Humanities doctorates in the United States : 1995 profile / Linda Ingram, Prudence Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingram, Linda.

Contributor:

Brown, Prudence W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Statistics.

Humanities.

Doctor of philosophy degree--United States--Statistics.

Doctor of philosophy degree.

Physical Description:

vi, 92 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Humanities Doctorates in the United States

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

1 Doctoral Population in the Humanities

DISTRIBUTION BY FIELD

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Gender

Race/Ethnicity

Age in 1995

Year of Doctorate

Citizenship Status

2 Employment and Unemployment

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Reasons for Not Working

Reasons for Part-Time Employment

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

3 Principal Job

EMPLOYMENT SECTOR

OCCUPATION

FOCUS ON ACADEME

Academic Rank

Tenure

PRIMARY WORK ACTIVITY

SALARY

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT STATUS

RELATIONSHIP OF PRINCIPAL JOB TO DOCTORAL DEGREE

4 Second Job

5 Changes in Employment Since 1993

6 Publications and Other Activities

Appendix A 1995 Survey Methodology

SAMPLE DESIGN

DATA COLLECTION

DATA PREPARATION

WEIGHTING AND ESTIMATION

RELIABILITY OF THE 1995 SURVEY ESTIMATES

NONSAMPLING ERROR

SAMPLING ERROR

STANDARD ERRORS OF ESTIMATED TOTALS

Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages

Limitations of the Standard Error Estimates

Appendix B 1995 Survey Cover Letters and Questionnaire.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610187133

9781280187131

1280187131

9780309590914

0309590914

9780585273631

0585273634

OCLC:

697694122