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).

^aHard Science includes physical sciences and mathematics.

^bHigher values indicates more liberal attitudes.