Table 1 Demographic information of study participants
From: Growing a growth mindset: characterizing how and why undergraduate students’ mindsets change
Survey respondents (n = 875) | Interview participants (n = 20) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 503 (57%) | 15 |
Male | 281 (32%) | 5 | |
Other | 1 (< 1%) | 0 | |
Major | Life sciences | 491 (56%) | 14 |
Other STEM | 279 (32%) | 5 | |
Non-STEM | 11 (1%) | 1 | |
College year | First-year | 9 (1%) | 1 |
Second-year | 548 (63%) | 15 | |
Third-year | 150 (17%) | 2 | |
Fourth-year | 78 (9%) | 2 | |
Race / ethnicity | White | 492 (56%) | 12 |
South Asian | 125 (14%) | 4 | |
African American/Black | 87 (10%) | 3 | |
East Asian | 68 (8%) | 0 | |
Latin(x)/Hispanic | 38 (4%) | 1 | |
Middle Eastern/North African | 21 (2%) | 1 | |
Native American or Alaskan Native | 5 (1%) | 1 | |
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 3 (< 1%) | 0 | |
Parents’ education | Continuing generation | 658 (75%) | 15 |
First generation | 136 (15%) | 5 |