2000 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 "2000 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents" For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2000 Graduating Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile."
Number of hour worked per week while at NCSU
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Less than 5 hrs/wk |
4.2% |
3.1% |
5.3% |
1.3% |
4.7% |
0.0% |
5-9 hrs/wk |
12.6% |
12.1% |
13.1% |
9.1% |
12.9% |
13.0% |
10-14 hrs/wk |
23.4% |
25.1% |
21.4% |
19.5% |
24.0% |
18.5% |
15-19 hrs/wk |
21.1% |
21.4% |
20.8% |
19.5% |
20.7% |
29.6% |
20-24 hrs/wk |
20.2% |
20.5% |
19.9% |
18.2% |
20.3% |
22.2% |
25-29 hrs/wk |
8.4% |
8.6% |
8.3% |
14.3% |
8.1% |
5.6% |
30-34 hrs/wk |
4.0% |
4.5% |
3.4% |
6.5% |
3.5% |
7.4% |
More than 35 hrs/wk |
6.2% |
4.7% |
7.8% |
11.7% |
5.9% |
3.7% |
Job related to academic major?
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Directly related |
35.3% |
31.4% |
39.4% |
21.9% |
36.7% |
31.5% |
Somewhat related |
31.7% |
34.6% |
28.6% |
35.6% |
31.0% |
37.0% |
Not at all related |
33.0% |
34.0% |
32.0% |
42.5% |
32.3% |
31.5% |
Job not related by choice? (among those who responded "not related")
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Yes |
69.2% |
72.4% |
65.3% |
51.6% |
71.1% |
70.6% |
No |
30.8% |
27.6% |
34.7% |
48.4% |
28.9% |
29.4% |
Co-op/internship/practicum/field experience?
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Yes |
50.2% |
51.9% |
48.5% |
55.6% |
49.9% |
48.6% |
No |
49.8% |
48.1% |
51.5% |
44.4% |
50.1% |
51.4% |
Job contribution to personal/professional growth?
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Poor |
1.5% |
1.0% |
2.0% |
0.0% |
1.7% |
0.0% |
Fair |
4.5% |
4.2% |
4.9% |
0.0% |
4.9% |
5.3% |
Good |
29.7% |
31.1% |
28.2% |
40.0% |
29.2% |
23.7% |
Excellent |
64.3% |
63.8% |
64.9% |
60.0% |
64.2% |
71.1% |
Job offer from employer at field exper.
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Yes |
34.2% |
26.5% |
42.2% |
31.1% |
34.9% |
28.9% |
No |
65.8% |
73.5% |
57.8% |
68.9% |
65.1% |
71.1% |
Involvement with Campus Activities (Percent of Student Category Who Participated in Activity)
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Academic (Honors Program, etc.) |
35.4% |
36.6% |
34.3% |
24.4% |
36.5% |
32.5% |
Organizations/Clubs related to your major |
61.5% |
67.4% |
55.9% |
75.6% |
60.9% |
53.8% |
Horor/Service/Professional fraternity/sorority |
29.8% |
32.3% |
27.4% |
20.9% |
30.7% |
26.3% |
Residence Hall Council, IRC |
7.1% |
6.9% |
7.2% |
23.3% |
6.0% |
5.0% |
Social fraternicy/sorority |
17.0% |
17.0% |
16.9% |
11.6% |
18.3% |
3.8% |
Intramural/Recreational sports, Club Teams |
44.2% |
34.5% |
53.2% |
34.9% |
46.4% |
22.5% |
Varsity Athletic Teams |
3.5% |
3.2% |
3.7% |
8.1% |
3.2% |
2.5% |
Student Government |
2.9% |
3.5% |
2.2% |
4.7% |
2.7% |
3.8% |
Student Judicial Board |
0.7% |
0.8% |
0.6% |
1.2% |
0.6% |
1.3% |
Union Activities Board groups, Student Media |
4.5% |
5.6% |
3.4% |
20.9% |
3.3% |
3.8% |
Visual/Performing Arts/Music groups |
8.4% |
9.6% |
7.3% |
14.0% |
8.1% |
7.5% |
Minority student groups |
6.9% |
9.0% |
4.9% |
59.3% |
1.2% |
31.3% |
Religious/Political/Issue groups |
13.4% |
14.8% |
12.1% |
22.1% |
13.3% |
5.0% |
Other groups |
7.0% |
8.7% |
5.4% |
5.8% |
6.9% |
10.0% |
Involvement with Campus Activities (Percent of Activity Participants, by Student Group)
|
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
|
% in Survey Population who are: |
45.9% |
54.1% |
8.2% |
84.8% |
7.0% |
|
|
% of Activity Participants who are: |
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|
Academic (Honors prgm, etc.) (n=457) |
35.4% |
49.9% |
50.1% |
4.6% |
89.7% |
5.7% |
|
Organizations/clubs related to major (n=793) |
61.5% |
53.0% |
47.0% |
8.2% |
86.4% |
5.4% |
|
Honor/service/prof frat/sorority (n=384) |
29.8% |
52.3% |
47.7% |
4.7% |
89.8% |
5.5% |
|
Residence hall council, IRC (n=91) |
7.0 |
47.2% |
52.8% |
22.0% |
73.6% |
4.4% |
|
Social fraternity/sorority (n=219) |
17.0 |
48.4% |
51.6% |
4.6% |
94.1% |
1.4% |
|
Intramural/rec sports, club teams (n=570) |
44.2% |
37.7% |
62.3% |
5.3% |
91.6% |
3.2% |
|
Varsity athletic teams (n=45) |
3.5% |
44.4% |
55.6% |
15.6% |
80.0% |
4.4% |
|
Student government (n=37) |
2.9% |
59.5% |
40.5% |
10.8% |
81.1% |
8.1% |
|
Student judicial board (n=9) |
0.7% |
55.6% |
44.4% |
11.1% |
77.8% |
11.1% |
|
Union activities board, student media (n=58) |
4.5% |
60.3% |
39.7% |
31.0% |
63.8% |
5.2% |
|
Visual/performing arts/music groups (n=109) |
8.4% |
55.0% |
45.0% |
11.0% |
83.5% |
5.5% |
|
Minority student groups (n=89) |
6.9% |
62.9% |
37.1% |
57.3% |
14.6% |
28.1% |
|
Religious/political/issue groups (n=173) |
13.4% |
53.2% |
46.8% |
11.0% |
86.7% |
2.3% |
|
Other groups (n=90) |
7.0% |
60.0% |
40.0% |
5.6% |
85.6% |
8.9% |
For more information on the 2000 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: May, 2001
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