Table 4.

Decomposition of components of gender difference in the expected log odds of STEM employment.

% Of total gender difference due to difference in key covariate means		STEM majors only
	Model A		Model B
	Women as standard		Men as standard
College major
Engineering Major	69.4%		20.8%
Computer Science Major	−2.3%		−5.4%
Life Sciences Major	21.3%		24.1%
Non-STEM Major	0.0%		0.0%
% due to differences in field of study	88.4%		39.5%
Attitudes & expectations
Expect to work in STEM in 5 years	13.3%		7.2%
Family Expectations
Expect to marry before age 25	0.4%		−6.9%
Expect to marry after 30	1.1%		0.2%
Expect no or one child	5.4%		−8.7%
Gender Ideology	−5.8%		9.4%
% due to differences in attitudes, expectations, & ideology	14.4%		1.3%
Family socialization
Father worked in STEM field	2.0%		3.8%
Mother's Highest Grade	5.7%		5.0%
Race/Ethnicity
Minority	5.1%		−6.7%
Foreign Born	0.8%		−0.7%
Degree year
1977–1981	−0.8%		0.0%
1985–1987	−0.6%		−1.3%
1988 or later	13.1%		−0.6%
Total compositional difference	128.2%		40.1%
Total unexplained differences	−28.2%		59.9%
Total difference in probability of transitioning into STEM		0.119

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

Method: Fairlie method for Binary Outcome Models, 500 repetitions.