Table 3. Researchers in the Advanced Grant (AdG) patterns (descriptives, multinomial logistic regressions, average marginal effects).
| steady progress | steady progress, matured | steady progress | steady progress | complicated moves | All | Test statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in universities | in universities | in research institutes | at government institutes | across institutions | ||||||||
| n | 422 | 149 | 79 | 35 | 52 | 737 | ||||||
| Descriptives (weighted) | ||||||||||||
| % (row percentages) | 56.8 | 20.4 | 10.8 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 100.0 | ||||||
| mean length of sequences (months) | 242 | 396 | 264 | 292 | 240 | 278 | 104.12*** † | |||||
| Characteristics (column percentages) | ||||||||||||
| Women | 15.8 | 7.1 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 16.4 | 14.6 | 9.17* ‡ | |||||
| Successful grant applicants | 13.8 | 15.5 | 13.5 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 13.5 | 2.06 ‡ | |||||
| Estimates from Multinomial Logistic Regression | ||||||||||||
| AME | p | AME | p | AME | p | AME | p | AME | p | |||
| Discipline (Ref: LS) | ||||||||||||
| PE | .074 | .070 | .032 | .148 | -.082 | .006 | -.012 | .515 | -.011 | .652 | ||
| SH | .150 | .001 | .070 | .002 | -.131 | .000 | -.046 | .018 | -.042 | .079 | ||
| PhD related characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Age at 1st job after PhD (centered) | .019 | .000 | -.019 | .000 | .001 | .988 | -.003 | .145 | .005 | .045 | ||
| PhD in home country | -.037 | .381 | .018 | .610 | .030 | .357 | .003 | .882 | -.014 | .579 | ||
| Leiden score of PhD Institution | .005 | .359 | .001 | .858 | .001 | .831 | -.005 | .088 | -.001 | .735 | ||
| Age of youngest child when started 1st job after PhD (Ref.: no children) | ||||||||||||
| Under 3 | -.046 | .326 | .031 | .351 | -.011 | .743 | -.010 | .660 | .034 | .245 | ||
| 3 or older | .053 | .374 | -.039 | .388 | -.038 | .289 | .001 | .984 | .024 | .466 | ||
| Work exp. before PhD | -.024 | .499 | .019 | .476 | -.019 | .433 | .013 | .440 | .012 | .554 | ||
| Personal characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Female (ref.: male) | .001 | .998 | -.075 | .018 | .040 | .203 | .023 | .326 | .011 | .655 | ||
| Born after 1960 | .315 | .000 | -.329 | .000 | .025 | .271 | -.003 | .822 | -.009 | .672 | ||
| Nationality (ref: Central Europe) | ||||||||||||
| East Europe | -.071 | .341 | -.083 | .064 | .162 | .026 | .009 | .785 | -.017 | .556 | ||
| Southern Europe | -.070 | .123 | -.049 | .137 | .061 | .065 | .013 | .556 | .045 | .109 | ||
| Northern Europe | .050 | .421 | .049 | .350 | -.069 | .004 | -.028 | .230 | -.003 | .927 | ||
| Rest world | -.022 | .722 | .105 | .034 | -.049 | .115 | -.018 | .518 | -.016 | .602 | ||
| Pseudo R2 | .180 | |||||||||||
Ref.: reference category, LS.: Life sciences, PS.: Physical sciences and Engineering, SH.: Social sciences and Humanities; control variables for no information for age at PhD and Leiden score of PhD institution; Anova test statistics †, Chi2 test statistics ‡ Sig.:
*** p<0.001.
** p<0.01.
* p<0.05. + p< = 0.1