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Table 3 When students first consider engineering as a college major: bivariate analysis by gender, race/ethnicity, and gender-race/ethnicity intersection

From: Examining how social networks influence women and under-represented minority students’ pursuit of engineering in university: when, who, and how?

Level: when

n

%

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Women

Black

Latinx

Other

Elementary

220

10.1

0.45 (0.32, 0.64)*

0.78 (0.40, 1.53)

1.27 (0.92, 1.77)

1.83 (0.80, 4.22)

Middle

474

21.7

0.63 (0.50, 0.80)*

0.84 (0.53, 1.32)

0.83 (0.64, 1.07)

0.35 (0.12, 0.98)*

High

1286

58.8

1.56 (1.30, 1.88)*

0.91 (0.63, 1.31)

0.79 (0.64, 0.98)*

1.32 (0.69, 2.53)

After high

165

7.5

1.27 (1.27, 1.27)*

2.31 (1.24, 4.27)*

2.37 (1.62, 3.49)*

0.94 (0.22, 3.99)

Collegea

41

1.9

1.85 (1.85, 1.85)*

1.92 (0.64, 5.76)

1.29 (0.61, 2.76)

1.45 (0.19, 11.1)

   

Black Women

Black Men

Latinx Women

Latinx Men

Elementary

220

10.1

0.31 (0.07, 1.28)

0.96 (0.44, 2.06)

0.55 (0.28, 1.09)

1.36 (0.94, 1.96)

Middle

474

21.7

0.50 (0.23, 1.08)

0.91 (0.52, 1.59)

0.58 (0.37, 0.91)*

0.78 (0.58, 1.05)

High

1286

58.8

1.49 (0.83, 2.67)

0.81 (0.50, 1.29)

1.25 (0.88, 1.78)

0.79 (0.61, 1.01)

After high

165

7.5

2.23 (0.83, 5.95)

2.99 (1.37, 6.52)*

2.69 (1.46, 4.95)*

2.77 (1.72, 4.46)*

Collegea

41

1.9

3.97 (1.07, 14.7)*

0.92 (0.12, 7.21)

2.25 (0.77, 6.57)

1.13 (0.42, 3.08)

   

Asian Women

Asian Men

White Women

 

Elementary

220

10.1

0.15 (0.04, 0.60)*

1.10 (0.70, 1.73)

0.58 (0.36, 0.93)*

 

Middle

474

21.7

0.66 (0.40, 1.09)

1.02 (0.73, 1.43)

0.60 (0.44, 0.83)*

 

High

1286

58.8

1.34 (0.89, 2.02)

0.80 (0.60, 1.08)

1.54 (1.18, 2.02)*

 

After high

165

7.5

3.37 (1.77, 6.43)*

1.95 (1.09, 3.50)*

1.51 (0.87, 2.63)

 

Collegea

41

1.9

1.23 (0.27, 5.62)

1.19 (0.37, 3.76)

1.42 (0.54, 3.69)

 
  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. *Statistically significant at 0.05 level
  3. aWhile enrolled in college