Table 42. Percent distribution of full-time graduate students in doctorate departments, 

 by area of science and type of support, 1967-71' 



All 



Type of major support' areas 



Total 100.0 



Fellowships and traineeships; 



1967 32 4 



1968 32.1 



1969 29.7 



1970 27.6 



1971 25 4 



Research assistantships: 



1967 22.9 



1968 22.1 



1969 21.6 



1970 21.7 



1971 20 9 



Teaching assistantships: 



1967 23.0 



1968 23 5 



1969 24 



1970 25 2 



1971 24 7 



Other types of support^: 



1967 21.7 



1968 22.4 



1969 24.7 



1970 25.5 



1971 29.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



27.3 

 26,4 

 23.4 

 20.8 

 18.5 



31,4 

 303 

 31.6 

 31 3 

 30.1 



31.7 

 32.9 

 33.8 

 36,5 

 374 



9.6 

 10.5 

 11.2 

 11.3 

 14.0 



26.0 

 26.6 

 23.7 

 20.6 

 18.8 



93 

 8.5 

 9 1 

 96 

 9.1 



40.5 

 41.8 

 42.3 

 46.2 

 44.1 



24.2 

 23.0 

 24.9 

 23.5 

 28.1 



35.9 

 36.7 

 35.7 

 33.0 

 30.2 



25.4 

 24.0 

 22.2 

 22.2 



22.5 



21.4 

 21.6 

 22.8 

 23.5 

 23.0 



17.3 

 17.7 

 19.3 

 21 3 

 24.2 



100.0 



' Based on data submitted by 2.236 doctorate departments submitting traineeship applications m each of the years 1967-70 and 2,990 doctorate 

 departments reporting for 1971 

 ^ Major support is defined as a total stipend of $1,200 or more, exclusive of tuition, during an academic year, 

 ^ Includes principally family or self-support 

 Source Special tabulations from National Science Foundation surveys of graduate student support. 



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