Appendix 1

 

Table 1:  Technical Officers, Youth Division, 1986

 

 

Position

Male

Female

Total

Director

1

-

1

Senior Youth Officers

3[1]

2[2]

5

Youth Officer

1

2[3]

3

Trainee Youth Officer

1

2

3

Assistant Youth Officer

-

4

4

Total

6

10

16

Percentage

37.5

62.5

100

 

 

 

Table 2:  Technical Officers, Youth Division, 1989

 

Position

Male

Female

Total

Director

1

-

1

Senior Youth Officer

1

3[4]

4

Youth Officer

1

3

4

Trainee Youth Officer

1

6

5

Assistant Youth Officer

Defunct

Total

4

12

16

Percentage

25

75

100

 

 

Between 1986 and 1989, all but one of the clerical and casual workers attached to the Youth Division of the Ministry were female (i.e. secretaries, filing clerks and janitresses).  The one male casual worker was the messenger.

Appendix 2

High School Teaching Staff by Gender and Background, 1991-2

Position/

Depart-ment

Male

Female

Total

Teach-ers

 

Bahamian

West Indian

Other

Tot

Bahamian

West Indian

Other

Tot

 

Adminis-tration

1

(Princi-

pal)

-

-

1

1

(Vice-Princ.)

-

-

1

2

English

1a

1

-

2

3*b

2

-

5

7

Maths

-

2

1[5]

3

-

-

-

-

3

Science

-

2*

1[6]

3

-

-

-

-

3

Social Studies

-

1

-

1

-

1*

-

1

2

Modern Languages

-

-

-

-

-

3*

-

3

3

Business Studies

-

-

1*[7]

1

-

1

1[8]

2

3

Computer Studies

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

Religious Knowledge

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

1

Library Studies

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

1

Music

1*

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

Art

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

1

Physical

Education

1

-

1*[9]

2

2

-

-

2

4

Total

3

6

4

13

9

8

1

18

31

% sex

23.08

46.15

30.77

100

50.00

44.44

5.56

100

-

% total

9.68

19.35

12.90

41.94

29.03

25.81

3.23

58.06

100

 

*Head of Department

aSenior Master

bGuidance Counsellor

 

Appendix 3

 

College of The Bahamas Enrolment by Gender

1983-1993

 

a)  By Year (1983-1988)

 

Year

Male

Female

1983

1160

2460

1984

1348

2617

1985

1523

3080

1986

Not compiled

1987

Not compiled

1988

Not compiled

 

 

 

b)  By Semester (Fall 1989 - Spring 1993)

 

 

Semester

Male

Female

 

#

%

#

%

Fall 894

636

30.23

1468

69.77

Spring 891

612

29.84

1439

70.16

Summer 902

323

26.69

887

73.31

Fall 904

589

30.49

1343

69.51

Spring 911 & Summer 912 not compiled

Fall 914

604

29.42

1449

70.58

Spring 921

608

28.49

1526

71.51

Summer 922

383

28.29

971

71.71

Fall 924

680

30.92

1519

69.08

Spring 931

675

30.30

1553

69.70

 

 

Figures obtained from COB Records Office, July 1993.

 

While the predominance of women in these tables gives no idea either of their actual academic performance, or of the numbers enrolled in individual subjects, the proportion of the latter is similar to these percentages (COB, informal communication, 1993).  That is, women predominate in every subject except technology -- sciences included.  Part of this has to do with the former -- their superior performance in all subjects during high school and on the entrance examinations.

Appendix 4

 

College of The Bahamas Divisional Chairpersons - by gender and time served

 

 

 

Division

Total males

Combined years served

Total females

Combined years served

Total chairpersons

Years in existence

Business & Admin. Studies

4

14

2

4

6

18

Continuing Education

1

7

2

10

3

17

Education

4

8

6

10

10

18

Humanities

1

2

7

16

8

18

Library

2

4

3

13

5

17

Natural Sciences

3

5

4

13

7

18

Nursing & Health Sciences

-

-

1

3

1

3

Social Sciences

3

7

5

11

8

18

Technology

6

18

-

-

6

18

Totals

24

65

30

80

54

145

 

 

 

 

Total combined male years as chair: 65

Total combined female years as chair: 80

 

Percentage of total chairpersons who were male:                   44.44

Percentage of total chairpersons who were female:                    55.56 

 

 

 

 

Figures obtained from COB Records Office, July 1993.

Appendix 5

 

Table 1Composition of class 1991-2

student

sex

family

structure

class

position

ambition

other

1

_

m=f

7

doctor

father absent

2

_

m=f

9

lawyer

father shared

3

_

m=f

11

psychiatrist

 

4

_

m=f

12

engineer

 

5

_

m=f

29

engineer

 

6

_

m=f

19

fashion designer

 

7

_

m=f

3

doctor

 

8

_

mdf

15

architect

 

9

_

m

14

lawyer

resides grandmother

10

_

m=f

2

music teacher

Jehovah's Witness

11

_

m=f

1

accountant

father politician

12

_

m=f

28

lawyer

 

13

_

m

6

marine biologist

 

14

_

m

5

not known

aged 14

15

_

m=f

8

lawyer

 

16

_

mdf

23

architect

 

17

_

m

18

computer scientist

resides grandmother

18

_

mdf

21

not known

 

19

_

m

20

architect

adopted

20

_

m

22

model

 

21

_

m=f

17

doctor

Trinidadian,half-Indian

22

_

m

13

lawyer

 

23

_

mdf

16

doctor

 

24

_

mdf

10

accountant

 

25

_

m=f

24

lawyer

father politician

26

_

mdf

4

entrepreneur

 

27

_

mdf

27

engineer

 

28

_

m=f

26

not known

 

29

_

m=f

25

psychologist

 

 

Key:         _  girl

                  _  boy

 

m  mother

f  father

 

=  married parents

d  divorced parents

 

m  deceased parent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2 Breakdown of class by sex

 

Sex

Number

%

Boys

 13

44.83

Girls

16

55.17

Total

29

100.00

 

 

 

Table 3 Breakdown of class by sex and position--thirds

 

 

Number

% class

% sex

 

B

G

B

G

B

G

Top 10

1

9

3.45

31.03

7.69

56.25

Mid 9

4

5

13.79

17.24

30.77

31.25

Btm 10

8

2

27.59

6.90

61.54

12.50

Totals

13

16

44.83

55.17

100.00

100.00

 

 

Table 4 Breakdown by sex and family structure

 

Family Structure

Boys

Girls

Total

 

 

#

% boys

% class

#

% girls

% class

#

% class

 

Married parents

5

38.46

17.24

7

43.75

24.14

12

41.38

 

 

 

total married parents:  14

 

 

 

 

total single parents: 15

Married parents: abs/shd fathers

-

0.00

0.00

2

12.50

6.90

2

6.90

 

Divorced parents

6

46.15

20.69

1

6.25

3.45

7

24.14

 

Widowed parent

-

0.00

0.00

1

6.25

3.45

1

3.45

 

Single (never-married) parent

2

15.38

6.90

5

31.25

17.24

7

24.14

 

Totals

13

100.00

44.83

16

100.00

55.18

29

100.00

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5 Breakdown by sex, family structure and position -- by thirds*

 

 

POSI-TION

MP

MP,A/SF

DP

WP

SP

TOTALS

 

B

G

T

B

G

T

B

G

T

B

G

T

B

G

T

B

G

T

Top 10

-

4

4

-

2

2

1

1

2

-

-

-

-

2

2

1

9

10

Mid 9

1

2

3

-

-

-

3

-

3

-

1

1

-

2

2

4

5

9

Btm 10

4

1

5

-

-

-

2

-

2

-

-

-

2

1

3

8

2

10

Totals

5

7

12

-

2

2

6

1

7

-

1

1

3

5

8

13

16

29

 

Table 6 Breakdown by sex, family structure and position -- by halves*

 

 

 

 

POSI-TION

MP

MP,A/SF

DP

WP

SP

TOTALS

 

B

G

T

B

G

T

B

G

T

B

G

T

B

G

T

B

G

T

Top 15

1

5

6

-

2

2

2

1

3

-

-

-

-

4

4

3

12

15

Btm 14

4

2

6

-

-

-

4

-

4

-

1

1

2

1

3

10

4

14

TOTS

5

7

12

-

2

2

6

1

7

-

1

1

2

5

7

13

16

29

 

 

 

 

____________________________

*key:      MP = married parents

MP,A/SF = married parents, with a father either absent (working elsewhere) or shared with another family

DP = divorced parents (divorces happened at various stages of the students' schooling)

WP = widowed parent

SP = single parent (never married to the student's father)

 

 

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[1]      Only two of them were functioning Youth Officers; one was absent on leave.

[2]      Of these, one was assigned to the Women's Desk, thus was not a functioning Youth Officer.  The other was in charge of the Youth Division Office in Freeport, the second city.

[3]      One was in charge of the Youth Division Office on Abaco, one of the larger islands.

[4]      One was in charge of the Women's Affairs Unit; one was still posted at Freeport; one ran the Youth Division Office in Abaco -- none functioned as Youth Officers in Nassau.

[5]      Ghanaian.

[6]      Canadian, born in England, later to achieve Australian citizenship.

[7]      English, with Bahamian permanent residence.

[8]      American.

[9]      Black American, with Bahamian citizenship.