math-related fields. The margin of sampling error based on the full sample is plus or minus 2.7 percentage points. See the topline<\/a>\u00a0for exact question wording.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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