| 1 | A | B | C | D | E |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | proportion of undergraduate degree students who graduated within five years, by educational pathway, 2010 cohort |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | educational pathway | graduated within five years |  | continued studies for a sixth year |  |
| 4 |  | women | men | women | men |
| 5 |  | percent |  |  |  |
| 6 | persisted in initial stem field | 89.6 | 78.7 | 10.4 | 21.3 |
| 7 | switched between stem fields | 82.4 | 65.5 | 17.6 | 34.5 |
| 8 | switched from stem to bhase | 66.4 | 54.4 | 33.6 | 45.6 |
| 9 | switched from bhase to stem | 75.3 | 59.7 | 24.7 | 40.3 |
| 10 | switched between bhase fields | 75.7 | 69.1 | 24.3 | 30.9 |
| 11 | persisted in initial bhase field | 89.5 | 81.9 | 10.5 | 18.1 |

Question: how many percentage points did women graduate within five years among those who persisted in their initial stem field of study?
Answer: 89.6

Question: how many percentage points did men graduate within five years among those who persisted in their initial stem field of study?
Answer: 78.7