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Table 2 Profile of the general faculty, educators of prospective teachers, and college students who participated in the study

From: Educators of Prospective Teachers Hesitate to Embrace Evolution Due to Deficient Understanding of Science/Evolution and High Religiosity

 

General faculty

Educators

Students

Grand Totals

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Total

244 (21.5)a

62 (5.5)a

827 (73.0)a

1,133 (100)a

Females

90 (36.9)b

37 (59.7)b

509 (61.5)b

636 (56.1)a

Males

154 (63.1)b

25 (40.3)b

318 (38.5)b

497 (43.9)a

PhD degree

220 (90.2)b

49 (79.0)b

NA

269 (23.7)a

Doctorate degree

7 (2.9)b

5 (8.1)b

NA

12 (1.1)a

Masters degree

17 (6.9)b

6 (9.7)b

NA

23 (2.0)a

Bachelors degree

NA

2 (3.2)b

NA

2 (0.2)a

Freshman

NA

NA

213 (25.8)b

213 (18.8)a

Sophomore

NA

NA

192 (23.2)b

192 (16.9)a

Junior

NA

NA

182 (22.0)b

182 (16.1)a

Senior

NA

NA

240 (29.0)b

240 (21.2)a

New England

104 (42.6)bc

25 (40.3)bc

630 (76.2)bc

759 (67.0)a

East Coast

43 (17.6)bd

15 (24.2)bd

124 (15.0)bd

182 (16.1)a

Other states

67 (27.5)be

21 (33.9)be

50 (6.0)be

138 (12.2)a

Foreign countries

30 (12.3)bf

1 (1.6)bf

23 (2.8)bf

54 (4.7)a

  1. aPercentages in respect to grand total number of participants or “responders” to the survey (n = 1,133), which is a fraction of the number of general faculty (n = 992) plus educators of prospective teachers (n = 506) and students (n = 17,621; institutions: public = 7,982, private = 3,806, religious I = 3,910, religious II = 1,923) contacted via email and asked to take part in the study. For statistical details concerning profiles of those contacted, all responders, and their institutional affiliations and profiles see Tables S1 and S2
  2. bPercentages in respect to total number of participants per group of general faculty (n = 244), educators of prospective teachers (n = 62), and college students (n = 827; institutions: public = 161, private = 298, religious I = 185, religious II = 183; see Table S2 for statistical details concerning students and their institutions)
  3. cNew England: general faculty natives corresponded to MA, 13.7%; CT, 6.8%; VT, 6.8%; ME, 5.9%; NH, 4.9%; and RI, 4.5%; educators of prospective teachers natives corresponded to MA, 16.2%; RI, 9.7%; NH, 4.8%; VT, 4.8%; CT, 3.2%; and ME, 1.6%; and student natives corresponded to MA, 43.6%; RI, 13.7%; CT, 12.3%; NH, 3.5%; VT, 1.6; and ME, 1.5%
  4. dEast Coast: general faculty natives corresponded to NY, 9.6%; PA, 4.4%; NJ, 2.4%; MD and VA, 1.2%; educators of prospective teachers natives corresponded to NY, 12.9%; PA, 4.8%; MD, 3.3%; NJ, 1.6%; and VA, 1.6%; and students natives corresponded to NY, 7.3%; NJ, 3.8%; PA, 1.7%; MD, 1.2%; DE and VA, 1.0%
  5. eOther states: general faculty natives corresponded to CA, 7.3%; MI, 3.6%; CO and TX 2.5%; IL, 2.0%; OH, 1.6%; and 17 other states plus Puerto Rico, 10.5%; nativity of educators of prospective teachers corresponded to CA, 8.1%; FL, 3.2%; IL, 3.2%; WI, 3.2%; TX, 3.2%; MO, OK, OR plus Puerto Rico, 6.6%; and four unidentified states, 6.4%; and nativity of students corresponded to AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KT, MI, MN, MO, NM, OH, OR, SC, TN, TX, WA, WI, plus Puerto Rico and four unidentified states, 6.0%
  6. fForeign countries: general faculty corresponded to fifteen nationalities, including Europe and UK, 7.6%; Canada, 2.4%; and Australia, China, Libya, and Brazil, 2.3%; educators of prospective teachers corresponded to one UK nationality, 1.6%; and students corresponded to twenty nationalities, including Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ecuador, France, Ghana, India, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Peru, Portugal, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, UK, and Zimbabwe, 2.8%