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For every 100 girls
Tom Mortenson Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY
April 26, 2006

For every 100 girls that are conceived 115 boys are conceived.
http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-3840.html
For every 100 girl babies born there are 105 boy babies born.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/06statab/vitstat.pdfK-12 Education
For every 100 girls enrolled in nursery school there are 112 boys enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 girls enrolled in kindergarten there are 116 boys enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 girls enrolled in elementary grades there are 107 boys enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 girls enrolled in ninth grade there are 101 boys enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 girls enrolled in tenth grade there are 94 boys enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 girls enrolled in eleventh grade there are 109 boys enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 girls enrolled in twelfth grade there are 98 boys enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 girls enrolled in high school there are 100 boys enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 girls enrolled in gifted and talented programs in public elementary and secondary schools there are 94 boys enrolled. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_055.asp
For every 100 girls who graduate from high school 96 boys graduate(NCES, unpublished tabulation.) For every 100 girls suspended from public elementary and secondary schools 250 boys are suspended.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_144.asp
For every 100 girls expelled from public elementary and secondary schools 335 boys are expelled.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_144.asp

Special Education

For every 100 girls diagnosed with a special education disability 217 boys are diagnosed with a special education disability.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm
For every 100 girls diagnosed with a learning disability 276 boys are diagnosed with a learning disability.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm
For every 100 girls diagnosed with emotional disturbance 324 boys are diagnosed with emotional disturbance
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htmFor every 100 girls diagnosed with a speech impairment 147 boys are similarly diagnosed.http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm
For every 100 girls diagnosed with mental retardation 138 boys are diagnosed as mentally retarded.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm
For every 100 girls diagnosed with visual impairment 125 boys are visually impaired.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htmFor every 100 girls diagnosed with hearing impairment 108 boys are diagnosed as hearing impaired.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm
For every 100 girls diagnosed with deafness 120 boys have deafness.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm
For every 100 girls with orthopedic impairment 118 boys have orthopedic impairment.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm
For every 100 girls with other health impairment 127 boys have other health impairment.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm
For every 100 girls with multiple disabilities 189 boys have multiple disabilities.
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htm
For every 100 girls that are deaf/blind 98 boys are deaf/blind.
ttp://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/meisgeier/statsgov20gender.htmHigher Education
For every 100 women enrolled in college there are 77 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 women enrolled in the first year of college there are 79 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 women enrolled in the second year of college there are 71 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 women enrolled in the third year of college there are 75 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 women enrolled in the fourth year of college there are 94 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 women enrolled in the fifth year of college there are 65 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.htmlFor every 100 women enrolled in the sixth year or more of college there are 78 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html
For every 100 women living in college dormitories there are 87 men living in college dorms.http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t26.html
For every 100 American women who earn an associateís degree from college 67 American men earn the same degree.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_262.asp
For every 100 American women who earn a bachelorís degree from college 73 American men earn a bachelorís degree.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_262.asp
For every 100 American women who earn a masterís degree from college 62 American men earn the same degree.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_265.asp
For every 100 American women who earn a first-professional degree 107 American men earn a first-professional degree.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_271.asp
For every 100 American women who earn a doctor's degree from college 92 American men earn the same degree.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_268.asp

Other Indicators

For every 100 females ages 15 to 19 that commit suicide 549 males in the same range kill themselves.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/LCWK1_2002.pdf
For every 100 females ages 20 to 24 that commit suicide 624 males of the same age kill themselves.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/LCWK1_2002.pdf
For every 100 girls ages 15 to 17 in correctional facilities there are 837 boys behind bars.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t26.html
For every 100 women ages 18 to 21 in correctional facilities there are 1430 men behind bars.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t26.html
For every 100 women ages 22 to 24 in correctional facilities there are 1448 men in correctional facilities.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t26.html
For every 100 women living in military quarters there are 642 men living in military quarters. http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t26.html
For every 100 women ages 18 to 24 years living in emergency and transitional shelters there are 86 men living in similar shelters.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t26.html
For every 100 women ages 18 to 24 years living in-group homes there are 166 men of the same age living in-group homes.

http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t26.html
Tom Mortenson is Higher Education Policy Analyst, Postsecondary Education Opportunity and senior scholar, The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education.
He first drew public attention to the gender gap in postsecondary education and was the first to point out the need for a Boys Project.