American sociological
association trend data on the profession (links broken on asa website)
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Distribution
of Full-Time Faculty in Graduate Departments of Sociology by Rank and Gender
of Faculty Member (In Percents), AY 1997/98 and 2000/01 |
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1997/98 |
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2000/01 |
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Rank |
Men |
Women |
(N)a |
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Men |
Women |
(N)a |
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Full Professor |
78.6% |
21.4% |
(1,187) |
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74.4% |
25.6% |
(1,859) |
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Associate Professor |
64.6 |
35.4 |
(741) |
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57.6 |
42.4 |
(1,185) |
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Assistant Professor |
48.4 |
51.6 |
(519) |
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47.8 |
52.2 |
(1,183) |
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Instructor / Lecturer |
54.5 |
45.5 |
(33) |
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39.0 |
61.0 |
(100) |
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Total |
67.8 |
32.2 |
(2,480) |
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61.7 |
38.3 |
(4,337) |
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a Number of faculty in responding
departments in each category. |
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In academic year 1997/98 the greatest share of
sociology faculty (about 48 percent) were full professors, more than
twice the share of assistant professors. Men represented 79 percent of all
full professors, but only half of assistant professors. These patterns remain almost unchanged in
academic year 2000/01, while there were small increases in the share of women
associate and full professors compared to 1997/98. |
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Percentage
of Doctorate Degrees Earned by Women in Selected Disciplines, 1966-2003 |
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Year |
Sociology |
Economics |
Political Science |
Social Sciences (Total)a |
Psychology |
Physical Sciences (Total) |
Life Sciences (Total) |
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Five Year Intervals |
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1966-69 |
18.6% |
5.0% |
9.4% |
11.3% |
22.2% |
5.1% |
16.4% |
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1970-74 |
23.1 |
6.1 |
11.9 |
14.5 |
27.3 |
6.5 |
18.5 |
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1975-79 |
33.3 |
9.6 |
16.7 |
22.4 |
35.8 |
9.3 |
23.9 |
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1980-84 |
40.2 |
13.7 |
21.6 |
28.4 |
45.9 |
13.0 |
30.0 |
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1985-89 |
47.3 |
17.7 |
27.6 |
33.3 |
53.0 |
16.9 |
35.2 |
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1990-94 |
49.5 |
21.6 |
28.5 |
36.5 |
60.5 |
20.1 |
39.1 |
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1995-99 |
55.4 |
24.9 |
33.4 |
39.5 |
66.3 |
23.1 |
42.8 |
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2000-03 |
59.4 |
28.0 |
37.9 |
43.8 |
67.2 |
25.7 |
47.8 |
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Last Five Years |
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1999 |
60.0 |
27.1 |
35.2 |
41.9 |
66.9 |
23.3 |
45.1 |
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2000 |
59.1 |
27.0 |
37.1 |
43.0 |
66.7 |
24.5 |
47.3 |
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2001 |
58.4 |
28.4 |
33.7 |
43.0 |
67.1 |
24.7 |
47.6 |
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2002 |
61.1 |
27.6 |
42.1 |
44.6 |
66.8 |
26.8 |
47.9 |
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2003 |
59.0 |
28.9 |
38.8 |
44.8 |
68.1 |
26.9 |
48.6 |
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a Social Science total excludes psychology. |
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This table shows the increasing share of women awarded
doctorates in all of the sciences over the last two decades. After the year
2000, substantially more than half of PhDs in psychology and sociology were earned
by women. The life sciences come in third place, with almost half of new PhDs
awarded to women. Economics and political science had a smaller share of
women earning doctoral degrees than did the life sciences. |
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Doctorate Recipients in Social Science Disciplines, |
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Asian or |
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American Indian/ |
Other or Unknown |
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Year/Profession |
White |
Black |
Pacific Islander |
Hispanic |
Alaskan Native |
Races & Ethnicities |
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1980 |
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Sociology |
85.6% |
4.4% |
2.7% |
3.0% |
0.4% |
4.0% |
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(452) |
(23) |
(14) |
(16) |
(2) |
(21) |
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Psychology |
88.0 |
4.1 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
0.2 |
4.2 |
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(2,559) |
(118) |
(49) |
(56) |
(6) |
(121) |
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Economics |
82.6 |
2.6 |
6.4 |
2.4 |
0.3 |
5.8 |
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(545) |
(17) |
(42) |
(16) |
(2) |
(38) |
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Political Science |
86.1 |
4.3 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
4.9 |
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(526) |
(26) |
(16) |
(11) |
(2) |
(30) |
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1990 |
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Sociology |
78.4% |
7.0% |
4.6% |
8.2% |
0.3% |
1.5% |
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(258) |
(23) |
(15) |
(27) |
(1) |
(5) |
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Psychology |
88.4 |
3.8 |
1.8 |
3.6 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
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(2,645) |
(115) |
(53) |
(109) |
(19) |
(51) |
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Economics |
84.1 |
4.6 |
6.7 |
2.8 |
0.2 |
1.7 |
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(455) |
(25) |
(36) |
(15) |
(1) |
(9) |
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Political Science |
80.0 |
9.0 |
4.7 |
3.7 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
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(429) |
(48) |
(25) |
(20) |
(1) |
(13) |
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2000 |
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Sociology |
74.3% |
11.1% |
6.2% |
5.1% |
1.2% |
2.1% |
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(382) |
(57) |
(32) |
(26) |
(6) |
(11) |
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Psychology |
80.6 |
5.9 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
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(2,603) |
(190) |
(146) |
(211) |
(22) |
(58) |
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Economics |
78.9 |
4.4 |
9.5 |
4.4 |
0.2 |
2.6 |
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(397) |
(22) |
(48) |
(22) |
(1) |
(13) |
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Political Science |
79.3 |
7.6 |
4.7 |
3.5 |
0.5 |
4.4 |
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(637) |
(61) |
(38) |
(28) |
(4) |
(35) |
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2001 |
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Sociology |
74.4% |
9.4% |
6.4% |
8.1% |
0.4% |
1.3% |
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(349) |
(44) |
(30) |
(38) |
(2) |
(6) |
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Psychology |
80.9 |
5.8 |
4.0 |
5.8 |
0.6 |
3.0 |
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(2,438) |
(174) |
(120) |
(174) |
(17) |
(90) |
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Economics |
78.0 |
2.6 |
12.2 |
3.9 |
0.4 |
2.8 |
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(358) |
(12) |
(56) |
(18) |
(2) |
(13) |
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Political Science |
78.4 |
9.5 |
4.8 |
2.8 |
0.7 |
3.7 |
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(586) |
(71) |
(36) |
(21) |
(5) |
(28) |
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Note: The numbers in parentheses are
the number of doctorates earned in each category. The numbers do not include
temporary residents or those who did not check a racial category. This table shows the slow increase in
minorities that earned doctorates in social science disciplines over the last
two decades. In 2000, sociology had the highest share of African Americans
earning doctorates, although not the highest number. As of 2000, economics
had the highest percentage of Asian Americans earning doctorates in these
disciplines and psychology had the highest share of Hispanics (although the
numbers are still extremely small). The year 2001, for the most part,
continues these trends, except that the share of sociology PhDs to African
Americans fell by one and half percent. |
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