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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2016 Sep 28;63:192–208. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.09.014

Table 3.

Odds ratios from logistic regression on transition to occupation in STEM with two years after bachelors' degree.

Independent Variables All college graduates STEM majors only


Model A Model B


Women Men Women Men
College major
STEM major
  Engineering 5.836** 1.741 5.612** 1.557
  Computer science 2.759* 1.997 3.778* 2.056
  Life sciences 0.272* 0.205*** 0.222* 0.194***
  Non-STEM major 0.074*** 0.065***
  Hard sciences (Reference)a 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Expect to work in STEM (in 5 years) 2.462** 1.585 4.036** 1.654
Family expectations (measured in 1979)
  Expect to marry before age 25 0.991 1.486* 0.931 2.538***
  Expect to marry after age 30 or never 1.520 0.928 1.533 1.068
  Expect no or only one child 0.925 1.491 0.525 2.767*
Attitudes (measured in 1979)
  Gender Ideologyb 1.742 0.916 1.195 0.818
Family socialization
Father worked in STEM occupation 1.347 0.637 0.779 0.586
Mothers years of schooling 0.868** 1.006 0.878 0.933
Individual attributes
Race/Ethnicity (0 = Non-Hispanic White)
  Minority (Black or Hispanic) 0.817 1.119 0.479 1.792
  Foreign-born 0.204 0.894 0.219 1.571
Degree year (0=1982–1984)
1977–1981 0.514 0.824 0.837 0.988
1985–1987 0.587 1.374 1.203 1.582*
1988 or later 0.372** 1.820* 0.070*** 1.156
−2 Log likelihood(−2LL) 533.59 861.90 163.56 441.57
Likelihood ratio 214.67 361.23 77.48 86.06
N 1258 1115 163 353

Note:

***

significant at 0.001 level,

**

significant at 0.01 level,

*

significant at 0.05 leve (two-tailed test).

Note: NLSY 1979 sample of college graduates, All values are weighted by 1979 cross-sectional weights.

Note: Underlining denotes significant differences between male and female coefficients (p < 0.05).

a

Hard Science includes physical sciences and mathematics.

b

Higher values indicates more liberal attitudes.