Table 6.
Participants’ levels of interest in future jobs fields (paired pre-post surveys; n = 16).
| Future Job Fields | 1st Round Mean ± SD |
2nd Round Mean ± SD |
Mean Difference | t-test p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care/medicine | 2.6 ± 1.6 | 3.2 ± 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.055 |
| Police/fire | 1.9 ± 1.3 | 2.4 ± 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.164 |
| Teaching/education | 1.8 ± 1.1 | 2.3 ± 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.104 |
| Food/beverages services | 1.8 ± 1.1 | 2.3 ± 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.070 |
| Forests, parks, nature | 2.4 ± 1.5 | 2.8 ± 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.289 |
| Music, art, entertainment | 3.0 ± 1.7 | 3.3 ± 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.464 |
| Landscaping or lawn/garden care | 1.8 ± 1.2 | 2.0 ± 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.549 |
| Mechanical or electrical trades | 2.1 ± 1.2 | 2.3 ± 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.523 |
| Community organizing or politics | 1.8 ± 1.2 | 1.9 ± 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.270 |
| City/community planning | 2.0 ±1.0 | 2.0 ± 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.000 |
| Sports, athletics | 3.4 ± 1.2 | 3.4 ± 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.669 |
| Wildlife/fish protection | 2.4 ± 1.5 | 2.3 ± 1.0 | −0.1 | 0.637 |
| Science/research | 2.5 ± 1.4 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | −0.1 | 0.697 |
| Air or water pollution | 2.6 ± 1.5 | 2.4 ± 1.2 | −0.2 | 0.580 |
| Crime investigation/forensics | 3.2 ± 1.6 | 3.0 ± 1.1 | −0.2 | 0.682 |
| Animal care, veterinary | 3.3 ± 1.2 | 2.7 ± 1.1 | −0.6 | 0.083 |