Labor Force Participation Rates for Doctorate Social and Behavioral Scientists, 1993 - 2006
Notes: Labor force is defined as those employed plus those unemployed and seeking work. The labor force participation rate is the ratio of the labor force to the population.
Summary:
The labor force participation rates for behavioral and social science PhDs dropped between 1993 and 2001. The highest drop was for sociologists. This is likely because of increased retirements for all these fields. Sociology PhDs, however, enjoyed a modest 1 percent increase in labor force participation in 2006, the strongest gain among these fields.
Related charts:
- Unemployment Rates for Doctorate Social and Behavioral Scientists, 1993 - 2006
- Unemployment Rates for All Social and Behavioral Scientists, 2003 and 2006
- Unemployment Rates in Science and Engineering by Degree Level, 2003 and 2006
- Retirement Rates for Doctorate Social and Behavioral Scientists, 1993 - 2006
- Involuntarily Out-of-Field Rates for Doctorate Social and Behavioral Scientists, 1993 - 2003
- Replacement in the Social Sciences: Ratio of the Number of New PhDs Awarded per Each Retiree in Selected Social Science and Behavioral Disciplines, 1993 - 2003
Source:
ASA Computations Based on National Science Foundation, Science Resource Statistics, Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States (Arlington, VA: NSF, 1996-2006). Retrieved from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09317/content.cfm?pub_id=3920&id=2 (November 12, 2009).
Data: A tabular version of this data in Excel format is available here.