Table 1: In-depth interview sample characteristics (N=151)
CHARACTERISTIC |
N |
% |
Year in school |
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Freshman |
26 |
18% |
Sophomore |
38 |
26% |
Junior |
54 |
37% |
Senior |
29 |
20% |
College |
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Columbia College |
100 |
68% |
Barnard |
28 |
19% |
Engineering |
14 |
10% |
General Studies |
5 |
3% |
Gender |
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Female |
85 |
58% |
Male |
55 |
37% |
Trans Female |
1 |
1% |
Genderqueer/Other |
6 |
4% |
Race (not mutually exclusive) |
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Am. Indian/Alaskan Native |
8 |
5% |
Asian |
30 |
20% |
Black/African American |
28 |
19% |
Hispanic or Latino only |
11 |
7% |
More than one race |
22 |
15% |
Nat. Hawaiian/Pacific Isl. |
3 |
2% |
Other |
7 |
5% |
White |
73 |
50% |
Sexual identity |
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Straight/Heterosexual |
107 |
73% |
Gay/Lesbian |
8 |
5% |
Bisexual |
12 |
8% |
Queer/Asexual/Other |
20 |
14% |
How students pay for college |
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Pell Grants for low-income students |
16 |
11% |
Parents/family only |
80 |
54% |
Other (combination of ways) |
51 |
35% |
Table 2: Focus group characteristics (N=17)
GROUP CHARACTERISTIC |
N |
Co-ed |
3 |
Male only |
2 |
Female only |
3 |
Barnard only |
1 |
First-year (freshmen) |
2 |
First-year (freshmen) minority |
1 |
International |
1 |
Minority students |
1 |
First-generation college |
1 |
Religiously engaged |
1 |
LGBTQ |
1 |
Table 3: Participant observation hours and locations
LOCATION TYPE |
HOURS |
Dorm |
160* |
Special-interest house (residential) |
10 |
Fraternity/sorority |
19 |
Dining hall |
9 |
Religious space |
19 |
Ethnic and cultural space |
27 |
Off-campus space—outdoor |
55 |
Campus space (including outdoor campus spaces) |
186* |
Off-campus space—indoor |
111 |
*Fraternity and sorority events took place in fraternity houses, dorms, and campus spaces.