This document reports survey data on gender and racial/ethnic differences
in the respondents' experiences in employment and extracurricular activities while at NC State. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "1999
Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information
about the survey and analysis methods, see " 1999
Graduating Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic
Profile."
Employment | Activities
  |
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Directly related |
35.9% |
30.0% |
40.7% |
24.5% |
38.1% |
17.0% |
Somewhat related |
31.9% |
32.4% |
31.5% |
44.9% |
30.4% |
38.3% |
Not related |
32.3% |
37.6% |
27.8% |
30.6% |
31.5% |
44.7% |
  |
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Yes |
73.5% |
73.2% |
73.9% |
92.9% |
70.4% |
90.5% |
No |
26.5% |
26.8% |
26.1% |
7.1% |
29.6% |
9.5% |
  |
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Yes |
51.2% |
48.2% |
53.5% |
51.9% |
51.4% |
47.5% |
No |
48.8% |
51.8% |
46.5% |
48.1% |
48.6% |
52.5% |
  |
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Excellent |
65.6% |
63.5% |
67.0% |
63.0% |
66.3% |
57.1% |
Good |
28.8% |
30.2% |
27.8% |
29.6% |
28.5% |
32.1% |
Fair |
4.8% |
4.7% |
4.8% |
3.7% |
4.4% |
10.7% |
Poor |
0.9% |
1.6% |
0.4% |
3.7% |
0.7% |
0.0% |
  |
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Yes |
38.5% |
39.5% |
37.8% |
44.4% |
38.3% |
35.7% |
No |
61.5% |
60.5% |
62.2% |
55.6% |
61.7% |
64.3% |
Activitiy |
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Academic (Honors prgm, etc.) |
318 |
42.3% |
26.2% |
24.1% |
34.7% |
21.3% |
Organizations/clubs related to major |
550 |
61.0% |
54.7% |
55.2% |
58.4% |
47.5% |
Honor/service/prof frat/sorority |
288 |
36.6% |
25.0% |
12.1% |
31.6% |
26.2% |
Residence hall council, IRC |
63 |
6.2% |
6.9% |
17.2% |
5.4% |
13.1% |
Social fraternity/sorority |
160 |
15.8% |
17.4% |
3.4% |
18.3% |
8.2% |
Intramural/rec sports, club teams |
449 |
38.3% |
53.6% |
29.3% |
48.3% |
44.3% |
Varsity athletic teams |
48 |
4.1% |
5.8% |
19.0% |
4.4% |
0.0% |
Student government |
32 |
3.3% |
3.3% |
1.7% |
3.3% |
4.9% |
Student judicial board |
14 |
1.2% |
1.7% |
0.0% |
1.6% |
1.6% |
Union activities board, student media |
37 |
3.6% |
4.1% |
10.3% |
3.6% |
1.6% |
Visual/performing arts/music groups |
62 |
8.9% |
4.6% |
6.9% |
6.2% |
9.8% |
Minority student groups |
53 |
5.5% |
5.6% |
48.3% |
0.8% |
29.5% |
Religious/political/issue groups |
137 |
14.6% |
14.1% |
17.2% |
14.1% |
14.8% |
Other groups |
65 |
8.1% |
5.8% |
5.2% |
6.8% |
8.2% |
  |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
% in Survey Population who are: |
43.7% |
56.3% |
6.1% |
87.6% |
6.4% |
% of Activity Participants who are: |
  |
  |
  |
  |
  |
Academic (Honors prgm, etc.) (n=318) |
55.7% |
44.3% |
4.4% |
91.5% |
4.1% |
Organizations/clubs related to major (n=550) |
46.4% |
53.6% |
5.8% |
88.9% |
5.3% |
Honor/service/prof frat/sorority (n=288) |
53.1% |
46.9% |
2.4% |
92.0% |
5.6% |
Residence hall council, IRC (n=63) |
41.3% |
58.7% |
15.9% |
71.4% |
12.7% |
Social fraternity/sorority (n=160) |
41.3% |
58.8% |
1.3% |
95.6% |
3.1% |
Intramural/rec sports, club teams (n=449) |
35.6% |
64.4% |
3.8% |
90.2% |
6.0% |
Varsity athletic teams (n=48) |
35.4% |
64.6% |
22.9% |
77.1% |
0.0% |
Student government (n=32) |
43.8% |
56.3% |
3.1% |
87.5% |
9.4% |
Student judicial board (n=14) |
35.7% |
64.3% |
0.0% |
92.9% |
7.1% |
Union activities board, student media (n=37) |
40.5% |
59.5% |
16.2% |
81.1% |
2.7% |
Visual/performing arts/music groups (n=62) |
59.7% |
40.3% |
6.5% |
83.9% |
9.7% |
Minority student groups (n=53) |
43.4% |
56.6% |
52.8% |
13.2% |
34.0% |
Religious/political/issue groups (n=137) |
44.5% |
55.5% |
7.3% |
86.1% |
6.6% |
Other groups (n=65) |
52.3% |
47.7% |
4.6% |
87.7% |
7.7% |
For more information on the 1999 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: April 2000
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