Base: THOSE WHO ANSWERED

Q23k. THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT HAS TAKEN FOR YOU TO ACHIEVE YOUR CAREER GOALS, OR WHICH YOU EXPECT IT WILL TAKE TO ACHIEVE YOUR CAREER GOALS: Please rate how satisfying each of the following has been for you.

			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		2341	1503	837	393	739	643	522	1975	213	108	476	1054	410	115	103	1531	730	606	743	1579	574
	R	100%	64%	36%	17%	32%	27%	22%	84%	9%	5%	20%	45%	18%	5%	4%	65%	31%	26%	32%	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		193	99	94	9	34	60	88	151	25	15	85	49	23	7	1	75	57	48	70	59	115
UNSATISFYING	R	100%	51%	49%	5%	18%	31%	46%	78%	13%	8%	44%	25%	12%	4%	1%	39%	30%	25%	36%	31%	60%
	C	8%	7%	11%	2%	5%	9%	17%	8%	12%	14%	18%	5%	6%	6%	1%	5%	8%	8%	9%	4%	20%
2		221	123	98	15	49	70	84	185	25	3	82	80	24	16	2	112	57	66	73	109	91
	R	100%	56%	44%	7%	22%	32%	38%	84%	11%	1%	37%	36%	11%	7%	1%	51%	26%	30%	33%	49%	41%
	C	9%	8%	12%	4%	7%	11%	16%	9%	12%	3%	17%	8%	6%	14%	2%	7%	8%	11%	10%	7%	16%
3		313	174	139	14	92	102	97	263	33	13	89	123	52	17	9	184	92	82	101	192	95
	R	100%	56%	44%	4%	29%	33%	31%	84%	11%	4%	28%	39%	17%	5%	3%	59%	29%	26%	32%	61%	30%
	C	13%	12%	17%	4%	12%	16%	19%	13%	15%	12%	19%	12%	13%	15%	9%	12%	13%	14%	14%	12%	17%
4		374	220	153	32	121	125	94	315	37	16	84	165	75	17	5	235	99	112	119	244	94
	R	100%	59%	41%	9%	32%	33%	25%	84%	10%	4%	22%	44%	20%	5%	1%	63%	26%	30%	32%	65%	25%
	C	16%	15%	18%	8%	16%	19%	18%	16%	17%	15%	18%	16%	18%	15%	5%	15%	14%	18%	16%	15%	16%
5		400	266	134	65	150	107	70	336	34	20	62	183	89	19	18	274	131	107	117	298	71
	R	100%	67%	34%	16%	38%	27%	17%	84%	9%	5%	16%	46%	22%	5%	5%	69%	33%	27%	29%	75%	18%
	C	17%	18%	16%	17%	20%	17%	13%	17%	16%	19%	13%	17%	22%	17%	17%	18%	18%	18%	16%	19%	12%
6		534	388	146	137	186	133	65	469	39	22	50	280	96	28	42	402	185	121	169	422	78
	R	100%	73%	27%	26%	35%	25%	12%	88%	7%	4%	9%	52%	18%	5%	8%	75%	35%	23%	32%	79%	15%
	C	23%	26%	17%	35%	25%	21%	12%	24%	18%	20%	11%	27%	23%	24%	41%	26%	25%	20%	23%	27%	14%
7 = COMPLETELY		306	233	73	121	107	46	24	256	20	19	24	174	51	11	26	249	109	70	94	255	30
SATISFYING	R	100%	76%	24%	40%	35%	15%	8%	84%	7%	6%	8%	57%	17%	4%	8%	81%	36%	23%	31%	83%	10%
	C	13%	16%	9%	31%	14%	7%	5%	13%	9%	18%	5%	17%	12%	10%	25%	16%	15%	12%	13%	16%	5%
Mean		4.45	4.68	4.03	5.61	4.75	4.14	3.51	4.48	4.07	4.53	3.42	4.79	4.65	4.33	5.59	4.78	4.62	4.33	4.38	4.84	3.47
Median		5.00	5.00	4.00	6.00	5.00	4.00	3.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	3.00