| Table 5-14 |
| SEH doctorate holders with academic employment in postdoc position, by demographic group: Selected years, 1973–2008 |
| (Percent distribution) |
| |
| Demographic group |
1973 |
1983 |
1993 |
2003 |
2008 |
| |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
| Female |
16.7 |
30.1 |
30.8 |
37.6 |
39.4 |
| Male |
83.3 |
69.9 |
69.2 |
62.4 |
60.6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
85.7 |
81.9 |
68.4 |
63.1 |
57.8 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
11.9 |
13.3 |
27.1 |
30.6 |
33.9 |
| Underrepresented minority |
2.4 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
7.0 |
8.3 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Place of birth |
|
|
|
|
|
| United States |
82.5 |
81.7 |
60.9 |
57.0 |
53.9 |
| Foreign |
17.5 |
18.3 |
39.1 |
43.0 |
46.1 |
| |
SEH = science, engineering, and health
NOTES: Academic employment limited to U.S. doctorate holders employed at 2- or 4-year colleges or universities, excluding those employed part time who are students or retired. Underrepresented minorities include blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. Asian/Pacific Islander includes Pacific Islanders through 1999 but excludes them in 2001–08.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2011) of 1973, 1983, 1993, 2003, and 2008 Surveys of Doctorate Recipients.
Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 |
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