If there’s one statistic that paints a picture of the lack of women in leadership positions, consider this: the percentage of women sitting on the boards of Fortune 500 companies has more than doubled since 1995, but still hovers at only 20%.
Indeed, people of all ages say there aren’t enough women in leadership, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. More than 5,000 workers participated in the study.
No major difference across the age spectrum
Workers between ages 18 and 55 showed very little variation in their responses: anywhere from 59% to 62% said they feel there are enough women in leadership (meaning 38% to 41% say there aren’t enough women in leadership).
Women feel there’s more of a problem
Fifty-eight percent of women and 63% of men say there are enough women in leadership positions (meaning 42% of women and 37% of men say there aren’t enough women in leadership positions).
Asians/Pacific Islanders most likely to say there aren’t enough women in leadership
49% of Asians/Pacific Islanders say there are enough women in leadership, the lowest of any ethnic group.
The latest reading of the ongoing query is as of Feb. 25.
