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. 2024 Jun 17;26:e47560. doi: 10.2196/47560

Table 2.

Connection numbers by type of connection.


Mentee-
mentor
connections, na
Mentee-
mentor
connections, mean (SD)
Mentor-
mentee
connections, nb
Mentor-
mentee
connections, mean (SD)
Mentee-
mentee
connections, nc
Mentee-
mentee
connections, mean (SD)
Mentor-
mentor
connections, nd
Mentor-
mentor
connections, mean (SD)
Total 3388 2.17 (4.25) 930 2.93 (9.44) 895 2.05 (2.79) 2299 4.35 (14)
Gender

Female 2125 2.37 (4.47) 500 2.92 (11.14) 636 2.42 (3.3) 1441 5.06 (17.08)

Male 769 2.43 (5.44) 357 3.16 (7.84) 150 1.58 (1.37) 719 3.84 (10.27)

Other 9 1.13 (0.35) 0 0 (0.0) 2 1 (0.0) 0 0 (0.0)
Race

White 841 2.02 (2.68) 572 3.4 (12.77) 226 2.09 (3.45) 1295 4.89 (17.39)

Black 1166 2.24 (4.03) 161 2.6 (2.46) 405 2.29 (2.49) 367 3.67 (6.1)

Asian 392 1.95 (2.87) 79 3.16 (3.65) 69 1.44 (0.85) 295 5.67 (18.47)

Native American 36 1.29 (0.53) 9 2.25 (1.5) 5 1 (0.0) 16 2 (2.07)

Hawaiian-Pacific Islander 10 1.25 (0.71) 1 1 (0.0) 0 0 (0.0) 4 1.33 (0.58)

Two or more races 96 6.4 (17.13) 11 3.67 (2.08) 5 1 (0.0) 4 1.33 (0.58)

Other 190 1.98 (2.64) 27 2.08 (1.71) 36 2.12 (2.18) 105 5 (8.14)
Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino 530 2.29 (4.73) 61 1.97 (1.68) 109 1.68 (1.15) 153 3.4 (4.14)

Not Latino 1927 2.41 (4.86) 581 2.7 (5.9) 583 2.39 (3.44) 1487 4.14 (9.11)

Other 146 2.56 (3.7) 21 2.1 (2.02) 23 2.09 (2.7) 82 4.82 (6.54)
Education

Undergraduate 916 2.25 (5.58) 118 8.43 (21.02) 323 2.15 (2.18) 442 3.86 (3.89)

Graduate 890 2.51 (3.88) 193 9.19 (31.17) 192 2.31 (3.69) 1499 12.63 (45.62)

Postdoctoral 369 2.32 (2.92) 62 1.77 (2.14) 68 1.33 (1.07) 189 3.32 (3.01)

Other (currently working/faculty/not in school or formal program) 648 2.58 (5.58) 495 2.31 (21.02) 184 2.75 (4.23) 81 4.12 (8.94)
Institution

AANAPISIe 106 3.79 (6.56) 14 1.56 (1.01) 9 1.8 (0.84) 29 2.9 (3.51)

HBCUf 463 2.19 (5.18) 105 2.69 (2.76) 246 2.37 (2.24) 143 2.8 (3.21)

HSIg 311 1.47 (1.3) 27 2.08 (1.89) 60 1.46 (0.74) 106 3.21 (4.28)

aNumber of connections requested by mentees and accepted by mentors.

bNumber of connections requested by mentors and accepted by mentees.

cNumber of connections requested by mentees and accepted by other mentees.

dNumber of connections requested by mentors and accepted by other mentors.

eAANAPISI: Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander–serving institution.

fHBCU: historically Black colleges and universities.

gHSI: Hispanic-serving institution.