The percentage of <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5758177.html?tag=zdnn.alert">women in the information technology work force</A> declined from a high of 41 percent in 1996 to 32.4 percent in 2004, according to a report Wednesday by the Information Technology Association of America trade group. The shrinking representation of women is due largely to the fact that one out of every three women in the IT work force falls into administrative job categories that have experienced significant overall declines in recent years, the ITAA said.