Table 2.

Count estimates and gender differences in persistence rates for pSTEM fields.

	Count estimates
	Bachelor’s		Ph.D.		Persistence rates
Cohort	Female	Male	Female	Male	Difference	SE	p
’71–’75	77450	454251	2477	23098	1.89	0.51	<0.001
’76–’80	114323	448251	3838	25163	2.26	0.46	<0.001
’81–’85	185007	646401	6401	34129	1.82	0.37	<0.001
’86–’90	238176	635401	6385	26020	1.41	0.30	<0.001
’91–’95	174975	541446	5960	19085	0.12	0.34	0.727
’96–’00	196555	472214	5535	14065	0.16	0.31	0.604

“Difference” refers to the percentage point difference in men’s minus women’s persistence rate. ps < 0.05 are bolded.