Cross-National Patterns of Gender Differences in Mathematics

This Meta-Analysis by

Nicole M. Else-Quest - Villanova University
Janet Shibley Hyde - University of Wisconsin—Madison
Marcia C. Linn - University of California, Berkeley

starts with

"A gender gap in mathematics achievement persists in some nations but not in others. In light of the underrepresentation of women in careers in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering, increasing research attention is being devoted to understanding gender differences in mathematics achievement, attitudes, and affect.

The gender stratification hypothesis maintains that such gender differences are closely related to cultural variations in opportunity structures for girls and women."

Read the entire article in http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-136-1-103.pdf