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CHAPTER 5 DOCTORAL WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
CHAPTER 5 DOCTORAL WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
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Women represented approximately 1,000 new job-holders or 7 percent of the net growth. _ Committee on the Education and Employment of Women in Science and Engineering, National Research Council, Women Scientists in Industry and Government: How Much Progress in the 1970s, National Academy of .
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labor force All fields Engineering, math & physical sciences Mathematics Computer sciences Physics Chemistry Earth sciences Engineering Life sciences Agricultural sciences Medical sciences Biological sciences Behavioral & social sciences Psychology Social sciences 75,629 3,496 5% 61,102 1,117 4,448 4,189 19,266 4,042 28,040 9,947 2,545 3,241 4,161 4,580 2,362 2,218 1,932 116 331 109 829 167 380 802 67 267 468 762 550 212 3 10 7 4 8 3 8 11 17 23 10 12 4 8 7 3 7 l 15 18 18 2 27 16 SOURCE: Survey of Doctorate Recipients, National Research Council 5.2
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TABLE 5.2 Percent of Ph.D. graduates planning industrial employment following receipt of doctorate by sex for selected fields ~ Q7 ~ PA ~ ~198O Ph.D.s Women Men Women Men Physics 11 14 25 21 Chemistry 20 30 33 41 Engineering 30 40 42 42 SOURCE: Doctorate Records File, National Research Council.
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TABLE 5.3 Percent of doctoral scientists and engineers in industry whose primary work activity is management, 1973, 1971, and 1981 Women Men % Managers 1973 1977 1981 20.0 18~1 16.4 40.3 37.2 28.7 SOURCE: Survey of Doctorate Recipients, National Research Council FIGURE 5 . 1 Primary work activities of doctoral s cientists and engineers in industry, 1981 WOMEN MEN / Other /\ Activities / \ 16% Consulting \ 10% Writing 2% Ma nagement of non R&D \ Development / 3% \~5% 1 \ , / Ma nagem~ of R&D / \ 13% / \ / Basic \ / Research 1 2% Appl fed Research 29% Consulting 7% Writing 1% Other / \ Activities >a \9% r _~ \ / / / Ma nagement \ of non R&D 5% Devel opment / 19% / \ Appl fed Resea rch 28% SOURCE: Survey of Doctorate Recipients, National Research Council 5.4 Ma nags of R&D \ 23% Research I ~ /
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For the 1979-1980 Ph.D.s, the median female salary was $29,600 or $2,400 less than that for men. The larger discrepancies for the older doctorates undoubtedly reflect, again, a long past history of discriminatory practice which is in some sense self-perpetuating because these women have not had access to the same opportunities for professional growth.
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FIGURE 5 .2 Median salaries of doctoral scientists and engineers in industry by cohort and sex, 1981 19381957 19581969 19701972 19731974 19751976 19771978 19791980 1 1 Women Men 1.
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