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Indiana University Bloomington School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering Vatsal Jatakia Anurag Joshi Roshith Raghavan Olga Scrivner Katy Borner School of Public and Environmental Affairs Livia Crim David Lebhar Kosali Simon Coady Wing

Females are a clear majority in high-growth industries and associated educational pipelines.

Gender imbalance is unsustainable in the current and projected economic and workforce environment.

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US Census Bureau: Quarterly Workforce Indicators https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/qwi.html

Indiana Data Hub: Occupation Projections 2026 https://hub.mph.in.gov/dataset/occupational-projections

Indiana Data Hub: CIP-SOC Crosswalk https://hub.mph.in.gov/dataset/classification-of-instructional-programs-to-standard-occupation-codes-crosswalk

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Labor Force Participation Rates (1950 – 2050) https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2007/jan/wk2/art03.htm

National Center for Education Statistics: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/DataFiles.aspx

Data

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Which Indiana industries have experienced growth or decline over the last two decades?

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526K

337K

226K

425K

191K

112K

Percent Difference in Total Jobs in Indiana by Industry (1999 vs 2016)

Manufacturing

Healthcare and

Social Assistance

Retail Trade

Educational Services

Administrative,

Support, and Other

Services

Professional,

Scientific, and

Technical Services

Credit: Anurag Joshi | Data Source: QWI 4

Is there gender balance within these high-growth or high-decline industries?

5

No

Percent Female within Industries (2016)

Male

Female

Manufacturing Retail Healthcare Education Services

Credit: Vatsal Jatakia | Data Source: QWI 6

Is there a correlation between industry growth and the percent of females in each industry?

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Yes

25

-25

0

25 50 75 100

Manufacturing

Healthcare

Retail

Education

Services Science

% I

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% Female within Industry 0

Correlation Between Industry Growth and Percent Female

Credit: David Lebhar | Data Source: QWI 8

Why is this significant?

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At least three reasons…

Sales (+ 2%)

Production (+ 3%)

Healthcare Support (+ 10%)

Healthcare Practitioners (+ 14%)

Computer & Mathematical (+ 16%)

Business & Financial (+ 23%)

Occupation Growth Projections (2016 – 2026)

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1.0

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.0

2016 2026

Credit: Vatsal Jatakia | Data Source: SOC Projections 2026

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Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates by Sex 1950 - 2005 and Projected from 2010 - 2050

Male

Female

90 P

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70

50

30

10

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050

Credit: Livia Crim | Data Source: BLS

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Employment by Sex in Indiana – All Industries (1999 – 2016)

Male

Female

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7.4

7.0

6.6

6.2

5.8 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Credit: Vatsal Jatakia | Data Source: QWI 12

Is the education pipeline leading to better gender balance within high-growth industries?

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No

Percent Female within Largest Fields of Study (Indiana 2016)

Health Professions

Business &

Management

Education

Liberal Arts,

Sciences,

Humanities

Engineering

Technologies

Computer Science Male

Female

86%

59%

79%

61%

11%

20%

Credit: Livia Crim | Data Source: IPEDS 14

Mapping Education to Occupation (Indiana 2016)

Office/Administration Training/Library Healthcare

Business & Management Sales Production Occupations

Credit: Roshith Raghavan | Data Source: IPEDS and CIP-SOC Crosswalk

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Key Findings & Future Research

• Females are a clear majority in high-growth occupations.

• Females are a clear majority in the current education pipeline leading to high-growth occupations.

• Gender imbalance is a significant issue in current and projected economic and workforce environment.

• Adult education and worker training programs may provide additional avenues into high-growth occupations, leading to gender balance – an area for further research.

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