| Table 2-6 | | Support mechanisms of full-time S&E graduate students: 1980–2001 | | (Percent distribution) | | |  | | Year | All
mechanisms | Research
assistantship | Fellowship | Traineeship | Teaching
assistantship | Other | Self-support | | | 1980 | 100.0 | 21.6 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 22.6 | 8.2 | 31.6 | | 1983 | 100.0 | 21.8 | 8.5 | 5.4 | 23.8 | 8.3 | 32.2 | | 1986 |
100.0 | 24.8 | 8.6 | 5.1 | 23.5 | 8.4 | 29.6 | | 1989 | 100.0 | 28.0 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 22.7 | 7.5 | 28.4 | | 1992 | 100.0 | 27.3 | 8.9 | 4.8 | 20.4 | 7.3 | 31.4 | | 1995 | 100.0 | 27.3 | 8.8 |
4.8 | 20.0 | 6.6 | 32.4 | | 1998 | 100.0 | 26.9 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 19.9 | 6.7 | 33.1 | | 2001 | 100.0 | 28.1 | 9.1 | 4.0 | 19.1 | 6.7 | 33.0 | | | | | | SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, WebCASPAR database system, http://caspar.nsf.gov. See appendix table 2-15. | | | | Science & Engineering Indicators – 2004 | |
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