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Table 8 Marginal effects in the persistence in postsecondary STEM programs. Effects of the upper-secondary sub-tracks split by STEM and non-STEM

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

  

Vocational postsecondary institutions

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Men

AE-STEM

0.041

**

− 0.015

 

− 0.026

*

0.020

 

− 0.014

− 0.006

 

(0.015)

 

(0.01)

 

(0.012)

 

(0.02)

 

(0.017)

(0.014)

 

VE-STEM

0.057

**

− 0.034

**

− 0.022

 

− 0.016

 

− 0.014

0.030

 

(0.017)

 

(0.011)

 

(0.015)

 

(0.028)

 

(0.018)

(0.024)

 

VE-non-STEM

− 0.031

 

− 0.018

 

0.049

 

− 0.074

+ 

− 0.009

0.083

+ 

(0.049)

 

(0.022)

 

(0.049)

 

(0.043)

 

(0.026)

(0.043)

 

Women

AE-STEM

− 0.014

 

0.018

 

− 0.004

 

0.027

 

− 0.003

− 0.024

 

(0.031)

 

(0.025)

 

(0.02)

 

(0.025)

 

(0.016)

(0.02)

 

VE-STEM

0.024

 

0.009

 

− 0.033

 

0.088

*

− 0.021

− 0.068

+ 

(0.035)

 

(0.03)

 

(0.021)

 

(0.043)

 

(0.023)

(0.038)

 

VE-non-STEM

0.004

 

0.013

 

− 0.018

 

0.013

 

0.000

− 0.013

 

(0.031)

 

(0.025)

 

(0.02)

 

(0.038)

 

(0.025)

(0.032)

 

Men vs. women

AE-STEM

0.055

+ 

− 0.034

 

− 0.022

 

− 0.007

 

− 0.011

0.018

 

(0.032)

 

(0.026)

 

(0.02)

 

(0.029)

 

(0.023)

(0.022)

 

VE-STEM

0.033

 

− 0.044

 

0.011

 

− 0.104

*

0.006

0.098

*

(0.037)

 

(0.031)

 

(0.024)

 

(0.047)

 

(0.027)

(0.044)

 

VE-non-STEM

− 0.035

 

− 0.031

 

0.066

 

− 0.087

+ 

− 0.009

0.096

+ 

 

(0.067)

 

(0.035)

 

(0.057)

 

(0.053)

 

(0.038)

(0.052)

 

Number of observations

   

17,688

    

12,689

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