Gender gap in STEM pathways: the role of secondary curricula in a highly differentiated school system—the case of Chile

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 7 Marginal effects in the persistence in postsecondary STEM programs

	Vocational postsecondary institutions				University
	Persist	Leave		Switch	Persist		Leave	Switch
Men VE	0.005	− 0.022	*	0.016	− 0.050	*	− 0.007	0.057	*
Men VE	(0.024)	(0.011)		(0.024)	(0.025)		(0.015)	(0.025)
Women VE	0.013	0.007		− 0.020	0.017		− 0.002	− 0.015
Women VE	(0.027)	(0.022)		(0.017)	(0.031)		(0.021)	(0.026)
Men vs. women	− 0.008	− 0.029		0.037	− 0.067	+	− 0.005	0.072	*
Men vs. women	(0.043)	(0.025)		(0.033)	(0.038)		(0.027)	(0.035)
Number of observations				17,688				12,689

Effects of the VE track
Marginal effects are evaluated at the means; AE = academic education; VE = vocational education; AE-non-STEM as based
Significant differences between groups: + p < 0.10 *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01; standard error in parenthesis