Gender and computer use in an academic institution: Report from a longitudinal study

This article explores the nature of the relationships between gender, categ ories of computer use, and attitudes toward computers in a computer enriche d environment where all students were provided with network access and lapt op computers over a four-year period. The results indicate that women were less positive about computers than men, and the use level of computers by w omen were less frequent than for men. This change in the relationship is a throwback to the earlier days of computing when research had indicated that men were more positively disposed toward computers than women.