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Table 4 Correlation matrix for male and female

From: Gender differences in high school students’ interest in STEM careers: a multi-group comparison based on structural equation model

Construct/sub-construct

EF

FLE

ILE

SS

Media

SSE

Science SSE

Technology SSE

Engineering SSE

Mathematics SSE

SCP

Careers prospects

Skills required skills

Self-development

ISC

1. EF

1

0.782***

0.811***

0.827***

0.759***

0.696***

0.703***

0.367***

0.535***

0.639***

0.371***

0.278***

0.295***

0.381***

0.566***

1.1 FLE

0.792***

1

0.598***

0.518***

0.408***

0.593***

0.634***

0.310***

0.418***

0.571***

0.316***

0.257***

0.243***

0.265***

0.338***

1.2 ILE

0.829***

0.604***

1

0.581***

0.442***

0.585***

0.570***

0.303***

0.480***

0.527***

0.216***

0.140**

0.177***

0.239***

0.381***

1.3 SS

0.851***

0.544***

0.622***

1

0.513***

0.538***

0.529***

0.298***

0.416***

0.500***

0.278***

0.224***

0.201***

0.296***

0.507***

1.4 Media

0.777***

0.450***

0.481***

0.580***

1

0.504***

0.509***

0.258***

0.395***

0.442***

0.359***

0.255***

0.308***

0.397***

0.553***

2. SSE

0.657***

0.542***

0.544***

0.513***

0.538***

1

0.824***

0.666***

0.850***

0.873***

0.422***

0.303***

0.386***

0.420***

0.399***

2.1 Science SSE

0.689***

0.573***

0.594***

0.544***

0.531***

0.814***

1

0.423***

0.549***

0.703***

0.290***

0.211***

0.262***

0.286***

0.430***

2.2 Technology SSE

0.366***

0.324***

0.236***

0.254***

0.377***

0.698***

0.437***

1

0.481***

0.463***

0.327***

0.254***

0.309***

0.312***

0.140**

2.3 Engineering SSE

0.452***

0.305***

0.373***

0.377***

0.410***

0.806***

0.495***

0.493***

1

0.679***

0.299***

0.195***

0.275***

0.319***

0.302***

2.4 Mathematics SSE

0.611***

0.524***

0.550***

0.475***

0.441***

0.866***

0.724***

0.517***

0.578***

1

0.434***

0.338***

0.374***

0.415***

0.416***

3. SCP

0.477***

0.367***

0.311***

0.423***

0.446***

0.456***

0.394***

0.335***

0.341***

0.425***

1

0.811***

0.877***

0.859***

0.377***

3.1 Careers prospects

0.342***

0.286***

0.222***

0.307***

0.296***

0.325***

0.274***

0.258***

0.252***

0.327***

0.786***

1

0.578***

0.539***

0.284***

3.2 Skills required skills

0.383***

0.306***

0.231***

0.332***

0.370***

0.389***

0.340***

0.273***

0.275***

0.360***

0.888***

0.582***

1

0.753***

0.287***

3.3 Self-development

0.465***

0.355***

0.306***

0.400***

0.446***

0.418***

0.391***

0.302***

0.300***

0.373***

0.870***

0.516***

0.783***

1

0.467***

4. ISC

0.647***

0.423***

0.504***

0.602***

0.566***

0.414***

0.490***

0.213***

0.247***

0.401***

0.491***

0.328***

0.382***

0.559***

1

  1. ***p < .001, **p < .01; The correlation matrix for female (n = 583) is showed above the diagonal, and the correlation matrix for male (n = 549) is showed below the diagonal
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