From: STEM doctoral students’ skill development: does funding mechanism matter?
n = 719 | Model 7 | Model 8 | Model 9 |
---|---|---|---|
Gender (ref. = man) | |||
Woman | 1.06 (0.17) | 1.19 (0.20) | 1.17 (0.20) |
Race (ref. = White) | |||
Asian | 1.11 (0.24) | 1.12 (0.25) | 1.04 (0.24) |
Black | 0.24* (0.14) | 0.27* (0.16) | 0.26* (0.16) |
Hispanic | 0.76 (0.21) | 0.86 (0.24) | 0.77 (0.23) |
Citizenship (ref. = U.S. citizen) | |||
Non-U.S. citizen | 1.24 (0.26) | 0.92 (0.21) | 0.98 (0.23) |
Ph.D. field (ref. = engineering) | |||
Biological sciences | 0.74 (0.20) | 0.65 (0.18) | 0.64 (0.19) |
Math | 0.81 (0.27) | 0.54 (0.19) | 0.54 (0.20) |
Physical science | 0.83 (0.17) | 0.59* (0.13) | 0.64* (0.14) |
Institution (ref. = public) | |||
Private | 0.72 (0.17) | 0.93 (0.23) | 0.99 (0.26) |
Year in doctoral program (ref. = year 1) | |||
Year 2 | 1.09 (0.26) | 1.14 (0.28) | 0.97 (0.24) |
Year 3 | 1.02 (0.24) | 1.17 (0.28) | 1.09 (0.27) |
Year 4 | 1.35 (0.34) | 1.47 (0.38) | 1.39 (0.37) |
Year 5 | 0.99 (0.28) | 0.91 (0.27) | 0.96 (0.28) |
Year 6 | 1.02 (0.53) | 1.09 (0.57) | 1.22 (0.66) |
Year 7 or more | 1.44 (0.84) | 1.49 (0.90) | 1.31 (0.81) |
Research group (ref. = yes) | |||
No | 0.40** (0.13) | 0.31*** (0.11) | 0.26*** (0.10) |
Unsure | 0.69 (0.37) | 0.66 (0.36) | 0.64 (0.35) |
Two or more funding sources | 1.21 (0.27) | 1.09 (0.25) | 1.16 (0.27) |
Primary funding (ref. = research assistantship) | |||
External fellowship | 0.31*** (0.08) | 0.26*** (0.07) | |
Internal fellowship | 0.73 (0.16) | 0.74 (0.17) | |
Teaching assistantship | 1.88** (0.43) | 2.36*** (0.56) | |
Career alignment | 2.70*** (0.47) | ||
Constant (intercept) | 0.98 (0.21) | 1.19 (0.29) | 0.74 (0.19) |
Pseudo-R2 | 3.1% | 7.0% | 10.5% |