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In summary, we can see that over the course of the academic year, self-confidence
that engineering was the right major for them was strengthened for a much higher
proportion of female students than male students (Table IID-1). Almost a third of the
females increased their self-confidence in this respect from the beginning of the academic
year to the end of it, compared to less than 20% of the male students. In contrast, 23% of
the male students decreased their agreement with the statement, compared to 11.5% of
the female students. Similarly, self-confidence in their engineering abilities was
strengthened for a higher proportion of female than male students, while self-confidence
in this respect was undermined for a higher proportion of male than female students.
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