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Q16. Was this first position you held your first choice, second, or third choice for a position at the time?

			GENDER		COMPLETED PH.D.				RACE				CURRENT POSITION				OVERSEE		TIER		PURSUE PHD AGAIN
			M	F	PRE 1970	1970'S	1980'S	1990'S	WHT	ASIAN	OTH	TRAINEES	PI	OTH	INDUSTRY	MD NOT	TRAINEES	TOP	SECOND	THIRD	Y	N
													W/LITTLE	ACADEM		PHD
													TEACHING
Total Respondents		1917	1288	628	408	753	634	76	1684	119	77		1069	421	119	106	1466	635	497	584	1320	432
	R	100%	67%	33%	21%	39%	33%	4%	88%	6%	4%		56%	22%	6%	6%	76%	33%	26%	30%	69%	23%
	C	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
FIRST		1362	922	439	336	529	423	40	1208	75	48		799	266	81	92	1065	452	358	405	959	284
	R	100%	68%	32%	25%	39%	31%	3%	89%	6%	4%		59%	20%	6%	7%	78%	33%	26%	30%	70%	21%
	C	71%	72%	70%	82%	70%	67%	53%	72%	63%	62%		75%	63%	68%	87%	73%	71%	72%	69%	73%	66%
SECOND		207	153	54	35	92	69	10	182	10	14		112	58	17	4	164	66	59	64	139	57
	R	100%	74%	26%	17%	44%	33%	5%	88%	5%	7%		54%	28%	8%	2%	79%	32%	29%	31%	67%	28%
	C	11%	12%	9%	9%	12%	11%	13%	11%	8%	18%		10%	14%	14%	4%	11%	10%	12%	11%	11%	13%
THIRD		71	58	13	5	35	30	1	65	5	1		48	13	6		59	34	10	23	53	13
	R	100%	82%	18%	7%	49%	42%	1%	92%	7%	1%		68%	18%	8%		83%	48%	14%	32%	75%	18%
	C	4%	5%	2%	1%	5%	5%	1%	4%	4%	1%		4%	3%	5%		4%	5%	2%	4%	4%	3%
FOURTH OR MORE		73	50	23	1	33	37	2	58	10	3		37	22	6		50	29	14	27	39	27
	R	100%	68%	32%	1%	45%	51%	3%	79%	14%	4%		51%	30%	8%		68%	40%	19%	37%	53%	37%
	C	4%	4%	4%	0%	4%	6%	3%	3%	8%	4%		3%	5%	5%		3%	5%	3%	5%	3%	6%
N/A		9	4	5		1	3	3	7	2							4	3	1	3	5	2
	R	100%	44%	56%		11%	33%	33%	78%	22%							44%	33%	11%	33%	56%	22%
	C	0%	0%	1%		0%	0%	4%	0%	2%							0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%
REFUSED		195	101	94	31	63	72	20	164	17	11		73	62	9	10	124	51	55	62	125	49
	R	100%	52%	48%	16%	32%	37%	10%	84%	9%	6%		37%	32%	5%	5%	64%	26%	28%	32%	64%	25%
	C	10%	8%	15%	8%	8%	11%	26%	10%	14%	14%		7%	15%	8%	9%	8%	8%	11%	11%	9%	11%