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CHAPTER 2 THE SUPPLY OF WOMEN DOCTORATES
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From page 16... ... The physical sciences have witnessed a substantial decline in doctoral production since 1971; the additional numbers of women graduates have not been large enough to offset the drop for male graduates from 5400 to 3600 annually. Total production of engineering doctorates has also been declining since the early 1970s, although not as steeply as for the physical sciences. Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... 38. 4Doctorate Records File, National Research Council, unpublished data. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... The only field showing a substantial sex difference among 1976-1980 PhoD.s is mathematics: 46 percent of the men, compared with 37 percent of the women received their graduate education from a highly rated department. It would be instructive to examine the distribution of recent men and women doctorate recipients for the 27 mathematics departments rated as "distinguished" or "strong" to determine whether this pattern is explained by a scarcity of women students in particular departments, or whether this statistical bias exists throughout the group. Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... 0 ~ 0 c~ c~ ~ ~ ~ ~t ID LO CS C53 National Research Council 2.4 Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... TABLE 2.1 Number of science and engineering doctorates awarded by sex and field, 1970-1981 Total science & engrg. Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... citizens with temporary visas are included. SOURCE: Doctorate Records File, National Research Council. Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... SOURCE: Doctorate Records File, National Research Council 2.7 / Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... , Field ~ Doctorates ~a~emato PhYsics Chemistry ~ . carte Sciences Eying Agricultural Sciences Medical Sciences Biological Sciences PSYchoIOgV Economics SociolOgY/ Anthropology 2g5 2g I 1 Women Men I I I I I 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 22 24 2G SOURCE: Syverson' 1982' PEe 5 3-56 e 2.8 28 30 32 34 .1 2g.G 2g.1 28.4 ~0 ~ ^~.w 2g.g 31.1 2g.0 30.6 30.s ~1 o ~ . Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... Thus sex differences in age at receipt of the doctorate can be influenced markedly by differential sex distributions among specific departments even within given categories of quality. Graduate school support patterns Support patterns are strikingly similar for recent male and female graduate students in science and engineering departments. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... In the social sciences, however, as many as 23 percent of the women and 31 percent of the men reported full-time teaching prior to receiving their degrees. TABLE 2.3 Percent of 1977 and 1981 science and Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... Table 2.4 shows that the new women Ph.D.s are somewhat less likely than their male counterparts to have a definite appointment at the time of receiving the degree. For example, in the biological sciences -- a field with a substantial female component -- 38 percent of the women were still seeking a position compared with 29 percent of the men. Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... SOURCE: Doctorate Records File, National Research Council 2.12 significant Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... employ. plans WOMEN Mathematics65%18% 17 Computer sciences5229 19 Physics1025 65 Chemistry1433 53 Earth sciences2817 55 Engineering2842 30 Agricultural sciences3316 51 Medical sciences428 50 Biological sciences175 78 Psychology3311 56 Economics5215 33 Sociology and anthropology564 40 Other social sciences5814 28 MEN Mathematics5515 30 Computer sciences3938 23 Physics1221 67 Chemistry841 51 Earth sciences2324 53 Engineering2342 35 Agricultural sciences4413 43 Medical sciences2110 69 Biological sciences177 76 Psychology2812 60 Economics569 35 Sociology and anthropology595 36 Other social sciences639 28 2.13 Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... The 1981 unemployment rates, calculated separately by field, remain at 1 percent or below for men, regardless of field, and at about 2 percent for women in most fields, although unemployment levels reach 3-4 percent for female Ph.D.s in the biomedical areas and the social sciences. i�aNational Research Council, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, unpublished data. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... . All science & engineering fields 40,852 12.0 35,569 11.5 Mathematics1, 4828.11,1658.4 Computer sciences1788.25716.9 Physics8322.95472.9 Chemistry3,7697.82,7587.2 Earth sciences5884.98005.2 Engineering5041.07161.4 Agricultural sciences4533.03662.5 Medical sciences1, 78917.03,58217.6 Biological sciences10, 39218.28,30917.8 Psychology12,25726.910,43727.1 Economics1,153- 8.49008.3 Other social sciences7,45519.55,41818.1 SOURCE: Survey of Doctorate Recipients, National Research Council 2.15 Read the entire page →

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... The physical sciences have witnessed a substantial decline in doctoral production since 1971; the additional numbers of women graduates have not been large enough to offset the drop for male graduates from 5400 to 3600 annually. Total production of engineering doctorates has also been declining since the early 1970s, although not as steeply as for the physical sciences.

CHAPTER 2 THE SUPPLY OF WOMEN DOCTORATES Pages 16-30

CHAPTER 2 THE SUPPLY OF WOMEN DOCTORATES
Pages 16-30