Table A-1.
Characteristics of college graduates in analytic sample, by field of study
| STEMa
(n=307) |
Humanitiesb
(n=197) |
Social Sciencec
(n=523) |
Education (n=155) |
Business (n=326) |
Otherd
(n=178) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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| Variable | N (%) or mean (SD) |
N (%) or mean (SD) |
N (%) or mean (SD) |
N (%) or mean (SD) |
N (%) or mean (SD) |
N (%) or mean (SD) |
| Age at first interview (years) | 15 (1) | 15 (1) | 15 (1) | 15 (1) | 15 (1) | 15 (1) |
| Age at college completion | 23 (1) | 23 (1) | 23 (1) | 23 (1) | 23 (1) | 23 (1) |
| Age at last interview | 29 (2) | 29 (2) | 29 (2) | 29 (2) | 29 (2) | 29 (2) |
| Worked full-time | 228 (74%) | 125 (63%) | 359 (69%) | 110 (71%) | 268 (82%) | 124 (70%) |
| Married | 129 (42%) | 77 (39%) | 178 (34%) | 92 (59%) | 143 (44%) | 81 (46%) |
| Had children | 57 (19%) | 31 (16%) | 105 (20%) | 60 (39%) | 75 (23%) | 47 (26%) |
| Female | 118 (38%) | 120 (61%) | 328 (63%) | 133 (86%) | 165 (51%) | 129 (72%) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 252 (82%) | 155 (79%) | 354 (68%) | 110 (71%) | 246 (75%) | 126 (71%) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 29 (9%) | 23 (12%) | 98 (19%) | 24 (15%) | 47 (14%) | 31 (17%) |
| Hispanic | 26 (8%) | 19 (10%) | 71 (14%) | 21 (14%) | 33 (10%) | 21 (12%) |
| Lived with biological parents in 1997 | 245 (80%) | 151 (77%) | 341 (65%) | 111 (72%) | 232 (71%) | 123 (69%) |
| Mother’s highest grade completed (grades of schooling) | 14 (3) | 15 (3) | 14 (13) | 14 (3) | 14 (2) | 14 (2) |
| Mother’s age at first birth (years) | 26 (5) | 26 (4) | 25 (5) | 24 (4) | 25 (4) | 25 (5) |
| Attended public university | 236 (77%) | 139 (71%) | 402 (77%) | 126 (81%) | 257 (79%) | 148 (83%) |
STEM include agriculture and natural resources, archaeology, architecture and environmental design, biological sciences, computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, pre-dental, pre-med, and pre-vet.
Humanities include English, fine and applied arts, foreign languages, interdisciplinary studies, philosophy, theology, and religious studies.
Social Science include anthropology, area studies, communications, criminology, economics, ethnic studies, history, home economics, political science and government, psychology, sociology, and pre-law.
Other fields include nursing, other health professions, and “other fields” coded by NLSY without specifications.