Table 4 STEM teacher characteristics and qualifications.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
	Wave: 2004	Wave: 2008	Wave: 2012	Wave: 2016	Wave: 2018	Wave: 2021
Female	0.589	0.623	0.637	0.641	0.638	0.632
Black	0.087	0.078	0.061	0.069	0.073	0.061
Asian	0.021	0.022	0.036	0.042	0.047	0.047
American Indian	0.009	0.014	0.009	0.012	0.023	0.017
Hispanic	0.049	0.055	0.063	0.076	0.065	0.056
White	0.841	0.842	0.842	0.823	0.801	0.822
Teacher age	41.968	41.825	41.265	41.999	42.184	42.868
Novice teacher	0.118	0.127	0.090	0.109	0.121	0.072
Graduate degree	0.480	0.526	0.562	0.556	0.578	0.621
No certification	0.013	0.011	0.007	0.014	0.015	0.018
Major/second field of study or certified in STEM	0.623	0.696	0.701	0.707	0.722	0.742
Salary ($1000)	62.441	61.638	61.561	61.196	62.347	61.224
Observations	6890	6050	7220	4530	6250	4480

Nationally representative weights are employed. Observations have been rounded to the nearest 10 per IES compliance. Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), and National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS).

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