Tab. 1 Higher education expansion and the distribution of fields of study (Percentages). (German Microcensus, Scientific-Use-Files 1980–2008)

Men

1980

1985–87

1989–93

1995–96

2000

2004–05

2006–08

N

Overall^a

14

16

19

26

29

27

27

Teaching

12

7

5

2

4

6

6

1681

Med./Pharm

9

8

9

8

6

5

5

2205

Law

7

6

5

5

5

6

5

1680

Science/Math

14

15

16

19

14

12

13

4640

Engineer./Agron

27

29

32

33

38

33

28

9589

Bus./Manag

16

18

21

23

22

27

28

7016

Hum./Soc./Arts

8

10

8

8

8

8

9

2656

Soc. Serv./Educ

8

7

5

3

3

4

4

1422

N

1725

4794

6753

5166

2468

4042

5941

30,889

Women

1980

1985–87

1989–93

1995–96

2000

2004–05

2006–08

N

Overall^a

7

10

13

18

21

23

25

Teaching

30

20

18

10

14

19

19

3905

Med./Pharm

10

8

10

11

10

7

8

1945

Law

2

4

5

5

5

6

7

1179

Science/Math

4

8

9

10

9

6

5

1646

Engineer./Agron

4

5

8

9

10

10

9

1858

Bus./Manag

6

10

14

18

19

24

23

3971

Hum./Soc./Arts

16

19

19

21

21

17

17

4158

Soc. Serv./Educ

27

26

19

15

12

12

11

3582

N

816

2850

4420

3473

1629

3408

5648

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