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Appendix C: Techical Notes
Pages 81-96

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... Higher nonresponse rates occur when any of the four above-mentioned variables are cross-tabulated with another variable (e.g., educational debt) because the universe consists of the entire doctoral cohort.
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... The item nonresponse rates in this table include the 5.4 percent of recipients who were not self-reporting. Basic information for the missing group was obtained from Me doctorate-granting institutions or commencement programs.
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... ~1.41.3 2.84.6 7.6 3.9 Life Sciences0.81.11.7 2.52.7 6.2 2.2 Social Sciences2.32.12.0 3.74.7 8.6 3.1 Humanities2.01.82.1 2.74.0 6.8 3.0 Education0.71.41.6 2.23.1 6.4 2.7 ProfessionalJOther2.73.76.1 2.34.5 9.7 3.5 NOTE: See Table 3 for total numbers of Ph.D.s in each field. Refer to page 83 for an explanation of how nonresponse ~ a tabulation is affected by the combination of selected variables.
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From page 86...
... Race/Ethnici~: Nonresponse Rates Blob All Ph.D.s Physical Sciences Engineering Life Sciences Social Sciences Humanities Education Professional/O~er 1993 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.7 I.2 0.5 I.] NOTE: See Table 5 for total numbers of Ph.D.s in each field.
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From page 87...
... (Note: Baccalaureate year is often obtained from commencement programs or doctorate institutions when not reported by the recipient.) Months are excluded from ah computations because they are rarely reported by the respondent.
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... T`me-to-Doctorate: Nonresponse Rates flog (Figures 8 and9, 1963 19631973 1973 1983 1983 1993 1993 Tables 9 aIld 10) RTD /l loRTD l lD RTD l lD RTD 'l lD All Fields 5.8 0.68.2 1.8 11.6 3.6 17.0 4.4 Physical Sciences 4.8 0.27.1 1.5 9.9 3.0 16.5 4.2 Engineering 4.9 0.17.7 2.4 14.0 5.9 15.7 4.8 Life Sciences 6.2 2.39.7 3.4 10.0 3.8 20.4 5.4 Social Sciences 5.9 0.27.7 1.2 11.8 3.9 16.6 4.1 Humanities 7.1 0.48.7 1.6 12.0 3.5 15.9 3.9 Education 5.3 0.07.7 0.7 12.2 2.6 16.2 3.6 Professional/O~er 8.6 1.311.0 4.3 13.0 3.8 16.8 4.8 (Table 10, 1993 only)
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... Citizens 3.9 Life Sciences 6.6 Permanent Res. 4.8 Social Sciences 8.0 Temporary Res.
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... .2 Postgraduation Status: Nonresponse Rates cloy 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 All Fields 5.3 7.8 8.7 10.2 9.2 Physical Sciences 5.3 6.4 8.1 9.9 9.3 Engineering 4.1 8.4 11.0 11.6 10.0 Life Sciences 5.1 6.7 8.0 9.1 8.3 Social Sciences 5.7 9.0 9.6 11.4 9.6 Humanities 6.3 8.7 9.4 9.3 8.4 Education 4.2 7.7 7.4 9.5 9.2 Professional/Other 8.4 7.7 8.6 11.8 9.9 Men 4.9 7.3 8.7 10.6 9.4 Women 7.2 9.2 8.6 9.5 8.9 U.S. Citizens 3.5 5.1 4.6 2.5 5.4 Permanent Residents 3.2 6.4 7.8 6.2 9.2 Temporary Residents 4.7 7.6 9.2 6.7 8.7 U.S.
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... Life Sciences 74-77 (74.3) Permanent Res.
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... Figure 12, Tables 14 and 15 (continued) Employment/S~y Plans of Ph.D.s with Definite Commitments: Nonresponse Rates fool 1973 1978 1983 1988 All Fields 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.9 0.7 Physical Sciences 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 Engineering 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.4 Life Sciences 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.4 Social Sciences 0.6 0.7 0.3 I.0 0.7 Humanities I
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... Postdoctoral [ocat~on/Type of Plans of Non-U.S. Citizens with Definite Commitments: Nonresponse Rates in ·993 clog Permanent Residents Temporary Residents All Fields 1.7 2.3 Physical Sciences O.S 2.6 Engineering 2.0 2.2 Life Sciences 1.2 2.5 Social Sciences 1.3 1.S Humanities 3.9 1.7 Education S.9 2.0 Professional/O~er 0.0 1.9 NOTE: Numbers were low for Ph.D.s not reporting both postdoctoral location and type of plans: a total of 19 permanent residents and 119 temporary residents.
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... 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 All Fields 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.5 Physical Sciences 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 Engineering 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 Life Sciences 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.9 Social Sciences 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.5 2.5 Humanities 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.9 Education 0.7 0.8 1.7 1.3 2.2 Professional/O~her 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 NOTE: See Table 18 for numbers of U.S. citizen and permanent resident Ph.D.s who reported employment commitments in ache United States.
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... Table 19 Employment Sector of Ph.D.s with Definite Pans to Work in the United States: Nonresponse Rates by Demographic Group clod 1973 1978198319881993 U.S. Citizens0.4 0.51.01.01.5 Permanent Residents1.0 1.12.00.92.0 Temporary Residents0.0 0.20.00.01.7 U.S.
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Key Terms

  • doctorate recipients
  • definite commitments
  • response rates
  • permanent residents
  • summary report

  • survey forms
  • technical note
  • survey form
  • postgraduation status
  • citizenship status

  • selected variables
  • school support
  • postgraduation plans
  • temporary residents
  • nonresponse rate

  • technical notes
  • reported definite
  • commencement programs
  • employment commitments
  • reported employment

  • definite plans
  • item nonresponse
  • employment sector
  • reported debt
  • permanent resident

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  • alaskan native
  • labor force
  • debt related
  • display percentages


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