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Study of the Gender Difference in Scientific Literacy of Chinese Public

Zhang Chao

Zhang Chao is Assistant Researcher at the Division of Scientific Literacy, China Research Institute for Science Popularization, People’s Republic of China. He is interested in the field of scientific literacy and the research of survey. He participated in the conduction of the national public scientific literacy surveys in 2003, 2005 and 2007. E-mail: zhangchao1978{at}yahoo.com.cn

He Wei

He Wei is Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Division of Scientifi c Literacy, China Research Institute for Science Popularization, People’s Republic of China. She got herself involved in each of China’s national scientific literacy survey from 1992 and acted as a group leader in completing the last two surveys in 2005 and 2007. E-mail: he2005wei{at}yahoo.com.cn

This article analyses the data of public scientific literacy survey conducted in China during 2005. Using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13.0, the author establishes four regression models. The result reveals that the scores of male respondents are higher than that of female in the items relating to scientific knowledge. It also shows that scientific literacy is closely related to the socio-demographic variables. However, the impact of educational degree on public understanding of scientific method is not so evident.

Science Technology & Society, Vol. 14, No. 2, 385-406 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/097172180901400209
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