Table 1.

Logistic regression predicting the likelihood of staying in full-time STEM work in 2006 and 2010 among new parents (n = 841) and childless workers (n = 3365)

Variable	Employed FT in STEM in 2006		Employed FT in STEM in 2010
	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE
New parent	−0.483*	0.212	−0.436*	0.201
Female	−0.464†	0.265	−0.416†	0.229
Hispanic	1.088‡	0.352	0.222	0.344
Asian	0.398	0.218	−0.034	0.195
Black	0.033	0.437	0.413	0.479
Other nonwhite	2.328*	0.971	−0.191	1.011
Math and computer science	−0.150	0.300	0.068	0.271
Life sciences	−1.042‡	0.346	−0.475	0.329
Physical sciences	0.342	0.371	0.580†	0.326
Age	0.037	0.025	0.030	0.021
University sector	0.285	0.321	0.155	0.339
Government sector	0.702	0.512	0.264	0.428
Master’s degree	0.135	0.284	−0.038	0.271
Doctorate	0.804‡	0.290	0.707‡	0.241
Nonworking partner	0.783*	0.339	0.677†	0.348
Intercept	0.255	0.757	0.267	0.691

^*P < 0.05; ^†P < 0.10; ^‡P < 0.01, two-tailed tests.

SESTAT restricted-use data. White is the comparison category for race/ethnicity, the for-profit sector is the comparison category for sector, engineering is the comparison category for STEM discipline, and bachelor’s degree is the comparison category for education level. “New parents” is defined as respondents who were childless and employed full time in STEM in 2003 and had a child between 2003 and 2006. “Childless workers” is defined as respondents who were employed full time in STEM in 2003 and remained childless through 2010.