Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: Figure H-4

Figure H-4. Age distribution of employed scientists and engineers, by disability status: 2003

Figure H-4. Age distribution of employed scientists and engineers, by disability status: 2003.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT).

Employed scientists and engineers with disabilities are older, on average, than those without disabilities.

Only 5 percent of employed scientists and engineers with disabilities were 29 or younger in 2003, compared with 12 percent of those without disabilities.
Conversely, 54 percent of those with disabilities and 30 percent of those without were 50 or older.

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Table H-38. Demographic characteristics of employed scientists and engineers, by disability status and sex: 2003 Excel PDF

This figure will be updated as new data become available. This figure was last updated December 2006.

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Last Updated: December 2006

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