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

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GDH9 (Weighted by WEIGHT) From the following list, circle the most appropriate detailed subject for each question. Subject of highest graduate degree now held? -- Physical Sciences   1) Chemistry   2) Earth Sciences (incl. Geology)   3) Physics   4) General/Other Physical Sciences   5) Psychology

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Chemistry	140	27.1%	27.1%
Earth Sciences (incl. Geology)	60	11.6%	38.7%
Physics	129	25%	63.7%
General/Other Physical Sciences	8	1.5%	65.2%
Psychology	180	34.8%	100%
Missing	4482	%	%

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
Chemistry	24.0% 12	31.5% 58	23.7% 50	15.1% 8	12	25.7% 128
Earth Sciences (incl. Geology)	8.0% 4	14.1% 26	9.5% 20	18.9% 10	1	12.0% 60
Physics	42.0% 21	18.5% 34	25.6% 54	30.2% 16	5	25.1% 125
General/Other Physical Sciences	4.0% 2	2.2% 4	0.5% 1	1.9% 1	0	1.6% 8
Psychology	22.0% 11	33.7% 62	40.8% 86	34.0% 18	3	35.5% 177
Missing	634	2110	1359	281	0	4384
TOTAL	100.0% 50	100.0% 184	100.0% 211	100.0% 53	21	498

Political ideology (I-POLV)

	Left	Liberal	Middle-of-the road	Moderately conservative	Strongly conservative	Missing	TOTAL
Chemistry	3.6% 1	21.1% 45	29.4% 35	35.0% 48	50.0% 6	5	26.5% 135
Earth Sciences (incl. Geology)	3.6% 1	9.4% 20	13.4% 16	16.1% 22	8.3% 1	0	11.8% 60
Physics	35.7% 10	21.6% 46	24.4% 29	29.9% 41	25.0% 3	1	25.3% 129
General/Other Physical Sciences	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.7% 2	2.9% 4	0.0% 0	0	1.4% 7
Psychology	57.1% 16	47.4% 101	31.1% 37	16.1% 22	16.7% 2	3	35.0% 178
Missing	254	1439	1182	1309	194	0	4378
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 213	100.0% 119	100.0% 137	100.0% 12	9	509

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Chemistry	31.9% 51	46.0% 23	19.0% 11	25.9% 7	21.4% 48	27.0% 140
Earth Sciences (incl. Geology)	17.5% 28	12.0% 6	1.7% 1	3.7% 1	10.7% 24	11.6% 60
Physics	26.3% 42	18.0% 9	17.2% 10	48.1% 13	24.6% 55	24.9% 129
General/Other Physical Sciences	1.3% 2	8.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1.5% 8
Psychology	23.1% 37	16.0% 8	62.1% 36	22.2% 6	42.4% 95	35.1% 182
Missing	1772	608	210	392	1500	4482
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 50	100.0% 58	100.0% 27	100.0% 224	519

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Native Am	Asian	Missing	TOTAL
Chemistry	26.6% 128	40.0% 2	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	26.7% 4	5	26.7% 135
Earth Sciences (incl. Geology)	11.6% 56	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 3	1	11.7% 59
Physics	24.3% 117	0.0% 0	60.0% 3	0.0% 0	46.7% 7	2	25.1% 127
General/Other Physical Sciences	1.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	0	1.6% 8
Psychology	36.0% 173	60.0% 3	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	35.0% 177
Missing	4074	110	53	15	114	0	4366
TOTAL	100.0% 481	100.0% 5	100.0% 5	100.0% 0	100.0% 15	11	506

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Chemistry	27.4% 121	17.6% 12	7	26.1% 133
Earth Sciences (incl. Geology)	12.2% 54	8.8% 6	1	11.8% 60
Physics	28.6% 126	4.4% 3	1	25.3% 129
General/Other Physical Sciences	1.1% 5	4.4% 3	0	1.6% 8
Psychology	30.6% 135	64.7% 44	1	35.2% 179
Missing	3138	1256	0	4394
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 68	10	509