All too often women face negative stereotypes suggesting that they are not ‘good with numbers’. Our new research briefing shows that women tend to have lower number confidence than men and this has far reaching consequences that must be addressed.
Low numeracy, whether low numeracy skills and/or number confidence, can have wide-ranging negative effects on work and personal life. For some women, this means not engaging with jobs or learning that involve some kind of maths assessment or component, which in practice blocks their entry to many careers and whole sectors of employment.
National Numeracy actively supports people to improve their number confidence and skills, not least through the National Numeracy Challenge online tool.
In 2022, over 1,000 users of this tool were surveyed as part of our Number Confidence and Social Mobility research report, which was published in April 2023 and supported by our partner Capital One.
