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Q23j. BEING ABLE TO MAKE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN YOUR FIELD IN YOUR CURRENT WORK: 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		2339	1508	830	401	736	640	517	1973	212	107	475	1055	413	112	104	1540	739	604	730	1568	575
	R	100%	64%	35%	17%	31%	27%	22%	84%	9%	5%	20%	45%	18%	5%	4%	66%	32%	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		38	21	17	7	9	14	8	34	2	1	6	7	10	4	1	11	10	10	14	12	23
UNSATISFYING	R	100%	55%	45%	18%	24%	37%	21%	89%	5%	3%	16%	18%	26%	11%	3%	29%	26%	26%	37%	32%	61%
	C	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	4%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	4%
2		76	41	35	6	19	22	26	63	10	2	25	19	18	6	1	25	24	17	22	29	42
	R	100%	54%	46%	8%	25%	29%	34%	83%	13%	3%	33%	25%	24%	8%	1%	33%	32%	22%	29%	38%	55%
	C	3%	3%	4%	1%	3%	3%	5%	3%	5%	2%	5%	2%	4%	5%	1%	2%	3%	3%	3%	2%	7%
3		126	63	63	15	38	35	37	106	13	7	32	36	40	6	3	65	40	36	38	51	58
	R	100%	50%	50%	12%	30%	28%	29%	84%	10%	6%	25%	29%	32%	5%	2%	52%	32%	29%	30%	40%	46%
	C	5%	4%	8%	4%	5%	5%	7%	5%	6%	7%	7%	3%	10%	5%	3%	4%	5%	6%	5%	3%	10%
4		217	136	81	20	57	73	64	178	23	13	58	67	55	18	4	117	48	60	87	130	71
	R	100%	63%	37%	9%	26%	34%	29%	82%	11%	6%	27%	31%	25%	8%	2%	54%	22%	28%	40%	60%	33%
	C	9%	9%	10%	5%	8%	11%	12%	9%	11%	12%	12%	6%	13%	16%	4%	8%	6%	10%	12%	8%	12%
5		416	258	158	38	141	128	104	349	40	21	95	180	75	24	10	265	134	105	133	255	119
	R	100%	62%	38%	9%	34%	31%	25%	84%	10%	5%	23%	43%	18%	6%	2%	64%	32%	25%	32%	61%	29%
	C	18%	17%	19%	9%	19%	20%	20%	18%	19%	20%	20%	17%	18%	21%	10%	17%	18%	17%	18%	16%	21%
6		843	557	286	130	271	243	182	718	73	30	174	416	127	37	39	590	268	222	256	612	167
	R	100%	66%	34%	15%	32%	29%	22%	85%	9%	4%	21%	49%	15%	4%	5%	70%	32%	26%	30%	73%	20%
	C	36%	37%	34%	32%	37%	38%	35%	36%	34%	28%	37%	39%	31%	33%	38%	38%	36%	37%	35%	39%	29%
7 = COMPLETELY		623	432	190	185	201	125	96	525	51	33	85	330	88	17	46	467	215	154	180	479	95
SATISFYING	R	100%	69%	30%	30%	32%	20%	15%	84%	8%	5%	14%	53%	14%	3%	7%	75%	35%	25%	29%	77%	15%
	C	27%	29%	23%	46%	27%	20%	19%	27%	24%	31%	18%	31%	21%	15%	44%	30%	29%	25%	25%	31%	17%
Mean		5.53	5.63	5.34	6.01	5.61	5.36	5.24	5.53	5.42	5.55	5.26	5.81	5.18	5.06	6.10	5.75	5.62	5.51	5.45	5.77	4.92
Median		6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00