Sentences with phrase «likely than female»

We hypothesize that male partners will be more likely than female partners to be perceived as doing the work of relationship initiation (H3), but that female partners will be more likely than male partners to be perceived as doing the work of relationship maintenance (H4).

Female students were slightly more overwhelmed (34 percent) than male students (31 percent); and male students (42 percent) were slightly more likely than female students (39 percent) to sacrifice grades in one class to keep up in another.

Perhaps not surprisingly, sober males were far less likely than female participants (sober or not) to catch a smile from another group member.

The researchers found that male applicants were more likely than female applicants to receive «excellent» letters, characterized by comments such as «brilliant scientist,» «trailblazer,» and «one of the best students I've ever had.»

Male managers are 40 % more likely than female managers to be promoted into senior roles, according to new research by the Chartered Management Institute and XpertHR.

Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, Mary Ann Mason reports that while women in so - called «fast - track professions» have fewer children than does the average American woman, female faculty are almost half as likely as female physicians and slightly less likely than female lawyers to have a child at all, even though academia offers far more flexible hours than the average law firm or hospital.

By contrast, male directors are significantly more likely than female directors to be active or retired CEOs, chairs, presidents or COOs: 47 % versus 15 %.

Males were nine times more likely than females to be victims of gunshot injuries, and men ages 20 to 24 were at the highest risk, the study found.

«According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, males are nearly four times more likely than females to have autism, but the reason for this sex bias is still a mystery,» said Hu, professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

In the current study, the researchers found that males were significantly more likely than females to experience either retrograde or anterograde amnesia associated with a concussive injury than females.

The results did find that males were more likely than females to use these services to find a casual sex partner.

Males are more likely than females to come from the top two ranks, but the percentage of male first - year teachers in these ranks decreased significantly between 1987 — 88 and 2007 — 08 — from 15.5 percent to 10.2 percent.

«African - American males are less likely than females to feel capable academically,» observes University of Pittsburgh social - work professor Larry Davis.

In fact, they are more likely than females to shop at work; exactly half of women do it while they're on the clock.

Males are more likely than females to have faith in the stock market while females have a stronger belief in the banking system (78 % of males vs 70 % of females believe in the stock market, and 69 % of males vs 73 % of females believe in the banking system).

Males are more likely than females to urine mark, and reproductively intact males are more likely to mark than neutered males, especially in the presence of females or rival males.

Although longevity did not differ between males and females, marked sex differences in disorder prevalence were observed, with males were more likely than females to be diagnosed 8 of the 26 most common fine - level precision disorders, and 6 of the 15 most common grouped - level precision disorders.

Datum gathered from the victims and perpetrators of automobile collisions have shown that young males are ten times more likely than females to engage in risky behaviors that can lead to collisions while driving.

One study that I conducted with several colleagues found that males were more likely than females to report having witnessed a violent event, such as seeing a friend or family member killed, while females were more likely to mention being the victim of violence, such as sexual or physical abuse.77

Females were significantly more likely than males to report problem - focused approach coping (e.g., «tell a family member what happened») and emotion - focused internal avoidance coping (e.g., «just feel sorry for yourself») styles while males were more likely than females to report emotion - focused external avoidance coping styles (e.g., «get mad and throw or hit something»).

Males were significantly more likely than females to have used an illicit substance in the previous year (27 % compared with 18 %), and before then (25 % compared with 21 %).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males were significantly more likely than females to have used marijuana is the previous year (24 % compared with 14 %).

Males are also more likely than females to witness violence in the community: 31 versus 25 percent, respectively.

Male children are more likely than females to be victims of assault.

According to a recent Coldwell Banker survey, men are four times more likely than females to turn an extra 12» x 12» foot space into an entertainment room, but females tend to be more traditional in their sense of space.

Not exact matches

In fact, a November 2017 report from CareerArc of 1,162 respondents found that female job - seekers surveyed were 33 percent less likely than male job - seekers to apply to a one - star rated company.

You don't have to be courting VCs to notice the change in mindset: According to Alicia Robb, a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation who analyzed more than 25,000 Kickstarter projects, female crowdfunders on the site are more likely to get fully funded than men.

The study, based on 940 businesses nationwide, also concluded that female - and minority - owned ventures are far less likely to be in good financial health than their male - owned, non-minority counterparts.

Female veterans are more likely to have children to take care of than male veterans, says James Schmeling, co-founder of Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families, making it harder for them to find and hold down a job.

A new study also found that female - and minority - owned ventures are far less likely to be in good financial health than their male - owned, non-minority counterparts.

Female - owned firms in the survey are 10 percent less likely to hire their first employee, even after seven years, than male - led firms, according to Fairlie and Miranda.

A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms with female partners are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.

Female - owned firms in the survey are 10 percent less likely to hire their first employee, even after seven years, than male - led firms, according to

This simple fact lead Kumar to the crux of the study: «Overall, due to a self - selection process, only women with above average abilities would choose the analyst profession and, consequently on average, female analysts are likely to be more skillful than male analysts.»

Male donors are roughly twice as likely as female donors to have contributed to six or more projects, and are also nearly twice as likely to have contributed more than $ 100 to an individual project.

This could be because female founders are more likely to care about social issues than men.

For example, are some venture firms more likely to fund female entrepreneurs than others?

According to a 2014 study by the Kauffman Foundation and Hebrew University, it turns out that when a female entrepreneur tries to raise money on Kickstarter, she is 7 percentage points more likely to be funded than a man.

VC firms with female partners are more than twice as likely to invest in companies with a woman on the management team (34 % of VC firms with a woman partner versus 13 % of VC firms without a woman partner), according to Diana Report Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital.

New female independent directors are more likely than their male counterparts to be line and functional leaders; 23 % of women are in line or functional roles, compared with 10 % of male directors.

Miller and Hoffmann said that only one other gender difference is similar to the one involving religion: females are far less likely than males to commit violent crimes.

How is it that today's generation of Christian women are more likely to list a celebrity like Angelina Jolie as their hero rather than a mentor, leader, or female friend in their own congregation?

project, directed by Mason, the first female dean of the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley, found that women who had children within five years of receiving their doctorates were far less likely than men who had done so to acquire tenured professorships.

Churches «most likely» to experience decline shared three characteristics: they were founded before 1900, they were located in cities, and their membership was more than half female.

Then, when female characters did appear, they were more than three times as likely as men to be sexualized.

Male dogs are about six times more likely to bite than female dogs, and male dogs that have not been «fixed» are three times more likely to bite than neutered males.

Males are four times more likely to have autism than females.

Employers are also more likely to «top up» Maternity Pay levels than Paternity or Shared Parental Leave pay levels, supporting female employees, but not their male colleagues, to take leave.

The results of the research paper are consistent with those of a 2013 study which found that, while ACL injuries did not disproportionately affect female high school athletes overall, girls were found to have a significantly higher ACL injury rate than boys in sex - comparable sports (soccer, basketball, and baseball / softball), with girls 2 times more likely to suffer an ACL injury playing soccer than any other sport, and 4 times more likely to sustain such an injury playing either soccer or basketball than volleyball or softball.

On the other hand, it's possible that women are more likely to initiate divorce than men because in the divorce court, especially where children are involved, the odds are in the female's favour.