North Carolina State University
2005-2006 Graduating Senior Survey:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Comparisons of
Employment and Extracurricular Activities

This documendivreports survey data on gender and racial/ethnic differences in respondents' involvement in extracurricular activities and employment during their senior year at NC State. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "2005-2006 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2005-2006 Graduating Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile."

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Employment During Academic Year | Number of Hours Worked Per Week | Job Relationship to Academic Major |
Reasons for Working for Pay | Co-op/Internship Experience | Extracurricular Activities

Q Employment During Academic Year

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Yes - on campus	%	13.1	13.9	12.4	26.7	11.3	18.4
Yes - off campus	%	53.7	54.1	53.4	33.5	56.3	46.8
Yes - both on and off campus	%	12.3	9.4	15.2	22.2	11.5	10.8
No	%	20.8	22.6	19.1	17.6	20.9	24.1
Total	N	2,118	1,043	1,075	176	1,784	158

Q Hours Worked Per Week This Academic Year

Among all employed respondents, N=1,618		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Average hours per week		21.44	21.64	21.25	22.49	21.28	22.06
1-10 hours per week	%	16.4	17.8	15.0	12.7	16.5	20.0
11-20 hours per week	%	45.2	42.4	47.8	43.0	45.8	40.0
21-39 hours per week	%	28.9	29.4	28.4	33.8	28.7	25.2
40 or more hours per week	%	9.6	10.4	8.8	10.6	9.0	14.8
Total	N	1,618	779	839	142	1,361	115

Among those who worked on campus only, N=267		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Average hours per week		14.79	15.12	14.42	15.20	14.82	13.86
1-10 hours per week	%	42.3	43.9	40.6	26.7	44.8	50.0
11-20 hours per week	%	47.9	44.6	51.6	68.9	44.8	35.7
21-39 hours per week	%	4.5	6.5	2.3	0.0	4.6	10.7
40 or more hours per week	%	5.2	5.0	5.5	4.4	5.7	3.6
Total	N	267	139	128	45	194	28

Among those who worked off campus only, N=1,090		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Average hours per week		21.42	21.91	20.93	23.84	21.16	22.96
1-10 hours per week	%	12.7	12.9	12.4	8.6	13.2	8.6
11-20 hours per week	%	48.7	45.6	51.8	39.7	49.3	48.6
21-39 hours per week	%	30.6	32.1	29.0	41.4	29.9	30.0
40 or more hours per week	%	8.1	9.4	6.8	10.3	7.6	12.9
Total	N	1,090	542	548	58	962	70

Among those who worked both on and off campus, N=261		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Average hours per week		28.33	29.39	27.69	28.90	27.93	31.88
1-10 hours per week	%	5.4	8.2	3.7	2.6	4.9	17.6
11-20 hours per week	%	27.6	21.4	31.3	17.9	30.7	11.8
21-39 hours per week	%	46.7	46.9	46.6	61.5	45.4	29.4
40 or more hours per week	%	20.3	23.5	18.4	17.9	19.0	41.2
Total	N	261	98	163	39	205	17

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Q Job Relationship to Academic Major

On-campus job related to major/by choice?		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Directly related	%	35.4	33.6	36.8	25.3	40.2	11.4
Somewhat related	%	23.3	24.8	22.1	19.3	23.0	34.1
Not related (by choice)	%	28.7	27.3	29.8	36.1	26.5	34.1
Not related (not by choice)	%	12.6	14.3	11.2	19.3	10.4	20.5
Total	N	523	238	285	83	396	44

Off-campus job related to major/by choice?		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Directly related	%	25.2	29.5	21.2	25.3	25.5	19.8
Somewhat related	%	24.8	21.5	27.8	20.9	25.4	22.1
Not related (by choice)	%	29.5	27.8	31.0	24.2	29.3	37.2
Not related (not by choice)	%	20.5	21.2	19.9	29.7	19.8	20.9
Total	N	1,320	627	693	91	1,143	86

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Q Reasons for working during academic year (among those who worked for pay)

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Life expenses	%	54.9%	51.5%	57.9%	57.2%	55.0%	50.8%
School expenses	%	19.5%	18.8%	20.1%	17.9%	19.9%	16.7%
Personal expenses	%	26.8%	25.7%	27.9%	17.9%	28.0%	24.2%
Career experience	%	17.8%	16.2%	19.2%	10.3%	18.6%	17.5%
Fin Aid/Wrk Stdy Req	%	8.0%	6.2%	9.7%	14.5%	7.2%	10.0%
Hlth ins/other benefits	%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%
Personal fulfillment	%	10.0%	10.5%	9.4%	9.0%	10.3%	6.7%
Savings/Investment	%	2.1%	1.4%	2.8%	2.1%	2.1%	2.5%
Miscellaneous/other	%	7.2%	8.9%	5.6%	6.2%	7.1%	10.0%
Total	N	1,677	807	870	145	1,412	120

Note: Respondents could select more than one reason.
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Q Co-op/Internship/Field Experience

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Yes, major included co-op/intern/field exper	%	39.9%	37.4%	42.4%	46.1%	39.9%	32.5%
Total	N	2,120	1,044	1,076	178	1,785	157

Q Field Experience Conribution to Personal/Professional Growth

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.63	3.60	3.66	3.55	3.64	3.63
4: Excellent	%	69.2	66.3	71.6	63.4	69.7	70.6
3: Good	%	25.5	28.0	23.3	30.5	25.2	21.6
2: Fair	%	4.9	5.1	4.6	3.7	4.8	7.8
1: Poor	%	0.5	0.5	0.4	2.4	0.3	.
Total	N	843	389	454	82	710	51

Q Received Job Offer From Field Experience

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Job offer from employer at field exper?	%	30.6%	37.3%	24.8%	36.6%	29.9%	30.0%
Total	N	840	389	451	82	708	50

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Q Involvement with Campus Activities (percent of student category who participated in activity)

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Academic (Honors prgrm, etc.)	%	31.5%	25.3%	37.5%	18.8%	32.6%	33.3%
Org/clubs related to major	%	50.7%	46.5%	54.7%	56.4%	50.2%	49.1%
Honor/srvc/prof frat/sorority	%	20.2%	17.1%	23.2%	18.2%	20.6%	17.6%
Residence hall council	%	6.3%	5.8%	6.7%	21.5%	4.8%	5.0%
Social fraternity/sorority	%	13.1%	12.6%	13.6%	11.0%	13.7%	9.4%
Intramural/rec sports/club team	%	38.0%	49.2%	27.1%	28.2%	39.9%	27.0%
Varsity athletic teams	%	4.6%	4.8%	4.4%	12.7%	4.0%	2.5%
Student government	%	4.5%	5.4%	3.7%	4.4%	4.3%	6.9%
Student judicial board	%	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.7%	1.3%
Union activities brd	%	2.9%	2.5%	3.2%	12.7%	1.7%	5.0%
Student media/publications	%	3.5%	3.3%	3.6%	6.6%	3.1%	4.4%
Visual/performing arts/music groups	%	5.6%	4.9%	6.3%	9.9%	5.0%	7.5%
Minority student groups	%	7.0%	4.6%	9.3%	45.3%	0.9%	32.1%
Religious/political/issue groups	%	17.0%	15.7%	18.2%	10.5%	18.0%	13.2%
ROTC	%	2.5%	4.5%	0.6%	2.8%	2.6%	1.9%
Other groups	%	7.1%	5.7%	8.5%	8.3%	7.2%	4.4%
Total	N	2,140	1,055	1,085	181	1,800	159

Note: Respondents could select multiple programs/activities.

Involvement with Campus Activities (percent of activity participants, by student group)

	NCSU	Male	Female	Af Am	White	Other
% in Survey Population who are...	100.0%	49.3%	50.7%	8.5%	84.1%	7.4%
% of Activity Participants who are involved in...
Academic (Honors prgrm, etc.) (n=674)	31.5%	39.6%	60.4%	5.0%	87.1%	7.9%
Org/clubs related to major (n=1,084)	50.7%	45.3%	54.7%	9.4%	83.4%	7.2%
Honor/srvc/prof frat/sorority (n=432)	20.2%	41.7%	58.3%	7.6%	85.9%	6.5%
Residence hall council (n=134)	6.3%	45.5%	54.5%	29.1%	64.9%	6.0%
Social fraternity/sorority (n=281)	13.1%	47.3%	52.7%	7.1%	87.5%	5.3%
Intramural/rec sports/club team (n=813)	38.0%	63.8%	36.2%	6.3%	88.4%	5.3%
Varsity athletic teams (n=99)	4.6%	51.5%	48.5%	23.2%	72.7%	4.0%
Student government (n=97)	4.5%	58.8%	41.2%	8.2%	80.4%	11.3%
Student judicial board (n=15)	0.7%	53.3%	46.7%	0.0%	86.7%	13.3%
Union activities board (n=61)	2.9%	42.6%	57.4%	37.7%	49.2%	13.1%
Student media/publications (n=74)	3.5%	47.3%	52.7%	16.2%	74.3%	9.5%
Visual/performing arts/music groups (n=120)	5.6%	43.3%	56.7%	15.0%	75.0%	10.0%
Minority student groups (n=150)	7.0%	32.7%	67.3%	54.7%	11.3%	34.0%
Religious/political/issue groups (n=364)	17.0%	45.6%	54.4%	5.2%	89.0%	5.8%
ROTC (n=54)	2.5%	87.0%	13.0%	9.3%	85.2%	5.6%
Other groups (n=152)	7.1%	39.5%	60.5%	9.9%	85.5%	4.6%

Note: Respondents could select multiple programs/activities.

Q Attendance at Concerts/Performances/Exhibits

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Music Department concert(s)	%	28.1%	23.3%	32.8%	40.3%	27.1%	25.8%
Center Stage performance(s)	%	16.6%	12.8%	20.3%	24.9%	15.8%	16.4%
University Theatre performance(s)	%	36.2%	30.9%	41.4%	54.7%	34.2%	37.7%
Dance Program concert(s)	%	12.4%	8.1%	16.7%	33.7%	9.8%	18.2%
Crafts Center exhibit(s)	%	8.8%	7.1%	10.4%	8.3%	8.4%	13.2%
Gallery of Art and Design exhibit(s)	%	28.6%	26.1%	31.1%	28.2%	28.2%	33.3%
Total	N	2,140	1,055	1,085	181	1,800	159

Note: Respondents could select multiple concerts/performances/exhibits.
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For more information on the 2005-2006 Graduating Senior Survey contact:
Dr. Nancy Whelchel, Associate Director for Survey Research
Office of Institutional Planning and Research
Box 7002
NCSU
Phone: (919) 515-4184
Email: Nancy_Whelchel@ncsu.edu

Posted: October, 2006

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