Elementary and Secondary Education
| 1-1 | Percentage of high school graduates earning credits in selected science courses, by sex |
| 1-2 | Percentage of high school graduates earning credits in science courses, by race/ethnicity |
| 1-3 | National trends in average NAEP scale scores in science at ages 9, 13, and 17 |
| 1-4 | NAEP grade 8 average scores in science, by state: 1996 |
| 1-5 | Average percentage correct on grade 4 TIMSS science assessment, by country: 1994-95 |
| 1-6 | Average percentage correct on grade 8 TIMSS science assessment, by country: 1994-95 |
| 1-7 | Percentage of high school graduates earning credits in selected mathematics courses, by sex |
| 1-8 | Percentage of high school graduates earning credits in mathematics courses, by race/ethnicity |
| 1-9 | National trends in average NAEP scale scores in mathematics at ages 9, 13, and 17 |
| 1-10 | Percentage of students at or above levels 2 and 3 on NAEP mathematics assessments, by grade |
| 1-11 | NAEP grade 8 average scale scores in mathematics, by state |
| 1-12 | Average percentage correct on grade 4 TIMSS mathematics assessment, by country: 1994-95 |
| 1-13 | Average percentage correct on grade 8 TIMSS mathematics assessment, by country: 1994-95 |
| 1-14 | Average number of topics in mathematics textbooks in Germany, Japan, and the United States, by grade: 1994-95 |
| 1-15 | Average number of topics in general science textbooks in Germany, Japan, and the United States, by grade: 1994-95 |
| 1-16 | Average hours spent on homework and in watching TV, by eighth graders: 1994-95 |
| 1-17 | Percentage of U.S. public schools and instructional rooms with Internet access, by proportion of minority enrollment |
| 1-18 | Percentage of science and methematics teachers implementing reform activities in their classes: 1996 |
| 1-19 | Teacher beliefs about the nature and teaching of methematics and science: 1994-95 |
| 1-20 | Teacher perceptions of student skills required for success in mathematics and science: 1994-95 |
| 1-21 | Percentage of public secondary students taught by teachers without at least a minor in the field, by school poverty enrollment: 1993-94 |
| 2-1 | First university degrees in S&E, by world region: 1995 or most recent year |
| 2-2 | First university degrees in S&E in three world regions: 1995 or most recent year |
| 2-3 | Trends in population aged 20-24: 1975-2005 |
| 2-4 | Proportion of 24-year-olds earning NS&E degrees, by country |
| 2-5 | U.S. higher education in 1995: Students, institutions, and degrees |
| 2-6 | U.S. enrollment in higher education, by institution type |
| 2-7 | Bachelor's and master's degrees awarded in S&E, by institution type: 1995 |
| 2-8 | Freshmen reporting need for remedial work in science or math, by intended major: 1995 |
| 2-9 | Minority representation among freshmen planning to major in an S&E field |
| 2-10 | Representation of women and minorities in undergraduate engineering enrolments |
| 2-11 | Bachelor's degrees awarded in S&E |
| 2-12 | Bachelor's degrees awarded in S&E, by sex |
| 2-13 | Graduate enrollment in S&E, by sex |
| 2-14 | Graduate S&E enrollment for selected groups |
| 2-15 | Foreign student enrollment in graduate engineering programs |
| 2-16 | S&E doctoral degrees awarded by U.S. universities |
| 2-17 | NS&E doctoral degrees awarded by U.S. universities to U.S. and foreign citizens |
| 2-18 | S&E doctoral degrees awarded to Asian students by Asian and U.S. universities |
| 2-19 | Asian recipients of NS&E doctorates from U.S. universities with firm plans to stay in the United States |
| 2-20 | Foreign-born S&E faculty in U.S. higher education, by field: 1993 |
| 2-21 | Proportion of NS&E doctoral degrees earned by foreign students in selected countries: 1995 or most recent year |
| 3-1 | Changes in employment status of recent S&E Ph.D.s between 1993 and 1995 |
| 3-2 | Percentage of Ph.D.s in postdoctorate positions, by years since degree: 1995 |
| 3-3 | Unemployment rates of scientists and engineers, by broad occupation and highest degree received: 1995 |
| 3-4 | Age distribution of employed scientists and engineers, by highest degree received: 1995 |
| 3-5 | Median annual salaries of employed scientists and engineers, by broad occupation and highest degree received: 1995 |
| 3-6 | Proportion of women in the S&E workforce, by broad occupation: 1995 |
| 3-7 | Women as a proportion of employed scientists and engineers, by sector of employment: 1995 |
| 3-8 | Median annual salaries of employed scientists and engineers, by broad occupation and sex: 1995 |
| 3-9 | Median annual salaries of employed scientists and engineers, by broad occupation and race/ethnicity: 1995 |
| 3-10 | Distribution of service sector S&E jobs, by major industry group |
| 3-11 | Engineering employment in the service sector, by major industry group |
| 3-12 | Permanent visas issued to immigrant scientists and engineers |
| 3-13 | Scientists and engineers engaged in R&D per 10,000 labor force, by country |
| 3-14 | U.S. scientists and engineers engaged in R&D, as a percentage of the G-7 total |
| 3-15 | S&E jobs, by broad occupation: 1996 and projected 2006 |
| 4-1 | National R&D funding, by source |
| 4-2 | National R&D expenditures: 1997 |
| 4-3 | National R&D expenditures, by source of funds |
| 4-4 | Federal R&D support, by performing sector |
| 4-5 | U.S. industrial R&D expenditures, by source of funds |
| 4-6 | National R&D funding, by performer |
| 4-7 | National R&D expenditures, by source of funds, performing sector, and character of work: 1997 |
| 4-8 | The federal share of total U.S. funding of basic research, applied research, and development |
| 4-9 | Number of U.S. biotechnology companies |
| 4-10 | Consolidation of the U.S. aerospace industry into the "big three" |
| 4-11 | Total nonfederal R&D funding as a percentage of net sales for all manufacturing industries |
| 4-12 | R&D share of the federal budget |
| 4-13 | Projected federal R&D obligations, by agency and character of work: 1997 |
| 4-14 | National R&D obligations, by selected agency |
| 4-15 | Growth in R&D consortia registered under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act |
| 4-16 | Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles relationships |
| 4-17 | Advanced Technology Program funding |
| 4-18 | Japanese and German R&D expenditures and annual changes in R&D estimates |
| 4-19 | U.S. and other G-7 countries' R&D expenditures |
| 4-20 | Rates of change in total R&D spending for selected countries |
| 4-21 | R&D as a percentage of GDP for G-7 countries |
| 4-22 | R&D as a percentage of GDP for the Russian Federation and Central European countries |
| 4-23 | R&D expenditures, by country, performer, and source: Mid-1990s |
| 4-24 | Share of industry domestic R&D financed from foreign sources |
| 4-25 | Distribution of R&D by character of work in selected countries: 1995 |
| 4-26 | Government R&D support, by country and socioeconomic objective: 1995-96 |
| 4-27 | Difference in U.S. performer-reported versus agency-reported federal R&D |
| 4-28 | Federal R&D funding, by budget function |
| 4-29 | Small Business Innovation Research awards, by technology area: 1983-95 |
| 4-30 | R&E tax credits: Total and percentage of government R&D outlays |
| 4-31 | New international strategic technology alliances, by technology and world region |
| 4-32 | New international strategic technology alliances, by technology and world region |
| 4-33 | Balance in U.S. and foreign industrial R&D investment flows |
| 4-34 | U.S. flows of industrial R&D, by world region |
| 4-35 | Ratio of U.S. overseas R&D to company-financed domestic R&D, by industry |
| 4-36 | U.S. R&D performed abroad |
| 4-37 | U.S. industrial R&D financed by majority-owned foreign firms: Share of total and sources of funds |
| 5-1 | Academic R&D, research, and basic research as a proportion of U.S. totals |
| 5-2 | National and academic R&D expenditures, by character of work and performer: 1997 |
| 5-3 | Sources of academic R&D funding |
| 5-4 | Academic R&D expenditures, by field |
| 5-5 | Distribution of federal agency academic research obligations, by field: FY 1995 |
| 5-6 | Major agency field shares of federal academic research obligations: FY 1995 |
| 5-7 | Funding sources for new construction and repair/renovation of S&E research space, by type of institution: 1994-95 |
| 5-8 | Percentage of S&E research space newly constructed between 1986 and 1995, by field: 1996 |
| 5-9 | Current fund expenditures for research equipment at academic institutions, by field |
| 5-10 | Current fund expenditures for research equipment at academic institutions, by field |
| 5-11 | Current fund expenditures for research equipment at academic institutions, by field |
| 5-12 | Age distribution of full-time doctoral S&E faculty |
| 5-13 | Age distribution of full-time doctoral S&E faculty at research universities and other academic institutions |
| 5-14 | Age distribution of full-time doctoral S&E faculty at research universities and other academic institutions |
| 5-15 | Number of recent Ph.D.s in academic S&E, by type of position |
| 5-16 | Academic doctoral scientists and engineers and those with research responsibility |
| 5-17 | Support for full-time S&E graduate students |
| 5-18 | Percentage of full-time S&E graduate students with Federal Government as primary source of support, by primary mechanism of support |
| 5-19 | Percentage of full-time S&E graduate students with a research assistantship as primary mechanism of support, by field |
| 5-20 | Relative importance of research assistantships as primary mechanism of support for full-time S&E graduate students and new S&E Ph.D.s, by field: 1995 |
| 5-21 | Percentage of research assistants whose primary source of support is the Federal Government, by field |
| 5-22 | Field distribution of research assistantships with primary support from a federal agency, by agency: FY 1995 |
| 5-23 | Research assistantships supported primarily by the Federal Government, agency shares by S&E field: FY 1995 |
| 5-24 | Research assistantships supported primarily by the Federal Government, agency shares by S&E field: FY 1995 |
| 5-25 | Research assistantships supported primarily by the Federal Government, agency shares by S&E field: FY 1995 |
| 5-26 | Scientific and technical article output of selected countries, per billion U.S. dollars of GDP: 1995 |
| 5-27 | Distribution of selected countries' and regions' scientific and technical articles, by field: 1995 |
| 5-28 | Percentage of internationally coauthored articles involving one or more U.S. authors, for selected countries |
| 5-29 | Citations in selected countries' scientific and technical literature to U.S., own, and major regions' articles: 1995 |
| 5-30 | Number of citations on U.S. patents to U.S. scientific and technical articles |
| 5-31 | Number of universities and colleges granted patents |
| 5-32 | Number of academic patents granted |
| 5-33 | Percentage of total academic patents in three utility classes |
| 6-1 | International economic comparisons |
| 6-2 | Global sales of manufactured products |
| 6-3 | High-tech industries' share of total manufacturing output |
| 6-4 | Country share of global high-tech market |
| 6-5 | U.S. global market share, by high-tech industry |
| 6-6 | Global market share, by country and high-tech industry: 1995 |
| 6-7 | High-tech exports |
| 6-8 | Export market share: 1995 |
| 6-9 | Apparent consumption of high-tech products |
| 6-10 | Import share of domestic high-tech markets |
| 6-11 | U.S. trade balance in top three advanced technology products |
| 6-12 | U.S. trade balance of royalties and fees |
| 6-13 | U.S. royalties and fees generated from the exchange of industrial processes between unaffiliated companies: 1995 |
| 6-14 | Percent shares of total industrial R&D in OECD countries |
| 6-15 | Industrial R&D performance |
| 6-16 | U.S. patents granted, by nationality of inventor |
| 6-17 | U.S. patents granted to foreign inventors, by nationality of inventor |
| 6-18 | Share of total patents awarded to nonresident inventors |
| 6-19 | Patents granted to nonresident inventors: 1994 |
| 6-20 | Robot technology: Number of international patent families, by priority year and country |
| 6-21 | Genetic engineering: Number of international patent families, by priority year and country |
| 6-22 | Advanced ceramics technology: Number of international patent families, by priority year and country |
| 6-23 | U.S. venture capital: Total under management, annual commitments, and disbursements |
| 6-24 | U.S. venture capital disbursements, by industry category |
| 6-25 | U.S. venture capital disbursements, by stage of financing |
| 6-26 | European venture capital disbursements, by stage of financing |
| 6-27 | Leading indicators of technological competitiveness: 1996 |
| 7-1 | Indices of public interest in selected policy issues |
| 7-2 | Indices of public interest in and self-assesed knowledge about scientific and technological issues, by sex and level of education: 1997 |
| 7-3 | Indices of public informedness on selected policy issues |
| 7-4 | Public attentiveness to selected policy issues |
| 7-5 | Attentiveness to science and technology policy, by sex and level of education: 1997 |
| 7-6 | Public understanding of scientific terms and concepts: 1997 |
| 7-7 | Mean score on Index of Scientific Construct Understanding, by sex, level of education, and attentiveness to science and technology: 1997 |
| 7-8 | Mean score on Index of Scientific Construct Understanding |
| 7-9 | Public understanding of the nature of scientific inquiry: 1997 |
| 7-10 | Mean score on Index of Scientific Construct Understanding in 14 countries |
| 7-11 | Support for government funding of basic scientific research, by level of general support for or reservations about science and technology: 1997 |
| 7-12 | Public confidence in leadership of selected institutions |
| 7-13 | Public assessment of scientific research |
| 7-14 | Public assessment of nuclear power |
| 7-15 | Public assessment of genetic engineering |
| 7-16 | Public assessment of space exploration |
| 7-17 | Public use of selected information sources: 1997 |
| 7-18 | Mean number of hours per year of television and radio use: 1997 |
| 7-19 | Public use of selected information sources, on an annual basis: 1997 |
| 7-20 | Percentage of adults with access to a computer at work or home, by educational level |
| 7-21 | Percentage of U.S. adults with one or more home computers: 1997 |
| 7-22 | Percentage of U.S. adults with one or more e-mail addresses: 1997 |
| 7-23 | Estimated number of U.S. adults seeking specific information on the World Wide Web, by subject area: 1997 |
| 8-1 | Technological components of an information processing system |
| 8-2 | Real net stock of IT equipment in the private sector |
| 8-3 | Number of World Wide Web users |
| 8-4 | Number of individuals per Internet server, for selected countries: 1996 |
| 8-5 | Percentage of elementary and secondary schools with 15 or more computers |
| 8-6 | Sectoral shares of U.S. GDP |
| 8-7 | Change in share of U.S. GDP, by type of service industry: 1959-94 |
| 8-8 | Changing share of U.S. service industries in total U.S. employment |
| 8-9 | Percentage of workers who use a computer at work, by selected industry: 1993 |
| 8-10 | Index of IT investments, by industry: 1991-92 |
| 8-11 | IT investments by the banking industry |
| 8-12 | Commercial banks output per employee |
| 8-13 | U.S. electronic funds transfer volume |
| 8-14 | Academic library access to electronic resources: 1996 |
| 8-15 | Number of K-12 students per computer, by state: 1995-96 |
| 8-16 | Diffusion of IT in U.S. public schools: 1996 |
| 8-17 | Percentage of K-12 schools with Internet access, by state: 1996 |
| 8-18 | Number of telecommuters in the United States |
| 8-19 | Student use of computers at school, by grade level and race/ethnicity: 1993 |
| 8-20 | Computer-related experience of college-bound seniors, by sex, race/ethnicity, and computing applications: 1996 |
| 8-21 | Student use of computers at school, grades 1-8, by level of household income: 1993 |
| 8-22 | Level of Internet access in schools by student body income level: 1996 |
| 8-23 | Proportion of adults who use computers at home and at work, by race/ethnicity: 1993 |
| 8-24 | Proportion of adults who use computers at home and at work, by level of formal education: 1997 |
| 8-25 | Proportion of adults who use computers at home and at work, by income level: 1993 |
| 8-26 | Percentage of U.S. households with a computer, by income level and geographic location: 1994 |
