Student attrition in gender-atypical fields of study: a case of disapproval by parents and friends or lacking social integration?

• Published in: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 663 - 706
• Main Author: Jusri, Regina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 01.06.2025
• Subjects: Allgemeiner Teil; Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Pedagogic Psychology; Sociology of Education; Geschlechterzusammensetzung des Studienfaches; Missbilligung des Studienfaches durch Eltern und Freunde; University student attrition; Gender composition of the major; Soziale Integration; Studienabbruch; Geschlechterungleichheit; Disapproval of the major by parents and friends; Gender inequality; Social integration

In most industrialized countries, the choice of college majors is segregated by gender. Few students enroll in gender-atypical majors. Previous studies suggested that some attrition risks are associated with the gender composition of majors. In this paper, I investigated whether students in gender-a...