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               Item               |1979-80|1980-81|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97
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     Number of doctorates ........| 5,325 | 5,461 | 5,748 | 5,734 | 5,754 | 6,164 | 6,342 | 6,605 | 6,933 | 7,115 | 7,395 | 7,739 | 7,918 | 8,255 | 8,213
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Sex (percent)                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Men ............................|  74.8 |  73.6 |  67.7 |  66.0 |  64.8 |  63.2 |  61.8 |  62.6 |  61.4 |  60.7 |  58.3 |  58.4 |  57.9 |  56.5 |  54.6
  Women ..........................|  25.2 |  26.4 |  32.3 |  34.0 |  35.2 |  36.8 |  38.2 |  37.4 |  38.6 |  39.3 |  41.7 |  41.6 |  42.1 |  43.5 |  44.7
Racial/ethnic group (percent)     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  American Indian ................|   0.2 |   0.2 |   0.4 |   0.5 |   0.4 |   0.4 |   0.3 |   0.2 |   0.4 |   0.4 |   0.3 |   0.4 |   0.5 |   0.5 |   0.3
  Asian ..........................|   5.3 |   4.8 |   4.7 |   4.9 |   5.7 |   5.0 |   5.3 |   5.6 |   6.6 |   7.1 |   8.7 |  15.7 |  18.5 |  17.9 |  15.3
  Black ..........................|   1.6 |   1.9 |   2.1 |   1.9 |   2.5 |   2.2 |   2.1 |   1.9 |   2.4 |   2.3 |   2.9 |   2.6 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   3.4
  Hispanic .......................|   1.1 |   1.4 |   1.9 |   2.1 |   2.0 |   2.3 |   2.1 |   2.7 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   3.5
  White ..........................|  91.8 |  91.7 |  90.8 |  90.5 |  89.4 |  90.0 |  90.1 |  89.6 |  88.0 |  87.3 |  85.1 |  78.2 |  74.9 |  75.5 |  77.5
Citizenship (percent)             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  United States ..................|  80.4 |  80.3 |  77.1 |  75.9 |  73.5 |  71.3 |  71.1 |  68.0 |  66.8 |  65.7 |  65.3 |  64.0 |  63.1 |  60.7 |  62.0
  Foreign ........................|  17.6 |  17.1 |  19.3 |  18.8 |  20.5 |  22.2 |  22.1 |  26.3 |  29.1 |  31.8 |  32.6 |  34.9 |  35.2 |  37.0 |  31.7
  Unknown ........................|   2.0 |   2.6 |   3.6 |   5.3 |   6.1 |   6.4 |   6.9 |   5.6 |   4.0 |   2.5 |   2.2 |   1.1 |   1.7 |   2.2 |   6.3
Median age at doctorate (years) ..|  30.0 |  30.1 |  31.3 |  31.6 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  32.2 |  32.3 |  32.4 |  32.7 |  32.5 |  32.7 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.3
Percent with bachelor's degree in |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 same field as doctorate .........|  40.9 |  40.7 |  58.3 |  57.1 |  55.6 |  55.4 |  53.4 |  53.8 |  54.1 |  53.5 |  51.9 |  51.0 |  50.8 |  49.2 |  46.9
Median time lapse from bachelor's |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 to doctorate (years)             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Total time .....................|   7.3 |   7.3 |   8.4 |   8.7 |   8.7 |   8.9 |   9.1 |   9.1 |   9.1 |   9.4 |   9.4 |   9.5 |   9.5 |   9.6 |   9.2
  Registered time ................|   5.8 |   5.9 |   6.3 |   6.4 |   6.5 |   6.5 |   6.5 |   6.7 |   6.7 |   6.7 |   6.8 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0
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