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Table 3 Binomial logistic regression with the gender of drawn engineers as the dependent variable

From: The impact of country of schooling and gender on secondary school students’ conceptions of and interest in becoming an engineer in Ireland, Kenya and Sweden

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

W (df)

B (SE)

OR (95% CI)

W (df)

B (SE)

OR (95% CI)

W (df)

B (SE)

AOR (95% CI)

W (df)

B (SE)

AOR (95% CI)

Constant

256.641 (1)**

2.538 (0.158)

12.651

62.862 (1)**

1.050 (0.132)

2.857

146.348 (1)**

2.423 (0.199)

11.171

64.070 (1)**

1.917 (0.239)

6.800

Gender

148.869 (1)**

− 2.195 (0.180)

0.111 (0.078, 0.158)

   

151.833 (1)**

− 2.234 (0.181)

0.107 (0.075, 0.153)

26.939 (1)**

− 1.529 (0.295)

0.217 (0.122, 0.386)

Country

   

2.689 (2)

  

7.196 (2)*

  

9.193 (2)*

  

Country (Ireland)

   

1.99 (1)

0.250 (0.178)

1.285 (0.907, 1.819)

4.729 (1)*

0.422 (0.194)

1.526 (1.043, 2.233)

7.388 (1)**

1.133 (0.417)

3.105 (1.372, 7.027)

Country (Kenya)

   

0.015 (1)

0.021 (0.172)

1.021 (0.728, 1.432)

0.001 (1)

− 0.005 (0.191)

0.995 (0.685, 1.445)

5.147 (1)*

0.829 (0.365)

2.290 (1.119, 4.685)

Country × Gender

         

8.123 (2)*

  

Country (Ireland) × Gender

         

4.124 (1)*

− 0.958 (0.472)

0.384 (0.152, 0.967)

Country (Kenya) × Gender

         

7.178 (1)**

− 1.146 (0.428)

0.318 (0.137, 0.735)

χ2

χ2(1) = 197.893, p < 0.001

χ2(2) = 2.727, p = 0.256

χ2(3) = 205.238, p < 0.001

χ2(5) = 213.216, p < 0.001

-2 Log likelihood

1075.840

1271.006

1068.495

1060.518

Cox and Snell R2

0.158

0.002

0.163

0.169

Nagelkerke R2

0.236

0.004

0.244

0.252

Hosmer and Lemeshow

χ2(0) = 0

χ2(1) = 0, p = 1

χ2(4) = 8.386, p = .078

χ2(4) = 0, p = 1

  1. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. Independent variable = Drawn engineers’ gender. W = Wald. df = Degrees of freedom. SE = Standard error. OR = Odds ratio. AOR = Adjusted odds ratio. CI = confidence interval. Gender reference = Male. Country reference = Sweden. Model 3 and Model 4 coefficients are adjusted for all covariates