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Using Statistics to Analyze Gender Roles

in our Newspapers
Students at Escola Lavínia, Barcelona, Catalunya
Teacher Anna Piñero
We have examined the front pages of 3 of our newspapers: Avui, El País, La Vanguardia We have done this observation during one month (December 1999).

We have classified the news in 6 domains: Policy, Economy, Sports, Society, Spectacles and others.

We have counted the people that appeared on the front pages:

Men alone
Women alone
Men and women together
We have organized the information on a Word chart. We have associated the graphic on Excel spreadsheet.

These are our conclusions:
On the 3 papers, the maximum number of photos are of men. On 2 of the papers there is a news with a photo of women alone. On El País paper, there aren't any. On the 3 papers there are some pictures with men and women together. The majority of news are about Policy followed by Society, Sports, Spectacles, others and Economy.
The news with women, as leading role is about Policy and Society. On Avui and El País papers the news in which men and women appeared together are about Policy and Sports. The news about Policy are those with the maximum number of men alone.

These are our final conclusions:

DAYS
DES 1-30
SEX
Women
Men
Both
NEWS
  
· Policy 1 8 3
· Economy 0 0 0
· Sports 0 6 0
· Society 0 5 3
· Spectacles 0 1 0
· Other 0 1 0
TOTAL: 1 21 6

NEWSPAPERS STATISTICS: AVUI

DAYS
DES 1-30
SEX Women Men Both
NEWS
· Policy 0 14 6
· Economy 0 0 0
· Sports 0 1 0
· Society 0 2 6
· Spectacles 0 1 0
· Other 0 1 0
TOTAL: 0 19 12 

Men mainly represent the majority of pictures on the front pages of our newspapers and they are about Policy

Newspapers statistics: El PAIS
Newspaper statistics: La Vanguardia
DAYS
DES 1-30
SEX Women Men Both
NEWS  
· Policy
0
19
7
· Economy
0
1
0
· Sports
0
4
1
· Society
1
7
4
· Spectacles
0
1
0
· Other
0
1
0
TOTAL:
1
33
12
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