Dataset for a research titled "From university to the world of work: education and labour market experiences of women in STEM subjects in Ethiopia"

The study used an explanatory sequential mixed method design. This method is appropriate for examining the employment status of STEM graduates in terms of gender as well as the time it takes for graduates to secure their first job after graduating. The method is also employed to look at how staff in higher education supports female graduates in their search for employment after graduation. By design, this study collects data in a sequential fashion, starting with quantitative data and moving on to qualitative data that provide context for the quantitative data.Both primary and secondary sources of data were employed in the study (See Figure A). While information from secondary sources was gathered using Eric, Scopus, and Google search engines, information from primary sources was gathered through questionnaires and interviews. PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) was used to conduct the analysis. Using the keywords employment status, duration of job search, and gender-responsive support of higher education, the first 221 articles were collected. Only 15 articles were chosen when PRISMA used the inclusion and exclusion criteria to filter out publications gathered between 2012 and 2024. The information gathered from secondary sources was utilized to triangulate the findings of the primary data sources. The following figure shows the data sources.<br>Figure A: Data sources for the study (see the Description Word Doc. in the dataset)<br>Based on the explanatory sequential mixed method design, quantitative data analysis was first carried out. In order to determine whether there were statistical differences in the employment status and the time it took for male and female STEM engineering graduates to find jobs, the chi square test was employed. An analysis of the degree to which higher education institutions assist female graduates in their job search was also done using an independent samples t-test. The viewpoints of academics from these related universities and prospective employers of STEM graduates were captured through the use of qualitative data.<br>