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The Longitudinal Study of Astronomy Graduate Students (LSAGS) arose from the2003 Women in Astronomy Conference, where it was noted that a majority of youngmembers of the American Astronomical Society were women. The astronomycommunity wishes to make every effort to retain young women in astronomy, sothey commissioned a longitudinal study to be conducted that would pinpoint thefactors that contribute to retention in general, with a focus on differencesbetween women and men. The LSAGS follows a cohort of people who were graduatestudents in astronomy or astrophysics during 2006-07. The first survey wasconducted during 2007-08, the second during 2012-13, and the third during 2015.The analysis presented in this paper, which is an update to our previous paperon this topic, used a subset of the respondents, all of whom had PhDs inastronomy, astrophysics, or a related field at the time of the third survey. Wetested the effects of four major concepts on attrition from physics andastronomy. These concepts included: the imposter syndrome, mentoring andadvising during graduate school, the so-called "two-body problem" that occurswhen a couple needs to find two jobs in the same geographic area, and gender ofthe respondent. Having a mentor in grad school did not contribute to workingoutside of physics or astronomy. Showing characteristics of the impostersyndrome and gender of the respondent had indirect effects on working outsidethe field. Encouragement of the graduate advisor, the two-body problem, andcompleting a postdoc, had significant direct effects on working in physics orastronomy. This research identifies specific areas of concern that can beaddressed by the scientific community to increase the retention of all people,but especially women, in astronomy and astrophysics.

Three years later: gender differences in the advisor's impact on career choices in astronomy and astrophysics