International Journal of STEM Education

Table 3 Descriptive statistics for measured variables in analysis 2

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	13	1.8
High school	89	12.3
Baccalaureate degree	165	22.8
Master’s degree	248	34.3
Doctorate degree	208	28.8
STEM teacher as mentor
Yes	445	61.5
No	278	38.5
Participating in research
Yes	373	51.6
No	350	48.4
STEM major
Math-intensive	429	59.3
Less math-intensive	294	40.7

Ordinal variables	Mean	Standard deviation
Peer belonging	3.97	1.092

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