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*** |