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Table 1 Demographic and academic overview of the analytical sample, n = 278

From: Engineering students’ attitudinal beliefs by gender and student division: a methodological comparison of changes over time

 

Men

Women

Total

 

n = 146

%

n = 132

%

n = 278

%

Engineering major

      

 Biomedical

54

37.0

65

49.2

119

42.8

 Civil

47

32.2

45

34.1

92

33.1

 Mechanical

45

30.8

22

16.7

67

24.1

Student classification

 Lower division

90

61.6

73

55.3

163

58.6

 Upper division

56

38.3

59

44.7

115

41.4

Race/ethnicity

 White only

63

43.5

65

49.2

128

46.2

 Asian only

41

28.3

36

27.3

77

27.8

 Hispanic or Latino

32

22.1

22

16.7

54

19.5

 Multiracial

5

3.5

6

4.6

11

4.0

 Foreign

4

2.76

2

1.5

6

2.2

 Black only

0

0.0

1

0.4

1

0.4

 Prefer not to answer

1

0.4

0

0.0

1

0.4