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).
Hard Science includes physical sciences and mathematics.
Higher values indicates more liberal attitudes.