Table 3 Demographic characteristics of participants
Steps 1 and 5: Initial CFA sample (Summer 2018; N = 235) | Steps 2 and 3 : EFA sample (Fall 2018; N = 1309) | Step 4: Second CFA sample (Fall 2019; N = 433) | Step 6: PEER CFA sample (Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019; N = 280) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Value | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) |
Gender | Female | 160 (68.1) | 888 (68.4) | 272 (62.8) | 195 (69.6) |
Male | 52 (22.1) | 384 (29.6) | 150 (34.6) | 81 (28.9) | |
Non-binary | 3 (1.3) | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.9) | 3 (1.1) | |
Prefer not to answer | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.2) | 6 (1.4) | 1 (0.4) | |
Major1 | Biology | 103 (43.8) | 456 (36.05) | - | 40 (22.1) |
Chemistry | 39 (16.6) | 100 (7.91) | - | 15 (22.1) | |
Engineering | 15 (6) | 8 (0.63) | - | 2 (1.1) | |
Env. Science | 10 (4) | 4 (0.32) | - | 2 (1.1) | |
Pre-health | 12 (5) | 101 (7.98) | - | 40 (22.1) | |
Kinesiology | 11 (4.7) | 20 (1.58) | - | - | |
Mathematics | 3 (1.3) | 54 (4.27) | - | 1 (0.05) | |
Neuroscience | 15 (6) | 89 (7.04) | - | 20 (11.05) | |
Physics | 7 (3) | 135 (10.67) | - | 2 (1.1) | |
Psychology | 14 (6) | 26 (2.06) | - | 10 (5.52) | |
Other | 5 (2) | 64 (5.06) | - | 25 (13.81) | |
Undeclared | 1 (0.4) | 208 (16.4) | - | 24 (13.26) | |
Age | 18–20 | 191 (81.3) | 1184 (90.4) | 320 (73.9) | 227 (81.1) |
21–23 | 37 (15.7) | 52 (3.9) | 58 (13.4) | 26 (9.3) | |
24 and older | 7 (3.0) | 64 (4.9) | 55 (12.7) | 24 (8.6) | |
Class standing | First year | 68 (28.9) | 306 (23.6) | 184 (42.5) | 112 (40.0) |
Second year | 63 (26.8) | 302 (23.3) | 135 (31.2) | 112 (40.0) | |
Third year | 41 (17.4) | 60 (4.6) | 50 (11.5) | 31 (11.1) | |
Fourth year | 41 (17.4) | 36 (2.8) | 31 (7.2) | 15 (5.4) | |
Other | 4 (1.7) | 6 (0.5) | 32 (7.4) | 10 (3.6) | |
Race | American Indian | 1 (0.4) | 6 (0.5) | 3 (0.7) | 62 (34.44) |
Asian | 15 (6.4) | 217 (16.7) | 115 (26.6) | - | |
African American | 10 (4.3) | 67 (5.2) | 40 (9.2) | 78 (43.33) | |
Pacific Islander | 4 (1.7) | 3 (0.2) | 4 (0.9) | 7 (3.89) | |
Caucasian | 192 (81.7) | 419 (32.3) | 243 (56.1) | - | |
Other | 4 (1.7) | 29 (2.2) | 32 (7.4) | 33 (18.33) | |
Latino/a/x? | No | 202 (86) | 1148 (88.4) | 350 (80.8) | 83 (53.2) |
Yes | 12 (5.1) | 124 (9.6) | 71 (16.4) | 72 (46.2) | |
Prefer not to answer | 3 (1.3) | 13 (1.0) | 12 (2.8) | 1 (0.6) | |