| Table 5-19 | ||||||||
| Reasons for accepting postdoc position: 2008–10 | ||||||||
| 2008–10 | ||||||||
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Population change (%) |
Distribution change (%) |
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| Reason | 2008 | 2010 | ||||||
| Total | Percent | Total | Percent | |||||
| All reasons | ||||||||
| Additional training in PhD field | 12,200 | 67.6 | 14,800 | 65.2 | 21.3 | -3.6 | ||
| Training outside of PhD field | 8,100 | 44.9 | 11,000 | 48.2 | 35.8 | 7.3 | ||
| Work with person/at place | 11,300 | 62.9 | 12,900 | 56.8 | 14.2 | -9.7 | ||
| Other employment not available | 3,900 | 21.7 | 7,000 | 30.7 | 79.5 | 41.5 | ||
| Postdoc expected in this field | 13,900 | 76.9 | 17,000 | 75.1 | 22.3 | -2.3 | ||
| Some other reason | 1,500 | 8.3 | 1,900 | 8.4 | 26.7 | 1.2 | ||
| Most important reason | ||||||||
| Additional training in PhD field | 4,000 | 22.3 | 4,300 | 19.0 | 7.5 | -14.8 | ||
| Training outside of PhD field | 2,600 | 14.6 | 4,000 | 17.6 | 53.8 | 20.5 | ||
| Work with person/at place | 2,900 | 16.3 | 3,500 | 15.6 | 20.7 | -4.3 | ||
| Other employment not available | 1,800 | 9.8 | 3,100 | 13.5 | 72.2 | 37.8 | ||
| Postdoc expected in this field | 5,800 | 32.0 | 6,800 | 29.8 | 17.2 | -6.9 | ||
| Some other reason | 900 | 5.0 | 1,100 | 4.7 | 22.2 | -6.0 | ||
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NOTES: Data are for academically employed, U.S. trained postdocs. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics with National Opinion Research Center, special tabulations (2013) of the Survey of Doctorate Recipients. Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |
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