Base: THOSE WHO CURRENTLY ADVISE OR OVERSEE THE WORK OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND/OR POST DOCS

Q5b. FINDING A DESIRABLE POST DOCTORAL POSITION: Compared to the way things were when you were starting out, do you think each of the following has become more difficult, easier, or the same for your trainees?

			GENDER		COMPLETED PH.D.				RACE				CURRENT POSITION				OVERSEE		TIER		PURSUE PHD AGAIN
			M	F	PRE	1970S	1980S	1990S	WHT	ASIAN	OTH	TRAINEES	PI	OTH	INDUSTRY	MD NOT	TRAINEES	TOP	SECOND	THIRD	Y	N
					1970								W/LITTLE	ACADEM		PHD
													TEACHING
Total Respondents		1560	1094	465	323	609	469	122	1349	107	68	94	1006	298	25	89	1560	520	394	469	1090	336
	R	100%	70%	30%	21%	39%	30%	8%	86%	7%	4%	6%	64%	19%	2%	6%	100%	33%	25%	30%	70%	22%
	C	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
MUCH MORE DIFFICULT		83	54	29	26	35	16	4	69	8	5	4	46	13	2	10	83	30	18	27	48	26
	R	100%	65%	35%	31%	42%	19%	5%	83%	10%	6%	5%	55%	16%	2%	12%	100%	36%	22%	33%	58%	31%
	C	5%	5%	6%	8%	6%	3%	3%	5%	7%	7%	4%	5%	4%	8%	11%	5%	6%	5%	6%	4%	8%
SOMEWHAT MORE		328	239	89	98	122	85	17	282	25	16	16	204	77	3	19	328	107	85	88	226	76
DIFFICULT	R	100%	73%	27%	30%	37%	26%	5%	86%	8%	5%	5%	62%	23%	1%	6%	100%	33%	26%	27%	69%	23%
	C	21%	22%	19%	30%	20%	18%	14%	21%	23%	24%	17%	20%	26%	12%	21%	21%	21%	22%	19%	21%	23%
SAME AS IT WAS		651	449	202	99	249	214	73	573	31	32	52	430	105	10	35	651	224	164	194	466	132
	R	100%	69%	31%	15%	38%	33%	11%	88%	5%	5%	8%	66%	16%	2%	5%	100%	34%	25%	30%	72%	20%
	C	42%	41%	43%	31%	41%	46%	60%	42%	29%	47%	55%	43%	35%	40%	39%	42%	43%	42%	41%	43%	39%
SOMEWHAT EASIER		299	214	84	55	129	89	18	260	22	7	14	210	51	5	15	299	115	70	84	213	60
	R	100%	72%	28%	18%	43%	30%	6%	87%	7%	2%	5%	70%	17%	2%	5%	100%	38%	23%	28%	71%	20%
	C	19%	20%	18%	17%	21%	19%	15%	19%	21%	10%	15%	21%	17%	20%	17%	19%	22%	18%	18%	20%	18%
MUCH EASIER		95	69	26	21	36	32	5	85	5	4	4	63	19	3	2	95	23	29	34	70	20
	R	100%	73%	27%	22%	38%	34%	5%	89%	5%	4%	4%	66%	20%	3%	2%	100%	24%	31%	36%	74%	21%
	C	6%	6%	6%	7%	6%	7%	4%	6%	5%	6%	4%	6%	6%	12%	2%	6%	4%	7%	7%	6%	6%
DONT KNOW		51	35	16	8	22	19	1	43	5	2	1	26	15	1	4	51	10	14	23	31	13
	R	100%	69%	31%	16%	43%	37%	2%	84%	10%	4%	2%	51%	29%	2%	8%	100%	20%	27%	45%	61%	25%
	C	3%	3%	3%	2%	4%	4%	1%	3%	5%	3%	1%	3%	5%	4%	4%	3%	2%	4%	5%	3%	4%
REFUSED		53	34	19	16	16	14	4	37	11	2	3	27	18	1	4	53	11	14	19	36	9
	R	100%	64%	36%	30%	30%	26%	8%	70%	21%	4%	6%	51%	34%	2%	8%	100%	21%	26%	36%	68%	17%
	C	3%	3%	4%	5%	3%	3%	3%	3%	10%	3%	3%	3%	6%	4%	4%	3%	2%	4%	4%	3%	3%