Table 3-13
Primary reason for taking current postdoc, by field: 2003
(Percent)
 
Doctorate field Additional
training in doctorate field		 Training
outside
doctorate field		 Postdoc
generally
expected in field		 Association
with particular
person or place		 Other
employment
not available		 Other
All S&E fields 21.8 14.2 30.7 18.1 11.6 3.5
Biological sciences 19.1 15.1 37.2 17.4 8.2 3.0
Chemistry 21.9 26.9 21.8 16.7 10.9 1.9
Engineering 26.3 12.9 18.4 8.2 31.2 3.0
Geoscience 12.9 15.5 12.5 25.3 29.1 4.7
Physics 22.1 12.1 36.0 21.5 2.0 6.3
Psychology 29.1 8.9 24.0 23.1 10.7 4.2
 

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients (2003).
 
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