Research Catalog

Title

Survey of earned doctorates [electronic resource] : doctorate records file (extract, 1986/1987 through 1990/1991 (fiscal years).

Publication

[Washington, D.C. : National Research Council, Doctorate Records Project, 1992].

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• National Endowment for the Humanities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79126931
• National Institutes of Health (U.S.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78085445
• National Research Council (U.S.). Doctorate Records Project. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89656973
• National Science Foundation (U.S.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005681
• United States. Department of Education. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78009820
• United States. Dept. of Agriculture. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79008243

Summary

Contains information about the first doctorate degree earned by individuals at institutions of higher education in the United States. It includes such data as fiscal year of doctorate, major field, sex, U.S. citizenship status, and the racial/ethnic group (American Indian/Native American or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, Puerto Rican, Mexican American, Other Hispanic, White, and a category for others).

Alternative Title

SED DRF

Subjects

• Doctor of philosophy degree > United States > Statistics
• Education, Higher > United States > Statistics
• Degrees, Academic > United States > Statistics
• Education > Demographic aspects > United States > Statistics

Note

• Title from the DSS website (viewed on Sep. 15, 2010).
• Data accessible via the Data and Statistical Services (DSS) website.
• The dataset in this collection is a special subset of the doctorate records file.

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Funding (note)

• The survey is sponsored by five federal agencies: National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Dept. of Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: Internet.

Documentation (note)

• Accompanied by a printed codebook.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library