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APPENDIX D: TIME-SERIES TABLES
Pages 67-74

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... One is that it was not possible to "bridge" the change in sample design or sample size between 1991 and earlier years. Thus, 1991 estimates are based on a sample comprising 44 strata, compared with about 250 strata in earlier years, and on a different This affected the weighting and sometimes produced anomalous results.
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From page 70...
... 70 TABLE D-2 Demographic Characteristics of Humanities Ph.D.s, 1977 to 1991 (indexed to 1977) Demographic Characteristics 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 Total Population Gender Men Women Racial/Ethnic Group White 100.0 116.9 134.0 147.8 154.3 100.0 112.0 123.8 132.5 135.4 100.0 133.0 166.7 197.6 215.7 100.0 121.1 137.8 152.0 159.2 Minority Group 100.0 148.7 189.2 216.4 212.4 Hispanic 100.0 157.7 186.3 224.4 233.1 Black 100.0 144.0 196.4 209.4 186.3 Asian 100.0 139.7 183.2 202.3 197.0 American Indian Age in Survey Year Under 40 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-75 100.0 130.9 219.8 290.1 279.0 100.0 96.9 78.6 61.6 56.9 100.0 136.2 179.4 197.2 190.3 100.0 126.5 157.4 197.2 230.4 100.0 129.5 160.1 206.9 229.9 100.0 100.9 147.8 194.2 227.0
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... 49.6 95.4 69.3 Not Employed 100.0 88.9110.6 147.8 173.8 Seeking Employment 100.0 54.669.6 49.0 62.2 Not Seeking Employment 100.0 120.9131.4 137.1 127.8 Retired 100.0 100.3126.8 207.8 253.6 Other 100.0 55.8106.4 93.6 81.5 No Report 100.0 221.40.0 7.3 55.6 NOTE: The number of humanities doctorates in the categories Postdoctoral Appointment, Not Employed, and No Report is small. Therefore, small changes in absolute numbers may result in large fluctuations in the relative index.
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... Government 100.0 148.6 184.5 224.9 191.6 State/Local Government 100.0 242.3 303.6 213.1 275.5 Nonprofit Organization 100.0 117.5 167.5 196.6 218.6 100.0 122.6 345.2 371.0 358.1 100.0 104.8 28.6 31.2 150.4
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