From: STEM doctoral students’ skill development: does funding mechanism matter?
n = 719 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 |
---|---|---|---|
Gender (ref. = man) | |||
Woman | 0.85 (0.14) | 0.90 (0.15) | 0.89 (0.16) |
Race (ref. = White) | |||
Asian | 1.96** (0.44) | 2.00** (0.46) | 1.96** (0.48) |
Black | 0.60 (0.29) | 0.69 (0.34) | 0.70 (0.37) |
Hispanic | 1.50 (0.43) | 1.71 (0.50) | 1.60 (0.49) |
Citizenship (ref. = U.S. citizen) | |||
Non-U.S. citizen | 1.22 (0.27) | 1.08 (0.25) | 1.22 (0.30) |
Ph.D. field (ref. = engineering) | |||
Biological sciences | 0.69 (0.19) | 0.69 (0.20) | 0.67 (0.20) |
Math | 0.26*** (0.10) | 0.34** (0.13) | 0.34** (0.14) |
Physical science | 0.70 (0.15) | 0.75 (0.16) | 0.85 (0.20) |
Institution (ref. = public) | |||
Private | 0.74 (0.18) | 0.83 (0.21) | 0.94 (0.26) |
Year in doctoral program (ref. = year 1) | |||
Year 2 | 1.31 (0.32) | 1.26 (0.32) | 0.99 (0.27) |
Year 3 | 1.13 (0.27) | 1.15 (0.28) | 1.02 (0.27) |
Year 4 | 1.44 (0.37) | 1.49 (0.40) | 1.35 (0.38) |
Year 5 | 1.47 (0.44) | 1.46 (0.45) | 1.65 (0.53) |
Year 6 | 1.56 (0.85) | 1.42 (0.79) | 1.65 (0.96) |
Year 7 or more | 1.23 (0.76) | 0.97 (0.59) | 0.73 (0.48) |
Research group (ref. = yes) | |||
No | 0.28*** (0.10) | 0.30*** (0.11) | 0.24*** (0.10) |
Unsure | 0.58 (0.32) | 0.60 (0.34) | 0.62 (0.37) |
Two or more funding sources | 1.30 (0.30) | 1.42 (0.34) | 1.55 (0.38) |
Primary funding (ref. = research assistantship) | |||
External fellowship | 0.37*** (0.09) | 0.27*** (0.07) | |
Internal fellowship | 0.56* (0.13) | 0.54* (0.13) | |
Teaching assistantship | 0.31*** (0.07) | 0.37*** (0.09) | |
Career alignment | 4.20*** (0.78) | ||
Constant (intercept) | 1.11 (0.25) | 1.78* (0.44) | 0.93 (0.25) |
Pseudo-R2 | 8.2% | 11.7% | 18.4% |