Cross-Cultural Comparison of Gender Differences in Attitude towards Computers in Japan and Sweden.

ABSTRACT With the introduction and use of computers in schools, the study of gender differences in attitude towards computers becomes of particular interest. This article concerns the interaction of gender, culture and attitude in computers among Japanese and Swedish ninth‐grade school students. One of the major findings of this study is that most of the differences between the two countries are best explained by the country and the student gender variables. Accordingly, the culture and the society one lives in appears to be of greater importance in determining one's attitudes towards computers more than does, for example, the possession of a computer. The overall country effects are influenced more by the females in both countries than by males. [1] The data this study is based upon were collected while the author was an assistant professor at the Institute of International Education, University of Stockholm and a Japan Foundation Fellow, affiliated with the National Institute of Educational Research of ...