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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2013 Jul 15;42(6):1519–1541. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.07.002

Table A3. Marginal Effects of Academic Performance on STEM Major, from Logistic Regression of STEM Major on Demographics, Measures of Math and ReadingAchievement and Life Goals.

HSB-Female HSB-Male NELS-Female NELS-Male ELS-Female ELS-Male
Math 0.107*** 0.087** 0.055*** 0.112*** 0.047*** 0.071
Reading −0.048** −0.036+ −0.015 −0.029+ −0.003 −0.045***
Sci. CW 0.056*** 0.105*** 0.067*** 0.072*** 0.033*** 0.071***
GPA 0.068** 0.113*** −0.001 0.025 0.048** 0.139***
Marginal Effects from Multinomial Logistic Regression of STEM Major Categories on Demographics, Measures of Math and Reading Achievement and Life Goals
HSB-Female HSB-Male NELS-Female NELS-Male ELS-Female ELS-Male
Biol. Sci.
Math 0.017 −0.009 −0.010 0.020 0.009 −0.007
Reading −0.001 0.009 0.019+ −0.006 0.007 0.007
Sci. CW 0.013* 0.007 0.032*** 0.007 0.005 0.012
GPA 0.018 0.016 0.005 0.025 0.045** 0.056***
Phys. Sci.
Math 0.052** 0.033 0.028** 0.030* 0.019** 0.023*
Reading −0.036** −0.015 −0.018* −0.003 −0.005 −0.017*
Sci. CW 0.027** 0.029* 0.025*** 0.012 0.013** 0.010
GPA 0.025 0.023 −0.0014 0.000 0.004 0.042**
Eng’g
Math 0.041** 0.071** 0.039*** 0.065*** 0.015** 0.057***
Reading −0.010 −0.031+ −0.015* −0.021+ −0.006 −0.034***
Sci. CW 0.015* 0.069*** 0.009 0.061*** 0.016*** 0.052***
GPA 0.027+ 0.075*** −0.001 0.001 −0.003 0.041*

Notes: The analysis is restricted to sophomores in four-year colleges.

Notes: The analysis is restricted to sophomores in four-year colleges. The reference category is non-STEM majors.