The influence of STEM definitions for research on women’s college attainment

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 1 Odds of attaining an undergraduate STEM degree—women vs. men—for five STEM definitions

STEM definition	No degree	Non-STEM	Odds of non-STEM compared to STEM degree
Biglan high paradigm	2.3**	2.7**	Larger positive
SMART Grant	1.9**	2.5**	Larger positive
NSF	0.8+	0.9	Statistically non-significant
Science and engineering	1.1	1.3*	Smaller positive
Science and engineering-related	0.6**	0.6**	Negative
Observations	7800	7800

Source: Education Longitudinal Study (ELS; 2002/2012)
Note: Multinomial logistic regression results; odds ratios reported. All reported sample sizes are rounded to the nearest 10 in accordance with NCES restricted data license. Control variables used in all analyses are described in the Additional file 1
^**p < 0.001; ^*p < 0.01; ⁺p < 0.05