Attitudes Toward Computers: The Gender Gap Revisited

Abstract

From the 1994 CAIS Conference:
The Information Industry in Transition
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. May 25 - 27, 1994.

A survey conducted on the first day of an introductory computer class designed for business students showed that there was a attitudinal gender gap in 1984; women expressed significantly more apprehension than men about learning to use computers. In 1993, there were no statistically significant differences in the responses of men and women, but men were beginning to report more concern than women. Only one specific area -concern about possible physical hazards or discomfort - showed an overall increase from 1984 to 1993.