Summary

This toolkit is designed to promote a common approach in the systematic collection of sex-disaggregated data in science and technology. It provides a survey of the differential gender patterns of participation by men and women in science and technology and assesses information provided by current sex-disaggregated quantitative data, along with discussing the reasons for differential rates of participation between women and men. The volume also looks at international methods for measuring science and technology activities, personnel and qualifications, and occupations, as well as how these can be properly disaggregated by sex, age and other variables.