Rich father, high-tech kid: The gap is only deepening

CBS report: The social gap is only deepening - a third of students from localities from high socio-economic clusters are studying for a bachelor's degree in science and technology, compared to one-fifth of students from localities from low clusters

Between Ashkenazi

05/01/2022

Wednesday, 05 January 2022, 13:11 Updated: 13:25

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Bottom line, there are no surprises: the chances of young people growing up in more established localities to integrate into the technology industries, earning higher wages, are very large compared to young people who grew up in less-established localities and want to upgrade their income.

This is according to data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) regarding the association of students who studied between the years 1995-2021 with a bachelor's degree in science and technology by socio-economic cluster.

According to CBS data, one third of all students lived High socio-economic students are studying for a bachelor's degree in science and technology (STEM).

This is compared to one-fifth of the students who lived in localities from lower clusters.

10% of all students who lived in localities from high socio-economic clusters, study the high-tech professions.

Whereas only about 5% of students from low-cluster localities study high-tech subjects.

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The data also show that the significant difference between the groups was observed in the segmentation by type of matriculation certificate.

About half (45%) of those eligible for an increased matriculation certificate in mathematics and science, who lived in localities from higher socio-economic clusters, went on to pursue a bachelor's degree in science and technology.

This is compared to only about a quarter (24%) of those eligible in localities from lower clusters.

The social gaps between the residents of the localities from high to low socio-economic clusters are also reflected in the psychometric test scores.

Seventeen percent of the examinees on the psychometric test, from localities in high socio-economic clusters, received a score higher than 700, compared with only seven percent among examinees from low clusters.

Among those taking the psychometric test who received scores below 700, the percentage of those pursuing undergraduate studies in science and technology from localities in high socio-economic clusters is 40% higher than that of examinees from localities in low socio-economic clusters (28% vs. 20%, respectively).

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