Survey Analysis

1- Gender
Female Male

160

120
Total responses: 155
Males: 13 80
Females: 142
40

0
Response ratio

2- Age
8-13 14-22 23 and over

100

75
Total responses: 155
8-13: 6
50
14-22: 55
23 and over: 94
25

0
Response ratio
3- Websites accessed daily

8-13 14-22 23 and over

Facebook 13
36
Gmail 9
20
Total responses: 125
8-13: 3 Google 10
13
14-22: 42 1
23 and over: 80 Youtube 14
12

Reddit 7
11
1
Instagram 3
8
0 10 20 30 40

4- Usage of online communities

8-13 14-22 23 and over

1
Facebook 25
76
3
Youtube 31
43
Total responses: 123
8-13: 3 Reddit 15
14-22: 41 31
23 and over: 79
Slack 8
49

Discord 11
9
0 20 40 60 80
5- Reasons to use online communities

8-13 14-22 23 and over

1
Interaction with family/friends/others 13
43

Total responses: 116 Networking 2

8-13: 2 18
14-22: 38
23 and over: 76 Entertainment 6
4
1
Access to information 11
15
0 12.5 25 37.5 50

6- Interest in connecting with others their age (Ages 14-22)

Interested in connecting with others

Not interested in connecting with others

37
Interested
Total responses: 42

Not interested
4

0 10 20 30 40
7- Interest in hearing from people working in their profession of interest

8-13 14-22

4
Yes
36
Total responses: 48
8-13: 6
14-22: 42 No
3

2
Maybe
3

0 10 20 30 40

8- Interest in engaging in business- or STEM-related educational activities online (Ages 14-22)

Interested Not interested Maybe interested

24
Yes

Total responses: 42
No 7

Maybe
11

0 6 12 18 24
9- Interest in sharing school projects with others (Ages 8-13)

4
Interested in sharing

Total responses: 6 Not interested in sharing 1

Maybe interested in sharing

1

0 1 2 3 4

10- How 14-22-year-olds learn about their fields of interest

Internet 39

School 37

Friends 33
Total responses: 42

Teachers 27

Library 9

TV 9

0 10 20 30 40
11- Looking to change careers

32
Yes

Total responses: 87 No 36

Maybe
21
0 9 18 27 36

12- Setbacks in their current role (professionals)

Limited opportunities, and being overworked. Some said they have faced sexism as well.

13- Resources they’re aware of for women branching into business/STEM


• Women In Technology (WIT)
 • Incentives for woman-owned businesses


• Association for Women in Science
 • Scholarships for coding camps


• Girl Develop It
 • Summer kids’ camps for girls


• Girls Who Code
 • Forums


• Tech Ladies • Communities


• List-servs


• Role models
14- Additional resources they’d like to see


◦ Opportunities for entrepreneurs


◦ Opportunities to connect with other women


▪ Conferences: networking opportunities with structured sessions to facilitate conversations


▪ Skype coffee chat sessions


▪ Virtual chats


◦ Encouragement


◦ More role models


◦ Female-centered hackathons/coding events


◦ Tutorials and workshops specifically for adult women/POC


◦ Visible compilation of existing resources


◦ More holistic approaches to STEM


◦ Community outreach to students


◦ Skype