Sentences with phrase «disproportionate number of females»

An additional limitation is the disproportionate number of females compared to males in the present study.

In countries like China and India, parents indicate their preference for male over female children by selective abortions (allowed by pre-natal screening), which abort a disproportionate number of female fetuses.

She warned in particular that a disproportionate number of female partners find themselves stuck on committees, limiting the time they can spend attracting clients and perhaps affecting their pay as a result.

She might claim: ● Sex discrimination: if she thinks that the requirement to start work at 9 am affects a disproportionate number of female employees;

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A disproportionate share of African - American and Hispanic males (as well as females) who received their S&E doctorates between 1995 and 1999 attended minority - serving institutions as undergraduates.1 Twenty - five percent of African Americans and 23 % of Hispanics receiving S&E doctorates received their bachelor's degrees at historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic - serving institutions, respectively.1 Minority - serving institutions overachieve in producing much higher numbers (of either sex) of minority S&E graduate success stories than majority institutions.

Developmental biology research has traditionally attracted a disproportionate number of women and many of its great international players were and are female: Hogan, Robertson, Martin, McLaren, Lawson, and Beddington (deceased), to name but a few.

With a disproportionate number of women being represented in Hollywood, it's no wonder some of the best female performances and best female directing of 2014 were in indie's like «Begin Again,» «Under the Skin,» «Belle» and «Obvious Child.»

The data breach revealed that Ashley Madison had a hugely disproportionate number of male subscribers and virtually no female subscribers to its site.

This means that a planet warmed by climate change will lead to an imbalance among turtles — and researchers have already noticed that a disproportionate number of turtle offspring are female.

It attributes this discrepancy partly to «the disproportionate female to male ratio in the firm, particularly in business support teams, as well as the high numbers of part - time female workers» and says it is committed to working hard to improve these statistics.