Table 1.
Mentor and mentee connections.
| Demographic | Mentees, na | Connections by mentees, nb | Connections per mentee, mean (SD) | Mentors, nc | Connections by mentors, nd | Connections per mentor, mean (SD) | |
| Total | 2222 | 6108 | 2.75 (5.39) | 1652 | 8916 | 5.54 (16.52) | |
| Gender | |||||||
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Female | 1309 | 3996 | 3.05 (6.11) | 895 | 5206 | 5.82 (19.73) |
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Male | 499 | 1345 | 2.7 (5.11) | 624 | 3217 | 5.16 (12.42) |
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Other | 9 | 27 | 3 (3.84) | 4 | 9 | 2.25 (1.5) |
| Race | |||||||
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White | 638 | 1590 | 2.49 (4.4) | 902 | 5036 | 5.58 (19.63) |
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Black | 727 | 2297 | 3.16 (4.97) | 277 | 1592 | 5.75 (10.92) |
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Asian | 281 | 603 | 2.15 (3.05) | 178 | 902 | 5.07 (17.83) |
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Native American | 52 | 95 | 1.83 (1.54) | 16 | 51 | 3.19 (3.15) |
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Hawaiian-Pacific Islander | 11 | 14 | 1.27 (0.65) | 6 | 9 | 1.5 (0.84) |
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Two or more races | 20 | 121 | 6.05 (15.88) | 19 | 115 | 6.05 (5.25) |
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Other | 124 | 314 | 2.53 (3.65) | 49 | 341 | 6.96 (10.99) |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
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Hispanic or Latino | 349 | 943 | 2.7 (4.5) | 172 | 908 | 5.28 (8.71) |
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Not Latino | 1208 | 3681 | 3.05 (6.38) | 1169 | 6210 | 5.31 (13) |
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Other | 85 | 237 | 2.79 (4.62) | 51 | 268 | 5.25 (8.66) |
| Education | |||||||
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Undergraduate | 563 | 1703 | 3.02 (5.87) | 33 | 239 | 7.24 (16.07) |
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Graduate | 470 | 1440 | 3.06 (5.27) | 77 | 868 | 11.27 (54.55) |
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Postdoctoral | 292 | 716 | 2.45 (3.08) | 205 | 885 | 4.32 (6.52) |
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Other (currently working/faculty/not in school or formal program) | 437 | 1378 | 3.15 (7.82) | 1221 | 6574 | 5.38 (12.89) |
| Institution | |||||||
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AANAPISIe | 48 | 155 | 3.23 (5.3) | 25 | 151 | 6.04 (7.97) |
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HBCUf | 307 | 1072 | 3.49 (5.87) | 121 | 684 | 5.65 (6.54) |
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HSIg | 284 | 538 | 1.89 (1.89) | 105 | 560 | 5.33 (12.76) |
aNumber of mentees with at least 1 active connection.
bNumber of active connections requested or accepted by mentees.
cNumber of mentors with at least 1 active connection.
dNumber of active connections requested or accepted by mentors.
eAANAPISI: Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander–serving institution.
fHBCU: historically Black colleges and universities.
gHSI: Hispanic-serving institution.