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

Frequencies and Percentages


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