Women Scientists in Industry and Government How Much Progress in the 1970's?: an Interim Report to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (1980) / Chapter Skim
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INTRODUCTION
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production peaked in 1973 and has declined slowly since then. In addition, significantly greater proportions of women scientists than of men have relied historically on the academic job market, although they have characteristically been employed in untenured positions and in the lowest ranks.1 The rapid increase in the pool of highly trained women scientists has coincided with not only a decline in faculty openings, as noted above, but also with two other important developments: the emergence of affirmative action regulations and a change in social attitudes about the role of women.
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Men and women will be compared in terms of employers, starting salaries, job functions, promotions, and other variables. Changes over the 1970's in male/female differences may indicate the impact of affirmative action programs and shifting social attitudes.
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Central Personnel Data File, Office of Personnel Management A computerized file of employment data on all federal personnel. By special request, a tape extract was obtained, containing 1974 and 1978 information on the population of science and engineering degree recipients employed by federal agencies.
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