Summary: Male/female ratio of computational chemists

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 Dear netters,
 A few days ago I asked if anyone had any hard numbers on the male/female
 ratio of computational chemists. Thanks to everyone who responded. I received
 several responses from individuals or small labs, but since the total sample
 was less than 10, I will not summarize these responses. I did get one response
 from CCL about a larger sample which I have appended below.
 Additionally, one of my coworkers contacted a source at a
 headhunting/consulting firm specializing in the computational chemistry
 market and they provided these rough figures from their extensive database:
 95/5% M/F in industry
 92/8% MF  in industry plus academia
 90/10% M/F if BS & MS personnel are included.
 Again, thanks to everyone who responded.
 Bill Laidig
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      I am the secretary for the Computers in Chemistry division of the ACS.
 Every year we get a break-down of our division members by sex, education,
 primary field, etc.  I don't have the one for 1993 yet, but in 1992, there
 were 331 women versus 1757 men, of 2121 members.  These are not all strictly
 computational chemists - in fact only 1798 claim to be chemists and only 381
 list Computing as their primary field in chemistry - so I'm not sure if this
 is information pertinent to your question, but there it is.
 -- Kate Holloway
   Merck Research Labs.
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