Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample.
| Total M ± SD (n = 360) |
Male Professors M ± SD (n = 183) |
Female Professors M ± SD (n = 177) |
t (d.f.) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 38.3 ± 8.8 | 39.3 ± 8.7 | 37.3 ± 8.8 | 2.1 (358) | 0.036 |
| Experience (years) | 7.6 ± 6.9 | 7.5 ± 7.7 | 7.7 ± 6.0 | 0.3 (358) | 0.757 |
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | χ2 (d.f.) | p | |
| Full-time professor | 38.3 (138) | 33.9 (62) | 42.9 (76) | ||
| Full-time assistant professor | 39.7 (143) | 40.4 (74) | 39.0 (69) | 4.3 (2) | 0.114 |
| Part-time professor | 21.9 (79) | 25.7 (47) | 18.1 (32) | ||
| Single | 28.9 (104) | 23.5 (43) | 34.5 (61) | ||
| Married | 63.3 (228) | 71.0 (130) | 55.4 (98) | 9.9 (3) | 0.019 |
| Divorced | 7.2 (26) | 4.9 (9) | 9.0 (17) | ||
| Widow | 0.6 (2) | 0.5 (1) | 0.6 (1) |
Note: Total age ranged from 23 to 59 years old. A total of 90% of professors had less than 7 years of experience.