Science, Engineering, and Humanities Doctorates in the United States: 1979 ProfileThis report provides information on the demographic characteristics and employment status of recipients of doctoral degrees granted from June 1980 to January 1983 (who were residing in the United States in February 1981). Information was collected on 39,547 of the 63,022 individuals in the survey sample, yielding a response rate of 63 percent. Chapter 1 consists of analyses of doctorates in the sciences and engineering, which includes the broad fields of mathematics, computer science, physics/astronomy, chemistry, earth/environmental sciences, life sciences (agriculture, medical, and biological), psychology, and social sciences. Chapter 2 includes analyses of doctorates in the humanities fields of art history, classical languages, English/American literature, history, modern languages/literature, music, philosophy, speech, and "other humanities." Data are provided for: doctoral population by field; field mobility by employed Ph. D.s; academic position by cohort, field of doctorate, and sex; tenure status by field, sex, and age; and for geographic differences in employment status. Data are also provided by field of doctorate for: demographic characteristics; employment status; type of employer; primary work activity; median annual salary by sex and years since doctorate; and for median annual salary by sex and type of employer. Survey questionnaire and supporting documentation are included in appendices. (Jn). |
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Doctoral Population by Fields | 8 |
Employment Status by Field of Doctorate | 14 |
Type of Employer by Field of Doctorate | 43 |
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0.1 percent 2-Year College Agricultural Sciences art history biological sciences Business/Industry Chemistry cohort computer sciences Doctorate Recipients doctorates in education earned doctorates East South Central Elem/Secondary School Employed Full-Time Employed Part-Time Employed Ph.D Employed Population environmental sciences estimated FEBRUARY 11 Field of Doctorate Field of Employment Field of Ph.D foreign citizens full-time and part-time Graduates highest percentages humanists humanities doctorates humanities fields humanities Ph.D.s Humn & Lit labor force Lang Lang languages and literature Lit & Lit Mathematics median annual salary median salaries medical sciences modern languages nonrespondents Other/No Report percentages of Ph.D.s Ph.D.s by Response Physics/Astronomy Postdoctoral Appointment Primary Work Activity professional fields Psychology recent Ph.D.s Research Resp Response rate sampling error sampling frame science and engineering Scientists and Engineers seeking employment Social Sciences speech/theater stratum Survey of Doctorate survey sample Table Tenure total population Type of Employer U.S. Government unemployed and seeking unemployment rates women