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Table 5 Results of the sequential logit model

From: Comparing success of female students to their male counterparts in the STEM fields: an empirical analysis from enrollment until graduation using longitudinal register data

 

University of Applied Sciences

Research University

Odds ratio

Coeff.

Standard error

Odds ratio

Coeff.

Standard error

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(i) Enroll in STEM

 vwo

0.853

− 0.159

(0.026)***

   

 math

1.235

0.211

(0.009)***

1.305

0.266

(0.008)***

 advmath

13.385

2.594

(0.019)***

24.901

3.215

(0.035)***

 dutch

0.847

− 0.166

(0.009)***

0.846

− 0.167

(0.010)***

 english

1.206

0.188

(0.009)***

1.092

0.088

(0.010)***

 female

0.235

− 1.449

(0.020)***

0.354

− 1.039

(0.019)***

 migration background

1.098

0.093

(0.025)***

0.861

− 0.149

(0.025)***

 constant

0.079

− 2.537

(0.025)***

0.031

− 3.476

(0.039)***

(ii) Continue versus drop out in first year

 vwo

2.104

0.744

(0.063)***

   

 math

1.453

0.374

(0.018)***

1.511

0.413

(0.019)***

 advmath

2.101

0.742

(0.040)***

1.797

0.586

(0.081)***

 dutch

1.004

0.004

(0.017)

1.044

0.043

(0.022)*

 english

0.951

− 0.050

(0.018)***

1.012

0.012

(0.023)

 female

1.217

0.197

(0.044)***

0.824

− 0.194

(0.044)***

 migration background

1.065

0.063

(0.049)

0.822

− 0.197

(0.055)***

 constant

1.759

0.565

(0.052)***

3.144

1.146

(0.093)***

(iii) Graduate in nominal duration versus drop out

 vwo

0.683

− 0.382

(0.059)***

   

 math

0.937

− 0.065

(0.020)***

0.848

− 0.165

(0.018)***

 advmath

1.348

0.299

(0.056)***

1.547

0.436

(0.097)***

 dutch

0.925

− 0.078

(0.020)***

0.960

− 0.041

(0.021)**

 english

1.053

0.052

(0.020)***

0.924

− 0.079

(0.022)***

 female

0.645

− 0.439

(0.048)***

0.821

− 0.197

(0.041)***

 migration background

1.153

0.142

(0.060)**

1.041

0.040

(0.056)

 constant

0.668

− 0.403

(0.070)***

1.028

0.027

(0.108)

(iv) Graduate versus drop out in nominal duration plus one year

 vwo

0.262

− 1.338

(0.141)***

   

 math

0.880

− 0.127

(0.043)***

1.208

0.189

(0.036)***

 advmath

2.672

0.983

(0.113)***

4.627

1.532

(0.169)***

 dutch

0.894

− 0.112

(0.042)***

1.014

0.014

(0.041)

 english

0.821

− 0.198

(0.044)***

0.923

− 0.080

(0.043)*

 female

0.543

− 0.611

(0.109)***

0.669

− 0.402

(0.088)***

 migration background

0.676

− 0.392

(0.110)***

1.102

0.097

(0.108)

 constant

0.459

− 0.779

(0.135)***

0.986

− 0.014

(0.186)

N

137,443

  

106,140

  
  1. ***, **, *1%, 5%, and 10% significance levels, respectively. Columns (1), (2), and (3) show the odds ratios, coefficients, and their corresponding standard errors for universities of applied sciences, and columns (4), (5), and (6) show the same for research university STEM programs. We include cohort fixed effects in all specifications