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1999 Graduating Senior Survey Data Tables:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Comparisons
in Employment and Extracurricular Activities

 
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



Number of hrs worked/week while at NCSU

 

All

Women

Men

AfAm

White

Other

Less than 5 hrs/wk

6.1%

4.9%

7.2%

6.0%

6.3%

4.1%

5-9 hrs/wk

12.0%

10.1%

13.7%

4.0%

12.9%

8.2%

10-14 hrs/wk

20.3%

20.7%

19.9%

12.0%

20.6%

24.5%

15-19 hrs/wk

22.2%

25.9%

19.2%

20.0%

21.9%

28.6%

20-24 hrs/wk

19.1%

19.3%

18.9%

18.0%

19.2%

18.4%

25-29 hrs/wk

6.8%

7.8%

6.0%

10.0%

6.8%

4.1%

30-34 hrs/wk

5.6%

6.0%

5.3%

16.0%

5.1%

2.0%

More than 35 hrs/wk

7.8%

5.5%

9.8%

14.0%

7.2%

10.2%

Survey item #18: Number of Hours Worked Per Week (exact wording)
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Job related to academic major?

 

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%

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Job not related by choice? (among those who responded "not related")

 

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%

Survey items #19 and 20: Job Relationship to Academic Major (exact wording)
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Co-op/internship/practicum/field exper.

 

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%

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Job contribution to personal/prof growth

 

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%

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Job offer from employer at field exper.

 

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%

Survey items #21-23: Co-op Experience (exact wording)
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Involvement with Campus Activities (Percent of Student Category Who Participated in Activity)

Activitiy

All
(N)

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%

Survey item #17: Extracurricular Involvement (exact wording)
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Involvement with Campus Activities (Percent of Activity Participants, by Student Group)

 

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%

Survey item #17: Extracurricular Involvement (exact wording)
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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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