Table 5-23a. Women science and engineering doctorate 

 recipients, by field, 1965-74 



Table 5-23b. Women as a percent of total science and 

 engineering doctorate recipients, by field, 1965-74 



Year 



Total 



Physical 

 sciences 



Engi- 

 neering 



Mathe- 

 matical 

 sciences 



Life 

 sciences^ 



Social 

 sciences 



1965 

 1966 

 1967 

 1968 

 1969 



1970 

 1971 

 1972 

 1973 

 1974 



' Less than 5 percent 



^ Includes environmental sciences 



SOURCE- National Acaclemy of Sciences, Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities, annual series 



Table 5-24. Minority representation among scientists and engineers, 

 by field, 1972 



Total 

 scientists 



and 



engineers 



(thousands) 



Minorities as percent of total 



All 

 minorities 



Black 



Oriental 



Other 

 non-white 



Total 



Engineers 



Mathematical scientists 

 Computer scientists . . . 



Life scientists 



Physical scientists .... 

 Social scientists 

 and psychologists . . . 



1,336.5 



4.0 



1.2 



2.4 



0.4 



840.3 

 31.1 



112.1 

 77.2 



179.8 



95.9 



3.4 

 8.3 

 3.5 

 5.5 

 5.8 



4.3 



.8 

 4.5 

 1.5 

 1.7 

 1.7 



2.5 



2.3 

 3.2 

 1.5 

 2.5 

 3.8 



1.5 



.3 

 .6 

 .5 

 1.3 

 .3 



NOTE Detail may not add to totals because of rounding. 

 SOURCE National Science Foundation, special tabulations 



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