Females made up about 26 percent of employed S&E doctorate holders in 2001.

• More than half of employed S&E doctorate holders in 2001 were males who had earned their doctorates 10 or more years earlier.
• Females constituted a larger share of recent S&E doctorate holders (i.e., those who had earned doctorates less than 10 years earlier) than they did of S&E doctorate holders who earned doctorates more than 10 years earlier.