Table 9

Decomposition Analysis to explain gender differences

	English (1)	Literature & Arts (2)	Social Science II (3)	Social Science I (4)	English (5)	Literature & Arts (6)	Social Science II (7)	Social Science I (8)
Average probability for males	0.1047	0.0681	0.2065	0.174	0.1047	0.0681	0.2065	0.174
Average probability for females	0.0446	0.1524	0.1158	0.2151	0.0446	0.1524	0.1158	0.2151
Gender difference in probability^{^a}	0.0601	−0.0843	0.0907	−0.0411	0.0601	−0.0843	0.0907	−0.0411

	Percentage decrease in the “Gender Difference in Probability” contributed by gender differences in:
	Beliefs about				Preference Parameters about
Graduating in four years	−0.89%^{^b}	−1.76%	−4.63%^***	−5.34%	15.07%^***^{^c}	4.89%^***	2.74%^**	27.12%^***
Graduate with GPA ≥3.5	4.63%	3.36%	−0.93%	12.51%	14.48%^***	7.38%^***	4.47%^***	19.95%^***
Enjoying coursework	26.71%^***	51.25%^***	31.12%^***	86.69%^***	13.52%^***	8.24%^***	3.11%^***	24.26%^***
Hours / week on coursework	−3.14%	−2.61%	−1.18%	−1.81%	2.00%^***	0.37%^**	1.62%^***	6.79%^***
Approval of parents	2.51%^**	5.96%^**	6.47%^**	−6.44%	2.35%^***	3.99%^***	2.68%	1.79%
Finding a job	0.27%	0.58%	0.30%	−0.96%	−0.20%^***	−0.21%^***	−0.25%^***	−0.28%^***
Enjoying work at jobs	5.87%	7.70%	10.91%	0.63%	4.92%^***	3.77%^***	4.37%^**	25.85%^***
Reconcile family and work	4.55%	2.86%	4.04%	−0.25%	−2.21%^**	−8.31%^***	−5.52%^***	−11.20%^***
Social status of jobs	−1.74%	−3.11%	29.98%^***	−46.44%^***	13.81%^***	28.92%^***	13.05%^***	−5.63%
Hours/ week at the jobs	2.29%	0.89%	−4.47%	2.86%	−3.32%^***	−9.89%^***	−9.27%^***	−16.01%^***
Expected income at 30	−0.27%	−3.11%^***	6.76%^***	−20.87%^**	0.29%	1.81%^***	4.82%	3.20%^*
All included variables	41.75%	62.01%	78.36%	20.00%	58.25%	37.99%	21.64%	80.00%

Notes:
Each cell shows the contribution in percentage of the relevant variable toward the gap in probability. A positive (negative) number means the contribution is in the (opposite) direction of the gender diff in probability.
↵a Gender difference in probability is defined as: Average probability of males – average probability of females.
↵b Here, −0.89 percent implies that replacing female beliefs about graduating in four years in engineering by those of males will decrease the gap of 0.0601 by −0.89 percent (that is, increase it by 0.89 percent)
↵c Replacing female preferences for graduating in four years with the male preferences will decrease the gap of 0.0601 by 15.07 percent.
Standard errors computed by delta method.
↵***,**,* contribution toward the gap in probability is sig at 1 percent, 5 percent, and 10 percent respectively.