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  1. Doctorates Conferred, by Recipents' Characteristics, 1975 - 1989,    & by Selected Science & Engineering Fields, 1988 & 1989
  2.  
  3.                        _________________All Fields_______________
  4. Characteristic           1975     1980     1985     1986     1987
  5.  
  6. Doctorates conferred   32,951   31,020   31,243   31,843   32,367
  7.  
  8.  
  9.   Percent distribution
  10. Male                     78.1     69.7     65.7     64.6     64.7
  11. Female                   21.9     30.3     34.3     35.4     35.3
  12.  
  13. White                    86.7     84.6     86.2     86.6     86.0
  14. Asian                     3.6      4.2      4.3      4.3      5.0
  15. Black & other             4.9      6.3      7.2      7.0      7.1
  16. Not reported              4.8      4.9      2.3      2.1      1.9
  17.  
  18. U.S. citizens(1)         84.9     83.6     78.1     75.1     76.2
  19. Foreign citizens(1)      15.1     16.4     21.9     24.9     23.8
  20.  
  21. Median age at award
  22.   (years)                31.5     32.2     33.3     33.5     33.7
  23.  
  24.  
  25.                        ____________________1988__________________
  26.                         All             Physical
  27.                        Fields   Engin-  Sciences   Earth   Mathe-
  28. Characteristic          (2)     eering     (3)    Sciences matics
  29.  
  30. Doctorates conferred   33,456    4,190    3,320      726      749
  31.  
  32.  
  33.   Percent distribution
  34. Male                     63.6     93.2     83.2     80.2     83.8
  35. Female                   36.4      6.8     16.8     19.8     16.2
  36.  
  37. White                    86.2     77.0     86.1     92.2     76.2
  38. Asian                     5.0     15.5      6.1      2.3     15.4
  39. Black & other             7.0      3.5      3.6      2.5      5.5
  40. Not reported              2.8      2.9      3.2      2.6      2.9
  41.  
  42. U.S. citizens(1)         74.8     46.0     67.7     75.2     49.6
  43. Foreign citizens(1)      25.2     54.0     32.3     24.8     50.4
  44.  
  45. Median age at award
  46.   (years)                33.7     31.0     29.6     32.4     30.9
  47.  
  48.  
  49.                                            Bio-     Agri-  Social
  50.                                          logical     cul-   Sci-
  51.                        Computer  Psych-  Sciences   tural   ences
  52. Characteristic         Sciences  ology     (4)    Sciences   (5)
  53.  
  54. Doctorates conferred      414    3,058    4,106    1,015    2,579
  55.  
  56.  
  57.   Percent distribution
  58. Male                     89.1     45.2     63.4     63.4     66.9
  59. Female                   10.9     54.8     36.6     36.6     33.1
  60.  
  61. White                    81.3     87.7     87.2     83.2     83.5
  62. Asian                    13.5      1.7      5.1      5.1      5.3
  63. Black & other             1.5      7.8      3.9     10.3      7.8
  64. Not reported              3.9      2.8      3.8      2.4      3.4
  65.  
  66. U.S. citizens(1)         56.8     94.9     80.7     56.4     65.5
  67. Foreign citizens(1)      43.2      5.1     19.3     43.6     34.5
  68.  
  69. Median age at award
  70.   (years)                32.3     33.6     31.0     33.2     34.5
  71.  
  72.  
  73.                        ____________________1989__________________
  74.                         All             Physical
  75.                        Fields   Engin-  Sciences   Earth   Mathe-
  76. Characteristic          (2)     eering     (3)    Sciences matics
  77.  
  78. Doctorates conferred   34,319    4,536    3,249      738      861
  79.  
  80.  
  81.   Percent distribution
  82. Male                     63.5     91.8     81.1     79.9     81.9
  83. Female                   36.5      8.2     18.9     20.1     18.1
  84.  
  85. White                    86.2     77.4     85.7     91.0     86.2
  86. Asian                     5.1     16.2      7.3      4.1      5.6
  87. Black                     3.8      1.4      1.5       .7      1.9
  88. Native American            .4       .3       .5      1.1        -
  89. Hispanic                  1.8      2.6      2.7      2.1      2.8
  90. Not reported              4.9      2.2      1.8      2.5      2.3
  91.  
  92. U.S. citizens(1)         73.9     44.8     65.5     77.7     51.0
  93. Foreign citizens(1)      26.1     55.2     34.5     22.3     49.0
  94.  
  95. Median age at award
  96.   (years)                33.8     31.1     29.5     32.2     30.7
  97.  
  98.  
  99.                                            Bio-     Agri-  Social
  100.                                          logical     cul-   Sci-
  101.                        Computer  Psych-  Sciences   tural   ences
  102. Characteristic         Sciences  ology     (4)    Sciences   (5)
  103.  
  104. Doctorates conferred      612    4,106    1,088    3,117    3,209
  105.  
  106.  
  107.   Percent distribution
  108. Male                     82.5     62.6     79.0     66.9     43.9
  109. Female                   17.5     37.4     21.0     33.1     56.1
  110.  
  111. White                    80.5     88.1     87.6     84.4     89.5
  112. Asian                    13.2      6.0      3.5      4.5      2.1
  113. Black                      .3      1.6      2.2      5.2      3.6
  114. Native American            .5       .2       .3       .4       .4
  115. Hispanic                  1.0      2.2      2.8      3.2      3.3
  116. Not reported              4.6      1.9      3.7      2.3      1.1
  117.             
  118. U.S. citizens(1)         58.8     80.0     60.2     63.4     94.4
  119. Foreign citizens(1)      41.2     20.0     39.8     36.6      5.6
  120.             
  121. Median age at award    
  122.   (years)                32.0     31.2     33.3     34.1     33.7
  123.  
  124.  
  125. 1. Data limited to U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens with
  126.    permanent government visas.
  127. 2. Includes other fields, not shown separately.
  128. 3. Astronomy, physics, and chemistry.
  129. 4. Biochemistry, botany, microbiology, physiology, zoology,
  130.    and related fields.
  131. 5. Anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and
  132.    international relations.
  133.  
  134. Source:U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Science
  135.        Resource Studies.
  136. 
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