From time to time, we revive the presentation of facts and figures called “Data Connection” that we had published quarterly for nearly 20 years in the print editions of The New England Journal of Higher Education (formerly Connection).
Percentage of Massachusetts adults who are women: 52% MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts
Percentage of seats in the Massachusetts Legislature held by women: 29% MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts
Number of votes by which Boston elected its first Latina city councilor in 2019: 1 Boston Elections Commission
Percentage of U.S. labor force that is Hispanic: 17% UMass Center for Employment Equity analysis of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data in The Conversation
Percentage of U.S. executives who are Hispanic: 4.3% UMass Center for Employment Equity analysis of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data in The Conversation
Percentage of Americans who said in 2015 that technology companies had a positive impact on the U.S.: 71% Pew Research Center
Percentage who said so four years later: 50% Pew Research Center
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For earlier installments of “Data Connection,” see:
More Data Connection: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Data Connection: Drugs, Rents, PR
Data Connection: Languages, Moods and Preferences
Data Connection: Immigration, Politics, Jobs, Absenteeism and Fishing
More Data Connection: Citizens
Numbers Game … More Data Connection
Data Connection: New England’s Patriots and More
More Data Connection: Peace in the Valley? Scientists and Kids
Data Connection: State Work, Guns, Sports
Return to Data Connection: Stats on NE Education, Economy, Life
Painting of “After Miz Was Gone” by Montserrat College professor Timothy Harney.
This piece was cross-posted at The New England Journal of Higher Education.
