International Journal of STEM Education

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for measured variables in analysis 1

From: The influences of social agents in completing a STEM degree: an examination of female graduates of selective science high schools

Categorical variables	Frequency	Percent
Parental education level
Below high school	38	2.7
High school	217	15.2
Baccalaureate degree	365	25.6
Master’s degree	432	30.3
Doctorate degree	373	26.2
STEM teacher as mentor
Yes	695	48.8
No	730	51.2
Participating in research
Yes	625	43.9
No	800	56.1
STEM major
Yes	723	50.7
No	702	49.3

Ordinal variables	Mean	Standard deviation
Peer belonging	3.99	1.072

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