Table 1 Descriptive and fit statistics for the measurement models

My future expected job and career

97.55

42

0.056

0.934

0.925

0.911

0.977

0.955

0.0345

Teamwork

2

0.239

12.552

3.3886

0.71219

Leadership and control management

3

0.191

10.506

3.1233

0.81522

Science and inventions

3

0.307

15.096

3.4050

0.78256

Artist/craftsman

2

0.347

13.453

2.6947

0.91039

Independent

2

0.328

12.669

3.4692

0.70958

Working with animals and environment

2

0.224

7.631

2.5659

0.95872

My interest in science

113.51

45

0.0290

0.982

0.974

0.970

0.992

0.983

0.0259

Physics and space

3

0.594

20.018

2.8732

0.81784

Agriculture and farming

3

0.509

17.998

2.5938

0.96947

Physiology and human body

3

0.304

12.361

2.9633

0.86245

Health and exercise

2

0.388

13.081

3.5547

0.89627

Digital and engineering

3

0.426

14.901

2.8283

0.98307

Fantasy and science fiction

4

0.439

14.152

3.0876

0.96244

Chemical and nuclear

2

0.374

13.288

2.8799

0.91977

Me and environment challenges

1.928

6

0.0191

0.998

0.991

0.990

0.998

0.994

0.0158

Personal environment duties of everyone

3

0.370

19.772

3.1531

0.79643

Positive views about the environment

3

0.335

16.608

3.0037

0.83549

Pessimistic views of environment

2

0.331

10.020

2.9562

0.83109

Opinion about science/technology

14

6

0.052

0.989

0.987

0.973

0.995

0.981

0.0179

Science and technology (enablers)

3

0.322

6.4480

3.4044

0.73099

Science is solution to many things

2

0.386

10.014

2.8393

0.89964

Science/technology and health

2

0.304

5.441

3.1219

0.79803

My out-of-school experiences

76.83

33

0.030

0.987

0.982

0.977

0.993

0.985

0.0290

Learning science by observation

4

0.502

12.337

2.9389

0.88598

Home cooking

2

0.414

10.983

2.9550

1.01894

Experimental (educational toys)

2

0.508

15.075

2.6852

0.96926

Digital applications

4

0.476

11.423

3.3402

0.86514

The natural world

3

0.388

8.947

2.3986

0.98604

My science class

29.001

11

0.0427

0.987

0.984

0.975

0.993

0.982

0.0245

Fond of and like science

3

0.525

34.729

3.1906

0.79399

Science is easy (smart)

2

0.530

26.756

2.7957

0.93962

Science related career

3

0.591

23.855

2.8141

0.96839

Science is interesting and challenging

2

0.460

17.681

3.1226

0.87480