TABLE 13
Total enrollment of Canadian women in Doctorate programs in engineering
as a proportion of the total by discipline 1986-1990.
(Source: Canadian Engineering Human Resources Board)


%

DISCIPLINE

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

Aerospace

3.4

5.1

4.8

4.7

4.4

Agriculture

11.6

5.7

3.4

0.0

3.8

Chemical

7.7

6.4

6.7

8.7

8.0

Civil

3.3

4.5

4.6

5.6

6.5

Computer

21.9

13.3

0.0

0.0

8.7

Electrical

2.4

2.1

2.6

3.6

4.4

Engineering Physics/Science

6.9

8.1

8.0

4.2

3.2

Geological

7.1

11.1

10.7

9.1

11.5

Industrial

17.6

10.3

11.1

10.5

19.0

Mechanical

5.3

4.5

4.4

4.9

5.4

Metallurgical/Materials

4.9

9.9

7.6

7.4

8.1

Mining/Mineral

4.7

2.5

2.0

5.6

3.6

Surveying

9.4

12.0

11.8

15.4

11.8

Other

9.1

13.0

8.5

6.1

6.3

TOTAL

5.3

5.2

4.9

5.5

6.1