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Q23a. YOUR CAREER OVERALL TO DATE: Please rate how satisfying each of the following has been for you, on a scale where 1 means completely unsatisfying and 7 means completely satisfying.

			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		2378	1525	852	405	754	649	523	2005	216	110	478	1063	419	117	103	1548	744	618	746	1593	587
	R	100%	64%	36%	17%	32%	27%	22%	84%	9%	5%	20%	45%	18%	5%	4%	65%	31%	26%	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%
1 = COMPLETELY		19	10	9	3	1	6	8	12	7		8	2	4		1	8	3	3	9	7	9
UNSATISFYING	R	100%	53%	47%	16%	5%	32%	42%	63%	37%		42%	11%	21%		5%	42%	16%	16%	47%	37%	47%
	C	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	3%		2%	0%	1%		1%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	2%
2		58	36	22	2	14	20	20	44	10	4	19	14	11	2	2	27	18	9	22	23	30
	R	100%	62%	38%	3%	24%	34%	34%	76%	17%	7%	33%	24%	19%	3%	3%	47%	31%	16%	38%	40%	52%
	C	2%	2%	3%	0%	2%	3%	4%	2%	5%	4%	4%	1%	3%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	3%	1%	5%
3		115	67	48	2	27	45	39	84	18	11	42	36	20	3	1	57	35	21	44	32	71
	R	100%	58%	42%	2%	23%	39%	34%	73%	16%	10%	37%	31%	17%	3%	1%	50%	30%	18%	38%	28%	62%
	C	5%	4%	6%	0%	4%	7%	7%	4%	8%	10%	9%	3%	5%	3%	1%	4%	5%	3%	6%	2%	12%
4		269	139	130	19	78	76	93	214	38	11	83	86	39	20	1	130	69	87	83	103	141
	R	100%	52%	48%	7%	29%	28%	35%	80%	14%	4%	31%	32%	14%	7%	0%	48%	26%	32%	31%	38%	52%
	C	11%	9%	15%	5%	10%	12%	18%	11%	18%	10%	17%	8%	9%	17%	1%	8%	9%	14%	11%	6%	24%
5		602	348	254	51	196	182	166	519	53	17	158	262	102	31	10	365	174	165	195	369	168
	R	100%	58%	42%	8%	33%	30%	28%	86%	9%	3%	26%	44%	17%	5%	2%	61%	29%	27%	32%	61%	28%
	C	25%	23%	30%	13%	26%	28%	32%	26%	25%	15%	33%	25%	24%	26%	10%	24%	23%	27%	26%	23%	29%
6		911	622	289	168	319	252	153	795	57	47	130	449	177	45	45	644	308	235	275	710	138
	R	100%	68%	32%	18%	35%	28%	17%	87%	6%	5%	14%	49%	19%	5%	5%	71%	34%	26%	30%	78%	15%
	C	38%	41%	34%	41%	42%	39%	29%	40%	26%	43%	27%	42%	42%	38%	44%	42%	41%	38%	37%	45%	24%
7 = COMPLETELY		404	303	100	160	119	68	44	337	33	20	38	214	66	16	43	317	137	98	118	349	30
SATISFYING	R	100%	75%	25%	40%	29%	17%	11%	83%	8%	5%	9%	53%	16%	4%	11%	78%	34%	24%	29%	86%	7%
	C	17%	20%	12%	40%	16%	10%	8%	17%	15%	18%	8%	20%	16%	14%	42%	20%	18%	16%	16%	22%	5%
Mean		5.41	5.53	5.19	6.10	5.50	5.21	4.96	5.45	4.96	5.38	4.90	5.63	5.43	5.38	6.15	5.59	5.51	5.43	5.32	5.72	4.64
Median		6.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00