North Carolina State University
2006-2007 Graduating Senior Survey:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Comparisons of
Employment and Extracurricular Activities

This document reports 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 "2006-2007 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2006-2007 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	%	13.9	14.4	13.5	22.8	12.9	16.1
Yes - off campus	%	49.5	45.9	53.5	34.4	51.4	44.3
Yes - both on and off campus	%	12.7	10.7	15.0	22.2	11.7	14.1
No	%	23.8	29.0	18.1	20.6	24.0	25.5
Total	N	2380	1250	1130	189	1999	192

Q Hours Worked Per Week This Academic Year

Among all employed respondents, N=1,710		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Average hours per week		21.10	21.57	20.65	25.06	20.66	21.59
1-10 hours per week	%	19.6	20.7	18.6	17.6	19.6	22.2
11-20 hours per week	%	42.5	39.6	45.2	31.0	43.8	40.0
21-39 hours per week	%	28.2	27.9	28.4	32.4	28.3	22.2
40 or more hours per week	%	9.7	11.8	7.8	19.0	8.2	15.6
Total	N	1710	834	876	142	1433	135

Among those who worked on campus only, N=307		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Average hours per week		14.01	14.10	13.90	14.88	14.18	11.25
1-10 hours per week	%	45.9	46.4	45.4	45.2	44.7	57.1
11-20 hours per week	%	43.3	43.4	43.3	42.9	43.5	42.9
21-39 hours per week	%	8.1	7.8	8.5	7.1	9.3	0.0
40 or more hours per week	%	2.6	2.4	2.8	4.8	2.5	0.0
Total	N	307	166	141	42	237	28

Among those who worked off campus only, N=1,102		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Average hours per week		20.93	21.88	20.03	26.78	20.41	22.98
1-10 hours per week	%	16.8	17.0	16.6	8.6	17.2	17.5
11-20 hours per week	%	47.1	43.0	51.0	29.3	48.5	42.5
21-39 hours per week	%	27.8	29.3	26.3	43.1	27.4	21.3
40 or more hours per week	%	8.3	10.7	6.2	19.0	6.8	18.8
Total	N	1102	535	567	58	964	80

Among those who worked both on and off campus, N=301		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Average hours per week		28.95	29.62	28.42	32.86	28.32	28.22
1-10 hours per week	%	3.3	3.8	3.0	2.4	3.9	0.0
11-20 hours per week	%	24.6	21.1	27.4	21.4	24.6	29.6
21-39 hours per week	%	50.2	47.4	52.4	42.9	51.7	48.1
40 or more hours per week	%	21.9	27.8	17.3	33.3	19.8	22.2
Total	N	301	133	168	42	232	27

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Q Job Relationship to Academic Major

On-campus job relationship to major/by choice?		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Directly related	%	37.0	37.3	36.7	23.5	41.5	19.6
Somewhat related	%	24.5	25.0	24.0	28.2	22.7	33.9
Not related (by choice)	%	26.9	25.7	28.1	25.9	26.5	32.1
Not related (not by choice)	%	11.6	12.0	11.2	22.4	9.3	14.3
Total	N	613	300	313	85	472	56

Off-campus job relationship to major/by choice?		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Directly related	%	29.0	32.4	26.0	25.5	29.1	31.3
Somewhat related	%	24.9	23.7	25.9	23.5	24.3	33.3
Not related (by choice)	%	29.1	24.8	32.9	33.7	29.2	22.9
Not related (not by choice)	%	17.1	19.1	15.3	17.3	17.4	12.5
Total	N	1376	649	727	98	1182	96

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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	%	52.3%	47.6%	56.9%	64.0%	51.2%	52.4%
School expenses	%	15.2%	14.1%	16.3%	18.7%	14.8%	16.1%
Personal expenses	%	24.4%	24.2%	24.6%	13.3%	26.2%	17.5%
Career experience	%	17.2%	16.3%	17.9%	8.0%	17.8%	19.6%
Fin Aid/Wrk Stdy Req	%	7.3%	6.4%	8.2%	11.3%	6.9%	7.7%
Hlth ins/other benefits	%	0.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%
Personal fulfillment	%	7.6%	7.9%	7.2%	2.0%	7.9%	9.8%
Savings/Investment	%	2.3%	1.9%	2.6%	0.0%	2.6%	1.4%
Miscellaneous/other	%	8.2%	10.0%	6.4%	9.3%	8.1%	7.7%
Total	N	1,813	888	925	150	1,520	143

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	%	39.0%	37.3%	41.0%	42.0%	38.8%	38.3%
Total	N	2,377	1,251	1,126	188	1,996	193

Q Field Experience Conribution to Personal/Professional Growth

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.58	3.56	3.61	3.52	3.59	3.58
4: Excellent	%	65.5	65.3	65.7	59.5	66.4	62.2
3: Good	%	28.7	27.3	30.1	35.4	27.5	33.8
2: Fair	%	4.2	5.2	3.3	2.5	4.4	4.1
1: Poor	%	1.5	2.2	0.9	2.5	1.6	.
Total	N	919	461	458	79	766	74

Q Received Job Offer From Field Experience

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Job offer from employer at field exper?	%	35.1%	42.1%	28.1%	38.2%	34.7%	36.5%
Total	N	919	463	456	76	769	74

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Q Participation in Work-Related experiences

Participated in:		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Cooperative Education Program	%	7.2%	10.7%	3.3%	4.2%	6.8%	14.1%
Internship	%	43.7%	43.4%	44.0%	42.1%	45.2%	29.8%
Practicum	%	2.6%	2.2%	3.1%	2.1%	2.8%	1.0%
Student Teaching	%	8.8%	7.4%	10.2%	9.5%	9.0%	5.6%
Research with faculty	%	14.3%	13.5%	15.2%	15.3%	14.3%	13.1%
Residence Advisor	%	3.3%	2.8%	3.8%	8.9%	2.9%	2.0%
Summer employment or part-time job in major	%	31.4%	30.7%	32.2%	30.5%	32.0%	26.3%
Total	N	2410	1267	1143	190	2022	198

Note: Respondents could select multiple activities.

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

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Academic prog (Caldwell, Park, etc.)	%	7.1%	7.4%	6.8%	10.0%	6.6%	10.1%
Intramural/Rec sports/Club team	%	43.3%	52.2%	33.4%	30.5%	45.4%	34.3%
Minority student groups	%	9.3%	8.8%	9.9%	56.8%	2.4%	34.3%
Org/Clubs related to major	%	50.4%	46.3%	55.0%	54.7%	50.9%	41.4%
Political/Issue groups	%	6.6%	7.7%	5.3%	8.9%	6.5%	4.5%
Religious groups	%	19.3%	17.4%	21.3%	25.8%	19.5%	10.1%
Residence Hall Council	%	5.7%	4.3%	7.3%	15.8%	4.8%	5.6%
ROTC	%	2.9%	4.3%	1.2%	4.2%	2.8%	2.5%
Service groups	%	17.7%	16.3%	19.2%	23.7%	17.2%	16.7%
Social fraternity/sorority	%	15.9%	15.2%	16.6%	13.7%	17.0%	6.6%
Student Government	%	3.7%	4.9%	2.3%	6.8%	3.5%	2.0%
Student Media/Publications	%	3.9%	4.4%	3.2%	5.8%	3.8%	3.0%
Union Activities Board	%	1.3%	1.1%	1.5%	7.4%	0.7%	1.5%
University Honors Program	%	6.1%	5.5%	6.6%	5.8%	6.0%	6.6%
University Scholars Program	%	13.9%	12.4%	15.7%	11.6%	14.4%	11.6%
Varsity Athletic Teams	%	5.2%	5.0%	5.4%	7.9%	5.0%	4.5%
Visual/Performing arts/Music groups	%	5.9%	5.2%	6.6%	11.1%	5.3%	7.1%
Total	N	2,410	1,267	1,143	190	2,022	198

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%	52.6%	47.4%	7.9%	83.9%	8.2%
% of Activity Participants who are involved in...
Academic prog (Caldwell, Park, etc.) (n=172)	7.1%	45.3%	54.7%	77.3%	11.0%	11.6%
Intramural/Rec sports/Club team (n=1,043)	43.3%	36.6%	63.4%	87.9%	5.6%	6.5%
Minority student groups (n=224)	9.3%	50.4%	49.6%	21.4%	48.2%	30.4%
Org/Clubs related to major (n=1,215)	50.4%	51.8%	48.2%	84.7%	8.6%	6.7%
Political/Issue groups (n=158)	6.6%	38.6%	61.4%	83.5%	10.8%	5.7%
Religious groups (n=464)	19.3%	52.4%	47.6%	85.1%	10.6%	4.3%
Residence Hall Council (n=138)	5.7%	60.1%	39.9%	70.3%	21.7%	8.0%
ROTC (n=69)	2.9%	20.3%	79.7%	81.2%	11.6%	7.2%
Service groups (n=426)	17.7%	51.4%	48.6%	81.7%	10.6%	7.7%
Social fraternity/sorority (n=382)	15.9%	49.7%	50.3%	89.8%	6.8%	3.4%
Student Government (n=88)	3.7%	29.5%	70.5%	80.7%	14.8%	4.5%
Student Media/Publications (n=93)	3.9%	39.8%	60.2%	81.7%	11.8%	6.5%
Union Activities Board (n=31)	1.3%	54.8%	45.2%	45.2%	45.2%	9.7%
University Honors Program (n=146)	6.1%	52.1%	47.9%	83.6%	7.5%	8.9%
University Scholars Program (n=336)	13.9%	53.3%	46.7%	86.6%	6.5%	6.8%
Varsity Athletic Teams (n=125)	5.2%	49.6%	50.4%	80.8%	12.0%	7.2%
Visual/Performing arts/Music groups (n=142)	5.9%	53.5%	46.5%	75.4%	14.8%	9.9%

Note: Respondents could select multiple programs/activities.

Q Attendance at Concerts/Performances/Exhibits

		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
Music Department concert(s)	%	27.1%	24.5%	30.1%	33.7%	27.1%	21.2%
Center Stage performance(s)	%	15.6%	12.0%	19.6%	23.2%	15.0%	14.6%
University Theatre performance(s)	%	35.4%	30.4%	40.9%	44.7%	34.7%	33.8%
Dance Program concert(s)	%	10.7%	7.7%	14.1%	34.2%	8.3%	12.6%
Crafts Center exhibit(s)	%	7.7%	6.4%	9.1%	11.1%	7.4%	7.6%
Gallery of Art and Design exhibit(s)	%	26.3%	24.6%	28.3%	25.3%	26.3%	28.3%
Total	N	2,410	1,267	1,143	190	2,022	198

Note: Respondents could select multiple concerts/performances/exhibits.
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For more information on the 2006-2007 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: December, 2007. Updated: September, 2008.

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