Base: NON-GRADUATE STUDENTS

Q19. From the time you started your Ph.D., did you, at any point, change your career objectives because you were not able to obtain a position that was acceptable to you?

 

 

 

  GENDER

 

COMPLETED PH.D.

 

 

 

RACE

 

 

 

CURRENT POSITION

 

 

 

OVERSEE

 

TIER

 

PURSUE PHD AGAIN  

 

 

 

M

F

PRE

1970'S

1980'S

1990'S

WHT

ASIAN

OTH

TRAINEES

PI

OTH

INDUSTRY

MD NOT

TRAINEES

TOP

SECOND

THIRD

Y

N

 

 

 

 

 

1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W/LITTLE

ACADEM

 

PHD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEACHING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Respondents

 

2249

1461

787

410

757

655

377

1927

182

94

332

1069

421

119

106

1560

709

568

700

1496

557

 

R

100%

65%

35%

18%

34%

29%

17%

86%

8%

4%

15%

48%

19%

5%

5%

69%

32%

25%

31%

67%

25%

 

C

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YES

 

409

229

180

40

129

150

83

346

38

20

74

121

67

48

4

196

118

106

145

209

169

 

R

100%

56%

44%

10%

32%

37%

20%

85%

9%

5%

18%

30%

16%

12%

1%

48%

29%

26%

35%

51%

41%

 

C

18%

16%

23%

10%

17%

23%

22%

18%

21%

21%

22%

11%

16%

40%

4%

13%

17%

19%

21%

14%

30%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO

 

1800

1211

588

363

615

499

288

1549

139

73

253

945

348

69

90

1344

583

455

540

1267

378

 

R

100%

67%

33%

20%

34%

28%

16%

86%

8%

4%

14%

52%

19%

4%

5%

75%

32%

25%

30%

70%

21%

 

C

80%

83%

75%

89%

81%

76%

76%

80%

76%

78%

76%

88%

83%

58%

85%

86%

82%

80%

77%

85%

68%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFUSED

 

40

21

19

7

13

6

6

32

5

1

5

3

6

2

12

20

8

7

15

20

10

 

R

100%

52%

47%

17%

32%

15%

15%

80%

13%

3%

13%

8%

15%

5%

30%

50%

20%

17%

38%

50%

25%

 

C

2%

1%

2%

2%

2%

1%

2%

2%

3%

1%

2%

0%

1%

2%

11%

1%

1%

1%

2%

1%

2%