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Table 5-11

S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by involvement in research and position: Selected years, 1973–2003

Involvement in research and position	1973	1983	1993	2003

	Thousands

All academic employment	118.0	176.1	213.8	258.3
Research as primary or secondary activity	82.3	104.7	150.1	178.7
Research as primary activity	27.8	48.9	80.2	102.9

	Percent distribution

All academic employment	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full-time faculty	87.6	84.3	80.6	75.2
Postdocs	3.5	4.7	6.2	6.1
Other full- and part-time positions	8.9	11.0	13.1	18.7
Research as primary or secondary activity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full-time faculty	87.5	83.0	81.1	76.5
Postdocs	4.9	7.1	8.9	8.6
Other full- and part-time positions	7.6	9.9	10.0	14.9
Research as primary activity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full-time faculty	71.3	68.7	70.9	69.5
Postdocs	13.8	14.5	15.8	13.7
Other full- and part-time positions	14.9	16.6	13.3	16.8

NOTES: Research includes basic or applied research, development, and design. Full-time faculty includes full, associate, and assistant professors plus instructors. Other full- and part-time positions include full-time nonfaculty such as research associates, adjunct positions, lecturers, administrative positions, and part-time positions of all kinds. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, special tabulations. See appendix table 5-35.

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