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  1. Doctorates Conferred, By Recipents' Characteristics, 1975-1987,  & By Selected Science & Engineering Fields, 1987 
  2.  
  3.                                 ____________All Fields_________  
  4. Characteristic                  1975     1980     1985     1986
  5.  
  6. Doctorates conferred          32,951   31,020   31,243   31,843
  7.  Percent distribution          100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
  8.  
  9. Male                            78.1     69.7     65.7     64.6
  10. Female                          21.9     30.3     34.3     35.4
  11. White(5)                        86.7     84.6     86.2     86.6
  12. Asian(5)                         3.6      4.2      4.3      4.3
  13. Black and other(5)               4.9      6.3      7.2      7.0
  14. Not reported(5)                  4.8      4.9      2.3      2.1
  15. U.S. citizens                   82.1     81.0     74.5     72.1
  16. Foreign citizens                15.0     15.9     20.9     21.0
  17. Citizenship unknown              2.0      3.1      4.6      6.9
  18. Median age at award (yr.)       31.5     32.2     33.3     33.5
  19. Median total time,
  20.  baccalaureate to doctorate
  21.   (yr.)                          8.6      9.3     10.2     10.4
  22. Registered time (yr.)            5.9      6.3      6.8      6.8
  23.  
  24.  
  25.                              ___________________1987__________________
  26.                                                      Physical(2) Mathe-
  27. Characteristic            (1)All Fields Engineering  Sciences   matics
  28.  
  29. Doctorates conferred          32,278       3,716       3,837       740
  30.  Percent distribution          100.0       100.0       100.0     100.0
  31.  
  32. Male                            64.8        93.5        83.3      83.4
  33. Female                          35.2         6.5        16.7      16.6
  34. White(5)                        86.2        76.2        87.8      80.6
  35. Asian(5)                         4.8        17.1         6.0      10.4
  36. Black and other(5)               6.8         3.4         3.4       5.5
  37. Not reported(5)                  2.2         3.3         2.8       3.5
  38. U.S. citizens                   70.8        41.8        65.1      46.6
  39. Foreign citizens                22.2        50.7        28.5      47.6
  40. Citizenship unknown              7.0         7.4         6.4       5.8
  41. Median age at award (yr.)       33.6        31.0        29.8      30.8
  42. Median total time,
  43.  baccalaureate to doctorate
  44.   (yr.)                         10.4         8.1         7.1       7.9
  45. Registered time (yr.)            6.9         5.8         5.9       6.3
  46.  
  47.  
  48.                              ___________________1987__________________
  49.                                               Bio-(3)          Other(4)
  50.                             Computer   Psy-   logical  Eco-    Social
  51. Characteristic              Sciences chology Sciences  nomics Sciences
  52.  
  53. Doctorates conferred           450    3,098    3,824     823    1,758
  54.  Percent distribution        100.0    100.0    100.0   100.0    100.0
  55.  
  56. Male                          85.6     46.7     64.7    83.0     62.3
  57. Female                        14.4     53.3     35.3    17.0     37.7
  58. White(5)                      83.3     89.5     87.9    83.4     84.8
  59. Asian(5)                       9.5      1.7      5.3     8.7      4.7
  60. Black and other(5)             3.2      7.4      4.3     5.6      7.6
  61. Not reported(5)                4.0      1.4      2.5     2.3      2.9
  62. U.S. citizens                 54.0     87.0     77.7    50.8     68.1
  63. Foreign citizens              38.7      4.6     16.9    41.1     24.0
  64. Citizenship unknown            7.3      8.5      5.4     8.1      7.9
  65. Median age at award (yr.)     31.7     31.1     30.8    31.8     35.4
  66. Median total time,
  67.  baccalaureate to doctorate
  68.   (yr.)                        9.1      9.9      8.1     9.0     11.8
  69. Registered time (yr.)          6.6      7.1      6.5     6.5      7.6
  70.  
  71.  
  72. 1. Includes other fields, not shown separately.
  73. 2. Astronomy, physics, chemistry, and earth sciences.
  74. 3. Biochemistry, botany, microbiology, phsyiology, zoology, and
  75.    related fields.
  76. 4. Anthropology, sociology, political science, and international 
  77.    relations.
  78. 5. Data on race limited to U.S. citizens with permanent govrenment
  79.    visas.
  80.  
  81. Source:U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resource
  82.        Studies.
  83.