Women in science former Yugoslavia. Moreover, the participation of female researchers is holding steady or increasing in much of the region, with representation broadly even across the four sectors of government, business, higher education and non-profit. In most countries, women tend to be on a par with men among tertiary graduates in science. Between 70% and 85% of graduates are women in health, less than 40% in agriculture and between 20% and 30% in engineering. Albania has seen a considerable increase in the share of its women graduates in engineering and agriculture. Women make up 33% of researchers overall in the European Union
Percentage point standard deviation is confusing, since percentage is also used as a unit for the relative standard deviation, i.e. standard deviation divided by average value (coefficient of variation). Percentage point A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages. For example, moving up from 40% to 44% is a 4 "percentage point" increase, but is an actual 10 percent increase in what is being measured. In the literature, the percentage point unit is usually either written out, or abbreviated as "pp" or "p.p." to avoid ambiguity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by