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Table 4 Students’ interest towards study fields

From: Students’ reasons for STEM choices and the relationship of mathematics choice to university admission

Study field

Interest

 
 

Male

Female

 
 

M

SD

M

SD

t (df = 792)

Arts and Culture

2.09

1.22

2.52

1.39

− 4.52***

Humanities

2.63

1.14

3.08

1.18

− 5.38***

Social Sciences

2.89

1.15

2.65

1.22

2.81**

Economics, Administration, Law

3.13

1.17

2.75

1.34

4.29***

Natural Sciences

3.00

1.22

2.69

1.32

3.39**

Information Technology, IT Communication

2.96

1.13

1.82

.98

15.07***

Technology

3.23

1.22

1.75

1.03

17.68***

Agriculture, Forestry

2.18

1.07

1.49

.83

9.54***

Medicine

2.98

1.34

3.18

1.43

− 2.05*

Health and wellbeing

2.76

1.17

3.49

1.23

− 8.19***

Service sector

2.48

1.09

2.96

1.16

− 5.79***

Education

2.20

1.07

2.93

1.22

− 8.65***

  1. p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001