Adolescents as agents of healthful change through scientific literacy development: A school-university partnership program in New Zealand

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 3 Perceptions of science: odds ratio (95% CI), male compared to female responses

Statement	Time	OR (male cf. female)	95% CI	χ²(1)	p
1. Science is about understanding the world	T0	0.8	0.5–1.4	0.493	.483
	T2	1.7	1.0–2.9	3.601	.058
	T4	1.3	0.8–2.3	0.901	.342
2. Scientists do experiments	T0	1.3	0.7–2.4	0.817	.366
	T2	1.4	0.7–2.5	1.061	.303
	T4	0.7	0.4–1.3	1.106	.293
3. Scientists are creative and imaginative people	T0	1.9	1.1–3.3	5.872	.015*
	T2	1.7	1.0–2.9	4.133	.042*
	T4	2.4	1.4–4.2	9.947	.002*
4. Science is always about being sure of the answer	T0	2.6	1.6–4.5	12.896	< .001*
	T2	3.0	1.7–5.0	16.258	< .001*
	T4	2.0	1.2–3.4	6.966	.008*
5. You can trust science	T0	1.4	0.8–2.5	1.571	.210
	T2	2.8	1.6–4.9	12.013	.001*
	T4	2.0	1.2–3.5	6.165	.013*
6. I have done proper scientific investigation	T0	1.4	0.8–2.4	1.519	.218
	T2	1.0	0.6–1.8	0.025	.875
	T4	1.8	1.0–3.1	4.102	.043*

The effect of gender on responses was measured using ordinal logistic regression with proportional odds
T0 pre-intervention, T2 6–12 weeks post-intervention, T4 12 months post-intervention
*Significant (α = 0.05)