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ASA Section Membership by Membership Level and Gender in 2010
Top Ten Section Choices of Regular and Student Members, and Male and Female Members in 2010
| All Members | Regular Members | Student Members | Female Members | Male Members | ||||||
| Sections | Total 1 |
Section Rank | Total | Section Rank | Total | Section Rank | Total | Section Rank | Total | Section Rank |
| Culture | 8.25% | 1 | 8.75% | 2 | 9.42% |
1 | 7.81% | 5 | 8.84% | 1 |
| Sex and Gender |
8.18 | 2 | 8.86 | 1 | 9.07 | 3 | 13.37 | 1 | 2.34 | 30 |
| Medical Sociology |
7.43 | 3 | 8.15 | 3 | 7.18 | 4 | 9.19 | 3 | 5.56 | 10 |
| Organizations, Occupations, and Work |
6.88 | 4 | 7.82 | 4 | 6.21 | 8 | 6.70 | 8 | 7.28 | 5 |
| Race, Gender, and Class |
6.56 | 5 | 6.01 | 12** | 9.20 | 2 | 9.73 | 2 | 3.04 | 25 |
| Economic Sociology |
6.10 | 6 | 6.36 | 9 | 6.36 | 6 | 4.18 | 19 | 8.42 | 2 |
| Racial and Ethnic Minorities |
5.97 | 7 | 6.61 | 7 | 6.25 | 7** | 6.87 | 7 | 5.05 | 13 |
| Theory | 5.95 | 8 | 6.50 | 8 | 5.56 | 11 | 3.89 | 22 | 8.39 | 3 |
| Education, Sociology of |
5.93 | 9 | 6.05 | 11 | 6.25 | 7** | 6.27 | 9 | 5.64 | 9 |
| Family, Sociology of |
5.84 | 10 | 6.77 | 6 | 5.81 | 10 | 8.28 | 4 | 3.20 | 24** |
| Political Sociology |
5.73 | 11 | 6.01 | 12** | 6.50 | 5 | 4.34 | 14 | 7.37 | 4 |
| Collective Behavior/Social Movements |
5.59 | 12 | 6.09 | 10 | 5.92 | 9 | 5.07 | 12 | 6.27 | 8 |
| Teaching and Learning |
5.45 | 13 | 6.90 | 5 | 4.37 | 17 | 7.09 | 6 | 3.66 | 19** |
| Comparative and Historical Sociology |
5.05 | 14 | 5.68 | 14 | 4.68 | 15 | 3.79 | 23 | 6.51 | 7 |
| Religion, Sociology of |
5.00 | 15 | 5.22 | 15 | 5.28 | 13 | 3.61 | 24 | 6.70 | 6 |
| Aging and the Life Course |
4.41 | 16 | 5.08 | 16 | 3.70 | 23 | 5.46 | 10 | 3.33 | 21 |
| (N) | 13,708 | 7,337 | 4,511 | 7,195 | 6,280 | |||||
Notes:
1 Column totals do not add to 100%. Some members join more than one section.
** Indicates tied rankings.
This table can be found in the Footnotes article, "Core and Diversity in Sociology Section Membership in 2010." Additional 2010 membership data can be found in the research brief, "A Decade of Change: ASA Membership From 2000 - 2010." 
Source: ASA Membership Database, 2010.
Related Data:
- Top Ten Section Choices of Regular and Student Members, and Male and Female Members in 2005
- ASA Section Membership by Membership Level, 2005
- ASA Section Membership by Gender, 2005