North Carolina State University
2003 Baccalaureate Alumni Survey:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Frequency Distributions
(General Education Preparation)
This document reports frequency distributions by gender and racial/ethnicity for items related to general education preparation on the 2003 Baccalaureate Alumni Survey. A table comparing mean ratings is available on the web. Exact question wording is available on the web, or by clicking on the "Q" in the table header.
General
Education Preparation
Know how to access/use information
Made new friends with diverse
persons
Social science courses were
useful
Courses encouraged creative
thinking
My education prepared me to
be competitive
Foreign Language helped me
appreciate other cultures
I read newspapers/magazines frequently
I read for leisure frequently
Q General Education Preparation
Know how to access and use information| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 46.1 | 44.7 | 47.2 | 45.2 | 46.3 | 44.2 | |
| 5: Agree (%) | ||||||
| 4: Tend to Agree (%) | 40.7 | 42.5 | 39.3 | 39.9 | 40.7 | 42.4 |
| 3: Neither Agree/Disagree (%) | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.7 |
| 2: Tend to Disagree (%) | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 1: Disagree (%) | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 45.5 | 45.9 | 45.1 | 56.5 | 43.8 | 60.2 | |
| 5: Agree (%) | ||||||
| 4: Tend to Agree (%) | 26.6 | 27.1 | 26.1 | 24.4 | 27.2 | 19.3 |
| 3: Neither Agree/Disagree (%) | 12.3 | 10.7 | 13.6 | 8.3 | 12.6 | 10.8 |
| 2: Tend to Disagree (%) | 9.8 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 4.8 | 10.4 | 6.0 |
| 1: Disagree (%) | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 3.6 |
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 26.7 | 31.8 | 22.6 | 33.5 | 26.2 | 28.1 | |
| 5: Agree (%) | ||||||
| 4: Tend to Agree (%) | 32.0 | 30.3 | 33.3 | 31.1 | 32.2 | 29.4 |
| 3: Neither Agree/Disagree (%) | 22.4 | 21.3 | 23.2 | 16.2 | 22.4 | 28.1 |
| 2: Tend to Disagree (%) | 12.6 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 10.6 |
| 1: Disagree (%) | 6.3 | 4.4 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 3.8 |
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 42.6 | 42.3 | 42.9 | 39.2 | 42.9 | 41.2 | |
| 5: Agree (%) | ||||||
| 4: Tend to Agree (%) | 39.0 | 39.3 | 38.9 | 40.4 | 39.1 | 37.0 |
| 3: Neither Agree/Disagree (%) | 11.2 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 13.9 |
| 2: Tend to Disagree (%) | 5.6 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| 1: Disagree (%) | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 55.2 | 53.3 | 56.8 | 52.1 | 55.9 | 48.1 | |
| 5: Agree (%) | ||||||
| 4: Tend to Agree (%) | 30.8 | 31.5 | 30.3 | 29.9 | 30.6 | 36.4 |
| 3: Neither Agree/Disagree (%) | 8.3 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 3.7 |
| 2: Tend to Disagree (%) | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 8.0 |
| 1: Disagree (%) | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 |
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 32.9 | 38.6 | 27.2 | 38.2 | 31.8 | 41.8 | |
| 5: Agree (%) | ||||||
| 4: Tend to Agree (%) | 28.5 | 27.2 | 29.9 | 33.6 | 29.1 | 15.4 |
| 3: Neither Agree/Disagree (%) | 21.4 | 19.6 | 23.3 | 19.1 | 21.3 | 25.3 |
| 2: Tend to Disagree (%) | 10.4 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 6.4 | 10.8 | 9.9 |
| 1: Disagree (%) | 6.8 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 52.8 | 46.9 | 57.7 | 47.4 | 53.4 | 49.3 | |
| 5: Agree (%) | ||||||
| 4: Tend to Agree (%) | 28.3 | 30.1 | 26.9 | 30.8 | 28.1 | 30.1 |
| 3: Neither Agree/Disagree (%) | 8.1 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 11.6 |
| 2: Tend to Disagree (%) | 6.2 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 10.9 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 1: Disagree (%) | 4.5 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| 41.6 | 52.8 | 32.4 | 40.6 | 41.7 | 40.7 | |
| 5: Agree (%) | ||||||
| 4: Tend to Agree (%) | 25.9 | 24.5 | 27.1 | 25.8 | 25.7 | 29.7 |
| 3: Neither Agree/Disagree (%) | 12.0 | 7.8 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 11.9 | 9.0 |
| 2: Tend to Disagree (%) | 12.5 | 8.7 | 15.7 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.4 |
| 1: Disagree (%) | 8.0 | 6.3 | 9.5 | 5.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 |
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