Portuguese Women in Science and Technology (S&T): Some Gender Features Behind MSc. and PhD. Achievement

Nevertheless, we cannot find now any meaningful influence exerted
by conjugal variables, like husband’s/wife’s school level and occupation as
in Contingency Analysis; but in the present joint influence (and not one by
one) variables model it will probably be the case that mate variables’
influence will impart throughout some other related effects, such as the
household income and family characteristics, an issue which we believe
would deserve further investigation as well.

Therefore, we may apparently deduce the following main results: no
single issue would be robust enough to explain gender differences in time
to get a Master, a set of diverse aetiology reasons needed to be searched
instead; most features concern dynamics, either under the form of
previous school achievement and knowledge acquiring or in what concerns
further work and career perceived opportunities, thereby confirming the
absolute need for longitudinal data as a research basis; finally, despite
labour market status, income restrictions and family care playing the well
known and quite expectable role in differentiating women’ and men’
decisions to undergo post-graduations and especially a Master degree , the
apparently most determinant feature has to do with own evaluation on
previous qualification standard in line with the desire to improve ones
further knowledge. This is an outcome which further research should
inevitably reconsider and deepen, in our opinion. Besides, given its
specificity an intrinsic nature, we believe it would only be adequately
approached throughout an interdisciplinary research involving scientific
expertise in domains such as Economics, Sociology, Education Sciences,
and Psychology.

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