Base: THOSE WHO WOULD PURSUE A PHD AGAIN

Q21. Why?

			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
					1970								W/LITTLE	ACADEM		PHD
													TEACHING
Total Respondents		1609	1033	575	303	519	442	326	1378	121	76	289	760	303	81	59	1090	542	417	481	1609
	R	100%	64%	36%	19%	32%	27%	20%	86%	8%	5%	18%	47%	19%	5%	4%	68%	34%	26%	30%	100%
	C	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
ENJOYMENT AND		1187	746	441	211	385	342	242	1026	77	59	210	593	223	59	24	816	408	311	355	1187
INTEREST	R	100%	63%	37%	18%	32%	29%	20%	86%	6%	5%	18%	50%	19%	5%	2%	69%	34%	26%	30%	100%
	C	74%	72%	77%	70%	74%	77%	74%	74%	64%	78%	73%	78%	74%	73%	41%	75%	75%	75%	74%	74%
FUNDING PROBLEMS		46	22	24	9	12	17	8	43	1	1	6	26	10		2	38	8	15	19	46
	R	100%	48%	52%	20%	26%	37%	17%	93%	2%	2%	13%	57%	22%		4%	83%	17%	33%	41%	100%
	C	3%	2%	4%	3%	2%	4%	2%	3%	1%	1%	2%	3%	3%		3%	3%	1%	4%	4%	3%
NOT ENOUGH JOBS/NOT		34	24	10	2	7	7	18	29	4	1	19	6	6	2		14	13	10	10	34
A BRIGHT FUTURE	R	100%	71%	29%	6%	21%	21%	53%	85%	12%	3%	56%	18%	18%	6%		41%	38%	29%	29%	100%
	C	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	2%	6%	2%	3%	1%	7%	1%	2%	2%		1%	2%	2%	2%	2%
FIELD IS TOO		28	13	15	4	7	6	11	23	4	1	10	7	5	4		14	11	6	8	28
SPECIALIZED	R	100%	46%	54%	14%	25%	21%	39%	82%	14%	4%	36%	25%	18%	14%		50%	39%	21%	29%	100%
	C	2%	1%	3%	1%	1%	1%	3%	2%	3%	1%	3%	1%	2%	5%		1%	2%	1%	2%	2%
ENJOY TEACHING/		111	63	48	16	48	29	17	105	2	3	13	45	47			79	44	25	38	111
MENTORING	R	100%	57%	43%	14%	43%	26%	15%	95%	2%	3%	12%	41%	42%			71%	40%	23%	34%	100%
	C	7%	6%	8%	5%	9%	7%	5%	8%	2%	4%	4%	6%	16%			7%	8%	6%	8%	7%
POOR SALARIES		10	7	3	1	1	1	7	7	2	1	6	1	3			4	3	5	2	10
	R	100%	70%	30%	10%	10%	10%	70%	70%	20%	10%	60%	10%	30%			40%	30%	50%	20%	100%
	C	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	2%	1%	2%	1%	2%	0%	1%			0%	1%	1%	0%	1%
STRESS/NOT		15	6	9	3	4	2	6	10	4	1	5	5	4			11	4	4	7	15
REWARDING	R	100%	40%	60%	20%	27%	13%	40%	67%	27%	7%	33%	33%	27%			73%	27%	27%	47%	100%
	C	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	3%	1%	2%	1%	1%			1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN		32	23	9	9	8	9	5	26	3	2	5	11	1	5	5	21	9	12	7	32
AN MD OR MD/PHD	R	100%	72%	28%	28%	25%	28%	16%	81%	9%	6%	16%	34%	3%	16%	16%	66%	28%	38%	22%	100%
	C	2%	2%	2%	3%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%	2%	1%	0%	6%	8%	2%	2%	3%	1%	2%
GOOD OPPORTUNITIES		67	39	28	8	8	20	29	60	6	1	28	12	9	4	2	21	20	18	22	67
	R	100%	58%	42%	12%	12%	30%	43%	90%	9%	1%	42%	18%	13%	6%	3%	31%	30%	27%	33%	100%
	C	4%	4%	5%	3%	2%	5%	9%	4%	5%	1%	10%	2%	3%	5%	3%	2%	4%	4%	5%	4%
COMPETITION		12	6	6	2	3	3	3	11	1		3	7	1			8	4	4	3	12
	R	100%	50%	50%	17%	25%	25%	25%	92%	8%		25%	58%	8%			67%	33%	33%	25%	100%
	C	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%		1%	1%	0%			1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
LACK OF JOB		3	1	2		1	1	1	3			1	1		1		2		3		3
SECURITY	R	100%	33%	67%		33%	33%	33%	100%			33%	33%		33%		67%		100%		100%
	C	0%		0%		0%	0%	0%	0%			0%	0%		1%		0%		1%		0%
MAKING A		50	33	17	6	26	14	4	48		2	3	27	9	3	2	35	19	13	16	50
CONTRIBUTION/IMPORT	R	100%	66%	34%	12%	52%	28%	8%	96%		4%	6%	54%	18%	6%	4%	70%	38%	26%	32%	100%
OF RESEARCH	C	3%	3%	3%	2%	5%	3%	1%	3%		3%	1%	4%	3%	4%	3%	3%	4%	3%	3%	3%
LITTLE INDEPENDENCE		4	2	2	1	1	1	1	4			1	2	1			2		3	1	4
TO DO OWN RESEARCH	R	100%	50%	50%	25%	25%	25%	25%	100%			25%	50%	25%			50%		75%	25%	100%
	C	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%			0%	0%	0%			0%		1%	0%	0%
DIFFICULTY		10		10		5	3	2	10			2	3	3		1	7	3	3	4	10
COMBINING CAREER	R	100%		100%		50%	30%	20%	100%			20%	30%	30%		10%	70%	30%	30%	40%	100%
AND FAMILY	C	1%		2%		1%	1%	1%	1%			1%	0%	1%		2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
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