NCSES SDR 2013 DST 7

Table 7. Doctoral scientists and engineers, by field of doctorate and disability status: 2013

Field	Total		With disability		Without disability
Field	Number	SE	Number	SE	Number	SE
All fields	837,900	950	73,300	1,250	764,600	1,600
Science	649,000	1,000	58,900	1,200	590,100	1,600
Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences	211,900	700	16,800	650	195,100	850
Agricultural/ food sciences	19,900	500	2,100	250	17,800	500
Biochemistry/ biophysics	32,400	1,000	1,900	250	30,400	950
Cell/ molecular biology	23,600	650	1,500	200	22,100	650
Environmental life sciences	9,100	400	1,000	200	8,000	400
Microbiology	15,200	650	1,100	200	14,100	600
Zoology	12,000	550	1,600	250	10,400	550
Other biological sciences	99,700	1,350	7,600	500	92,200	1,300
Computer/ information sciences	23,000	300	1,500	200	21,500	300
Mathematics/ statistics	39,200	400	3,800	350	35,400	550
Physical sciences	148,800	500	13,400	600	135,400	750
Astronomy/ astrophysics	5,700	400	300	100	5,400	400
Chemistry, except biochemistry	76,600	450	7,000	450	69,600	600
Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciences^a	22,500	300	2,100	250	20,400	350
Physics	44,000	500	4,000	300	40,000	550
Psychology	120,200	500	10,900	500	109,400	700
Social sciences	105,900	600	12,600	550	93,300	750
Economics	27,600	350	2,800	300	24,800	450
Political sciences	24,400	650	3,000	300	21,300	650
Sociology	17,800	500	2,400	250	15,400	500
Other social sciences	36,100	750	4,300	350	31,800	750
Engineering	150,600	650	11,100	550	139,500	750
Aerospace/ aeronautical/ astronautical engineering	5,800	450	400	150	5,400	450
Chemical engineering	19,300	750	1,300	200	18,100	750
Civil engineering	12,700	650	1,000	200	11,800	650
Electrical/ computer engineering	43,800	400	3,300	300	40,500	500
Materials/ metallurgical engineering	15,700	650	1,300	250	14,400	600
Mechanical engineering	21,000	800	1,400	250	19,600	800
Other engineering	32,200	850	2,500	300	29,700	800
Health	38,300	350	3,300	300	35,000	450

Codes used in data tables: * = suppressed when population estimate < 50. D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. S = suppressed for reliability; coefficient of variation exceeds publication standards.
SE = standard error.
^a Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences includes other physical sciences.

NOTES: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100. Standard errors are rounded up to the nearest 50. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Survey asks degree of difficulty—none, slight, moderate, severe, or unable to do—an individual has in seeing (with glasses), hearing (with hearing aid), walking without assistance, lifting 10 pounds, or concentrating, remembering, or making decisions. Those respondents who answered "moderate," "severe," or "unable to do" for any activity were classified as having a disability.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, 2013.

Data from survey cycle 2013, as of 18 February 2014.