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

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 2 Standardized path coefficients for the full path models

	Model 1 (STEM vs. non-STEM)		Model 2 (math-intensive vs. less math-intensive)
	β (SE)	p	β (SE)	p
Research participation ON
Parental educational level	0.127 (0.033)	< 0.0001	0.129 (0.045)	0.004
STEM teacher as mentor	0.226 (0.031)	< 0.0001	0.130 (0.045)	0.004
Peer belonging	0.015 (0.032)	0.649	0.061 (0.046)	0.183
STEM major ON
Parental educational level	0.113 (0.032)	< 0.0001	0.022 (0.047)	0.642
STEM teacher as mentor	0.270 (0.031)	< 0.0001	0.054 (0.048)	0.254
Peer belonging	− 0.050 (0.032)	0.119	− 0.114 (0.048)	0.017
Research participation	0.166 (0.041)	< 0.0001	− 0.076 (0.060)	0.204