Carnegie Foundation National Survey of Higher Education, Faculty Sample (1984)

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RANK (Weighted by WEIGHT) What is your present rank?   1) Instructor   2) Assistant Professor   3) Associate Professor   4) Professor   5) Lecturer   6) No ranks designated   7) Other

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Instructor	634	12.7%	12.7%
Assistant Professor	1029	20.6%	33.3%
Associate Professor	1224	24.5%	57.8%
Professor	1700	34.1%	91.9%
Lecturer	121	2.4%	94.3%
No ranks designated	217	4.4%	98.7%
Other	63	1.3%	100%
Missing	11	%	%

Variable Comparisons

How religious? Political ideology Religious preference Race Sex

How religious? (I-RELR)

	Deeply religious	Moderately religious	Largely indifferent to religion	Basically opposed to religion	Missing	TOTAL
Instructor	14.2% 97	13.9% 318	11.1% 174	9.1% 30	15	12.7% 619
Assistant Professor	21.1% 144	21.0% 482	20.0% 313	18.7% 62	29	20.6% 1001
Associate Professor	20.8% 142	24.5% 561	26.1% 408	25.7% 85	29	24.6% 1196
Professor	34.2% 234	32.2% 737	36.2% 566	42.0% 139	25	34.4% 1676
Lecturer	2.5% 17	2.5% 58	2.7% 42	0.6% 2	2	2.4% 119
No ranks designated	5.1% 35	4.5% 103	3.5% 54	3.0% 10	16	4.1% 202
Other	2.2% 15	1.4% 32	0.5% 8	0.9% 3	4	1.2% 58
Missing	1	4	5	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 2291	100.0% 1565	100.0% 331	120	4871

Political ideology (I-POLV)

	Left	Liberal	Middle-of-the road	Moderately conservative	Strongly conservative	Missing	TOTAL
Instructor	11.7% 33	11.2% 185	11.7% 152	14.6% 211	19.9% 41	12	12.7% 622
Assistant Professor	28.7% 81	21.5% 355	21.7% 281	17.1% 247	23.8% 49	17	20.8% 1013
Associate Professor	24.5% 69	25.7% 425	24.8% 322	22.6% 326	22.8% 47	36	24.4% 1189
Professor	27.0% 76	34.8% 575	34.6% 449	35.1% 507	30.1% 62	32	34.2% 1669
Lecturer	4.3% 12	2.9% 48	1.9% 24	2.2% 32	1.9% 4	1	2.5% 120
No ranks designated	3.2% 9	3.0% 50	3.6% 47	6.9% 100	1.0% 2	9	4.3% 208
Other	0.7% 2	0.8% 13	1.7% 22	1.4% 20	0.5% 1	5	1.2% 58
Missing	0	2	5	2	2	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 282	100.0% 1651	100.0% 1297	100.0% 1443	100.0% 206	112	4879

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Instructor	14.4% 279	13.4% 88	8.6% 23	14.1% 59	10.8% 185	12.7% 634
Assistant Professor	19.6% 378	24.7% 162	21.1% 56	19.4% 81	20.6% 353	20.6% 1030
Associate Professor	23.2% 448	23.7% 155	25.2% 67	21.1% 88	27.1% 466	24.5% 1224
Professor	34.6% 669	29.3% 192	41.4% 110	30.4% 127	35.1% 602	34.1% 1700
Lecturer	2.4% 46	2.0% 13	1.5% 4	2.2% 9	2.8% 48	2.4% 120
No ranks designated	4.9% 95	3.7% 24	0.0% 0	11.2% 47	3.0% 51	4.4% 217
Other	0.9% 17	3.2% 21	2.3% 6	1.7% 7	0.7% 12	1.3% 63
Missing	1	3	0	1	6	11
TOTAL	100.0% 1932	100.0% 655	100.0% 266	100.0% 418	100.0% 1717	4988

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Native Am	Asian	Missing	TOTAL
Instructor	11.9% 541	33.0% 38	24.1% 14	42.9% 6	11.6% 15	20	12.6% 614
Assistant Professor	20.5% 931	22.6% 26	15.5% 9	21.4% 3	24.0% 31	29	20.6% 1000
Associate Professor	24.8% 1125	22.6% 26	19.0% 11	0.0% 0	24.0% 31	32	24.5% 1193
Professor	34.9% 1588	12.2% 14	29.3% 17	35.7% 5	31.8% 41	36	34.3% 1665
Lecturer	2.3% 103	0.9% 1	6.9% 4	0.0% 0	7.0% 9	4	2.4% 117
No ranks designated	4.5% 206	0.9% 1	3.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	6	4.3% 211
Other	1.1% 50	7.8% 9	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	1.2% 60
Missing	11	1	0	0	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 4544	100.0% 115	100.0% 58	100.0% 14	100.0% 129	130	4860

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Instructor	9.7% 345	20.6% 273	16	12.6% 618
Assistant Professor	17.3% 616	29.6% 392	22	20.6% 1008
Associate Professor	25.6% 912	22.4% 297	15	24.7% 1209
Professor	41.1% 1467	15.6% 206	28	34.2% 1673
Lecturer	1.8% 63	4.1% 54	4	2.4% 117
No ranks designated	3.9% 139	5.0% 66	12	4.2% 205
Other	0.8% 27	2.6% 35	2	1.3% 62
Missing	10	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 3569	100.0% 1323	99	4892