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  1. <text id=93AC0365>
  2. <title>
  3. Science & Engineering Doctorates:1975-92
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics         
  7. Science & Technology                                 
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Almanac</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Doctorates Conferred, by Recipents' Characteristics, 1975 - 1992,
  13. & by Selected Science & Engineering Fields, 1988 & 1992
  14. </hdr>
  15. <body>
  16. <table>
  17. <tblhdr><cell>Characteristics<cell type=i>1975<cell type=i>1980<cell type=i>1985<cell type=i><cell type=i>1992
  18. <row><cell type=a>All Fields<cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n>
  19. <row><cell>Doctorates conferred<cell>32,951<cell>31,020<cell>31,243<cell><cell>38,814
  20. <row><cell>Percent distribution<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell>
  21. <row><cell>Male<cell>78.1<cell>69.7<cell>65.7<cell><cell>63.0
  22. <row><cell>Female<cell>21.9<cell>30.3<cell>34.3<cell><cell>37.0
  23. <row><cell>White<cell>86.7<cell>84.6<cell>86.2<cell><cell>84.5
  24. <row><cell>Asian<cell>3.6<cell>4.2<cell>4.3<cell><cell>6.2
  25. <row><cell>Black & other<cell>4.9<cell>6.3<cell>7.2<cell><cell>3.9
  26. <row><cell>Not reported<cell>4.8<cell>4.9<cell>2.3<cell><cell>(NA)
  27. <row><cell>U.S. citizens(1)<cell>84.9<cell>83.6<cell>78.1<cell><cell>68.5
  28. <row><cell>Foreign citizens(1)<cell>15.1<cell>16.4<cell>21.9<cell><cell>31.5
  29. <row><cell>Median age at award (years)<cell>31.5<cell>32.2<cell>33.3<cell><cell>34.1
  30. </table>
  31. <table size=14>
  32. <tblhdr><cell> <cell type=i>Engineer- ing<cell type=i>Physical Sciences (3)<cell type=i>Earth Sciences<cell type=i>Mathe- matics<cell type=i>Computer Sciences<cell type=i>Psych- ology<cell type=i>Bio- logical Sciences (4)<cell type=i>Agri- cultural Sciences<cell type=i>Social Sciences (5)
  33. <row><cell type=a>1992<cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n>
  34. <row><cell>Doctorates conferred<cell>5,437<cell>3,749<cell>824<cell>1,058<cell>867<cell>3,253<cell>4,794<cell>1,063<cell>3,338
  35. <row><cell>Percent distribution<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell>
  36. <row><cell>Male<cell>90.7<cell>79.6<cell>76.7<cell>80.6<cell>86.2<cell>41.1<cell>61.9<cell>78.1<cell>64.6
  37. <row><cell>Female<cell>9.3<cell>20.4<cell>23.3<cell>19.4<cell>13.8<cell>58.9<cell>38.1<cell>21.9<cell>35.4
  38. <row><cell>White<cell>74.7<cell>83.6<cell>89.6<cell>83.8<cell>77.4<cell>88.8<cell>86.1<cell>86.1<cell>82.6
  39. <row><cell>Asian<cell>17.8<cell>9.6<cell>4.8<cell>10.1<cell>17.7<cell>1.9<cell>7.4<cell>6.3<cell>5.9
  40. <row><cell>Black & other<cell>1.9<cell>1.0<cell>1.3<cell>0.8<cell>1.0<cell>3.4<cell>1.7<cell>2.1<cell>5.5
  41. <row><cell>Not reported<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA)
  42. <row><cell>U.S. citizens(1)<cell>40.1<cell>58.2<cell>65.3<cell>44.5<cell>49.2<cell>92.4<cell>70.4<cell>49.1<cell>60.7
  43. <row><cell>Foreign citizens(1)<cell>59.1<cell>41.8<cell>34.7<cell>55.5<cell>50.8<cell>7.6<cell>29.6<cell>50.9<cell>39.3
  44. <row><cell>Median age at award(years)<cell>31.5<cell>29.9<cell>32.7<cell>31.4<cell>32.0<cell>34.1<cell>31.5<cell>34.1<cell>35.3
  45. </table>
  46. <list>
  47. <item>Z= Indicates zero.
  48. <item>1. Data limited to U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens with permanent government visas.
  49. <item>2. Includes other fields, not shown separately.
  50. <item>3. Astronomy, physics, and chemistry.
  51. <item>4. Biochemistry, botany, microbiology, physiology, zoology, and related fields.
  52. <item>5. Anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and international relations.
  53. </list>
  54. <p>Source: U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resource Studies.
  55. </p>
  56. </body>
  57. </article>
  58. </text>
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