Dataset for paper Gender, Social Interactions and Interests of Characters Illustrated in Scratch and Python Programming Books for Children

Dataset for paper Gender, Social Interactions and Interests of Characters Illustrated in Scratch and Python Programming Books for Children.


This study explores the gender, social interactions and interests of characters illustrated in ten popular extracurricular Scratch and Python children’s books. For gender, we gathered data on pronouns and the masculinity/femininity of characters’ appearance (main colours, clothes, accessories, hairstyle). To determine characters’ social interactions, they are categorised as being illustrated alone, in proximity to others, or as having interactions with others. We also collected data on the type of character and the activity they are doing to determine interests.