1998 Sophomore Survey: Profile Information of Respondents
This section presents profile information about sophomore students including plans for degree completion, satisfaction with choice of NC State, whether or not they have worked during the academic year, and their impressions of sense of community and diversity issues at NC State.
COMPLETE DEGREE AND CHOOSE NC STATE AGAIN
Plan to complete degree program at NC State (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Not sure |
6.5 |
5.5 |
7.3 |
6.3 |
5.6 |
17.3 |
No |
2.8 |
4.1 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
2.9 |
4.0 |
Yes |
90.7 |
90.4 |
91.0 |
92.7 |
91.5 |
78.7 |
Would still choose to attend NC State (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Not sure |
19.7 |
22.8 |
17.1 |
24.7 |
18.4 |
29.7 |
No |
6.7 |
6.2 |
7.0 |
12.4 |
6.1 |
6.8 |
Yes |
73.6 |
71.0 |
75.9 |
62.9 |
75.5 |
63.5 |
Ethnicity: p<0.01
WORK AND SCHOOL
Average hours per week worked (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Lt 5 hr/wk |
19.0 |
14.9 |
22.7 |
7.7 |
20.6 |
17.3 |
5-9 hr/wk |
19.3 |
19.8 |
18.8 |
20.5 |
19.6 |
13.5 |
10-14 hr/wk |
22.4 |
25.3 |
19.8 |
32.1 |
21.2 |
23.1 |
15-19 hr/wk |
15.0 |
17.4 |
13.0 |
11.5 |
15.1 |
19.2 |
20-24 hr/wk |
12.3 |
12.1 |
12.5 |
16.7 |
11.5 |
15.4 |
25-29 hr/wk |
4.0 |
3.9 |
4.2 |
2.6 |
3.9 |
7.7 |
30-34 hr/wk |
2.7 |
3.3 |
2.2 |
5.1 |
2.6 |
0.0 |
Gt 34 hr/wk |
5.2 |
3.3 |
6.8 |
3.8 |
5.5 |
3.8 |
Job relationship to academic major (%) |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Not related |
56.5 |
58.6 |
54.7 |
58.7 |
55.3 |
69.4 |
Somewhat related |
28.9 |
30.0 |
28.0 |
32.0 |
29.2 |
20.4 |
Directly related |
14.5 |
11.4 |
17.3 |
9.3 |
15.5 |
10.2 |
SENSE OF BELONGING AT NC STATE
Means are based on scores from 4 ("Very") to 1 ("Not at all").
MEAN AND STD. DEV. |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Importance of sense of community at NC State + |
3.09 |
3.23 |
2.98 |
3.08 |
3.11 |
2.88 |
0.88 |
0.80 |
0.93 |
0.76 |
0.89 |
0.98 |
+ Gender: p<0.01
MEAN AND STD. DEV. |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
Experience sense of community at NC State |
2.83 |
2.89 |
2.78 |
2.76 |
2.85 |
2.71 |
0.82 |
0.80 |
0.84 |
0.67 |
0.83 |
0.92 |
DIVERSITY ISSUES AT NC STATE
Means are based on scores from 4("Agree strongly") to 1 ("Disagree strongly").
MEAN AND STD. DEV. |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
NC State committed to helping min students ++ |
3.24 |
3.20 |
3.26 |
2.69 |
3.32 |
3.02 |
0.64 |
0.66 |
0.63 |
0.84 |
0.59 |
0.55 |
|
NC State leadership fosters diversity on campus ++ |
2.45 |
2.47 |
2.44 |
2.10 |
2.48 |
2.59 |
0.88 |
0.86 |
0.90 |
0.84 |
0.89 |
0.75 |
++ Ethnicity: p<0.01
MEAN AND STD. DEV. |
ALL |
FEMALE |
MALE |
AF. AM. |
WHITE |
OTHER |
People at NC State don’t respect each other |
2.41 |
2.44 |
2.38 |
2.64 |
2.38 |
2.47 |
0.89 |
0.87 |
0.92 |
0.83 |
0.91 |
0.79 |
|
Lot of racial conflict on campus ++ |
2.03 |
2.08 |
1.99 |
2.39 |
1.98 |
2.27 |
0.85 |
0.85 |
0.85 |
0.84 |
0.84 |
0.85 |
++ Ethnicity: p<0.01