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Selected Employment Characteristics

  
           
Selected Employment Characteristics of Doctorate Social and Behavioral Scientists (In Percents), 1993 to 2001
Year and Indicator Economics Political and Related Sciences Sociology Other Social Sciences Psychology
           
1993          
Unemployment Rate 1.4 2.0 1.3    1.6 1.5
Labor Force Participation Rate  90.1    91.2    93.4  90.6   92.1
Involuntary Out-of-Field Rate 1.6 4.7 3.5    8.1 7.6
           
1995          
Unemployment Rate 1.3 1.1 1.0    0.9 0.6
Labor Force Participation Rate  89.4    91.5    90.1  90.0   92.9
Involuntary Out-of-Field Rate 1.4 5.5 6.9    6.2 3.1
           
1997          
Unemployment Rate 0.9 1.6 0.7    1.8 0.7
Labor Force Participation Rate  87.5    90.8    88.7  90.0   91.9
Involuntary Out-of-Field Rate 2.1 4.8 3.5    6.9 3.1
           
1999          
Unemployment Rate 1.1 1.1 1.2    1.2 1.2
Labor Force Participation Rate  88.0    87.6    87.3  89.9   91.5
Involuntary Out-of-Field Rate 1.9 5.0 4.5    6.7 2.8
           
2001          
Unemployment Rate 1.3 1.5 0.9    1.5 0.8
Labor Force Participation Rate  88.4    89.0