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Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs (2010) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix C: Supporting Demographic Data
Pages 115-118

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... It includes people who indicated their race or races as Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, or other Asian, or wrote in nationalities such as Burmese, Hmong, Pakistani, or Thai. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander refer to people having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
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... o 89.9 percent Male and 10.1 percent Female o 81.8 percent White, 4.3 percent Hispanic, 3.4 percent Black, 0.4 American Indian/Alaskan Native, 8.5 percent Asian and the remaining 1.6 percent from 6 mixed racial groupings o 7.5 percent White Females, 0.6 percent Hispanic Females, 0.6 percent Black Females, 0.1 percent American Indian/Alaskan Native, 1.1 percent Asian Females and the remaining 0.2 from 6 mixed racial groupings Electrical and Electronic Engineers (SOC 17-2070) o 91.5 percent Male and 8.5 percent Female o 81.8 percent White, 4.3 percent Hispanic, 3.4 percent Black, 0.4 American Indian/Alaskan Native, 8.5 percent Asian and the remaining 1.6 percent from 6 mixed racial groupings o 5.4 percent White Females, 0.4 percent Hispanic Females, 0.8 percent Black Females, 0.0 percent American Indian/Alaskan Native, 1.6 percent Asian Females and the remaining 0.1 from 6 mixed racial groupings Mechanical Engineers (SOC 17-2141)
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... o 67.7 percent Male and 32.4 percent Female o 74.4 percent White, 3.9 percent Hispanic, 5.8 percent Black, 0.3 American Indian/Alaskan Native, 14.1 percent Asian and the remaining 1.3 percent from 6 mixed racial groupings o 21.7 percent White Females, 1.6 percent Hispanic Females, 2.1 percent Black Females, 0.1 percent American Indian/Alaskan Native, 6.3 percent Asian Females and the remaining 0.5 from 6 mixed racial groupings
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... 118 Examination of the U.S. Air Force's STEM Workforce Needs TABLE C-1 Distribution of bachelors degrees awarded in science and engineering, by citizenship, race/ethnicity, and set sex of recipients: 1995-2004
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