Base: THOSE WHO HAVE DONE MORE THAN ONE POST DOC
Q12. If you have held more than one post doctoral position, what were some of the reasons you decided to do more than one post doc?
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COMPLETED PH.D. |
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RACE |
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CURRENT POSITION |
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OVERSEE |
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PURSUE PHD AGAIN |
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| Total Respondents |
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768 |
448 |
320 |
129 |
266 |
257 |
101 |
639 |
79 |
32 |
113 |
356 |
134 |
46 |
37 |
527 |
232 |
187 |
229 |
487 |
207 |
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R |
100% |
58% |
42% |
17% |
35% |
33% |
13% |
83% |
10% |
4% |
15% |
46% |
17% |
6% |
5% |
69% |
30% |
24% |
30% |
63% |
27% |
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C |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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| FAMILY OR PERSONAL |
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251 |
85 |
166 |
33 |
88 |
102 |
25 |
215 |
21 |
12 |
38 |
113 |
47 |
18 |
4 |
163 |
65 |
73 |
82 |
160 |
63 |
| CONSIDERATIONS |
R |
100% |
34% |
66% |
13% |
35% |
41% |
10% |
86% |
8% |
5% |
15% |
45% |
19% |
7% |
2% |
65% |
26% |
29% |
33% |
64% |
25% |
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C |
33% |
19% |
52% |
26% |
33% |
40% |
25% |
34% |
27% |
38% |
34% |
32% |
35% |
39% |
11% |
31% |
28% |
39% |
36% |
33% |
30% |
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| UNABLE TO FIND |
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241 |
147 |
94 |
18 |
82 |
100 |
37 |
196 |
29 |
10 |
46 |
101 |
45 |
15 |
1 |
148 |
56 |
46 |
103 |
132 |
91 |
| INDEP POSITION YOU |
R |
100% |
61% |
39% |
7% |
34% |
41% |
15% |
81% |
12% |
4% |
19% |
42% |
19% |
6% |
0% |
61% |
23% |
19% |
43% |
55% |
38% |
| WANTED |
C |
31% |
33% |
29% |
14% |
31% |
39% |
37% |
31% |
37% |
31% |
41% |
28% |
34% |
33% |
3% |
28% |
24% |
25% |
45% |
27% |
44% |
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| CHANGED FIELDS |
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237 |
147 |
90 |
45 |
83 |
72 |
33 |
190 |
26 |
13 |
36 |
119 |
33 |
10 |
14 |
166 |
84 |
54 |
60 |
155 |
58 |
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R |
100% |
62% |
38% |
19% |
35% |
30% |
14% |
80% |
11% |
5% |
15% |
50% |
14% |
4% |
6% |
70% |
35% |
23% |
25% |
65% |
24% |
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C |
31% |
33% |
28% |
35% |
31% |
28% |
33% |
30% |
33% |
41% |
32% |
33% |
25% |
22% |
38% |
31% |
36% |
29% |
26% |
32% |
28% |
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| WANTED/NEEDED MORE |
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161 |
107 |
54 |
41 |
48 |
50 |
20 |
141 |
9 |
7 |
20 |
81 |
27 |
8 |
14 |
122 |
54 |
44 |
41 |
107 |
33 |
| EXPERIENCE/TRAINING |
R |
100% |
66% |
34% |
25% |
30% |
31% |
12% |
88% |
6% |
4% |
12% |
50% |
17% |
5% |
9% |
76% |
34% |
27% |
25% |
66% |
20% |
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C |
21% |
24% |
17% |
32% |
18% |
19% |
20% |
22% |
11% |
22% |
18% |
23% |
20% |
17% |
38% |
23% |
23% |
24% |
18% |
22% |
16% |
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| PROBLEMS W/ |
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61 |
30 |
31 |
8 |
15 |
21 |
14 |
52 |
6 |
2 |
16 |
26 |
11 |
2 |
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42 |
21 |
14 |
16 |
41 |
11 |
| SUPERVISOR OR |
R |
100% |
49% |
51% |
13% |
25% |
34% |
23% |
85% |
10% |
3% |
26% |
43% |
18% |
3% |
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69% |
34% |
23% |
26% |
67% |
18% |
| FUNDING |
C |
8% |
7% |
10% |
6% |
6% |
8% |
14% |
8% |
8% |
6% |
14% |
7% |
8% |
4% |
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8% |
9% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
5% |
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| REFUSED |
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25 |
20 |
5 |
9 |
11 |
5 |
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20 |
2 |
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16 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
21 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
16 |
7 |
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R |
100% |
80% |
20% |
36% |
44% |
20% |
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80% |
8% |
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64% |
16% |
4% |
8% |
84% |
36% |
28% |
16% |
64% |
28% |
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C |
3% |
4% |
2% |
7% |
4% |
2% |
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3% |
3% |
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4% |
3% |
2% |
5% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
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| OTHER |
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25 |
18 |
7 |
5 |
12 |
6 |
2 |
22 |
1 |
2 |
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15 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
21 |
12 |
7 |
4 |
20 |
3 |
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R |
100% |
72% |
28% |
20% |
48% |
24% |
8% |
88% |
4% |
8% |
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60% |
4% |
8% |
16% |
84% |
48% |
28% |
16% |
80% |
12% |
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C |
3% |
4% |
2% |
4% |
5% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
1% |
6% |
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4% |
1% |
4% |
11% |
4% |
5% |
4% |
2% |
4% |
1% |