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Table A-10. Imputation for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health fields, by mechanism of support, sex, and source of support: 2012

  HHS  
Mechansim of support and sex All
sources
DOD DOE NIH Other NASA NSF USDA Other
federal
Domestic Foreign Institutional Self-
support
Imputation rate (%)

    All full-time students
1.1 19.0 2.8 7.4 14.5 13.2 5.6 5.6 8.5 9.5 7.2 7.9 12.4
        Fellowship 5.6 2.2 0.3 4.2 11.4 9.0 3.2 2.7 6.5 7.5 6.0 6.1 na
        Research assistantship 7.5 12.0 2.9 8.2 8.0 14.6 6.1 5.7 9.0 9.8 2.9 7.9 na
        Teaching assistantship 7.2 na 2.6 na 7.0 4.8 16.6 13.0 11.8 9.0 3.0 7.3 na
        Traineeship 7.6 5.1 0.0 6.7 30.6 0.0 5.7 4.8 5.7 9.5 50.9 17.3 na
        Other support 12.0 61.4 5.1 3.5 11.2 8.3 3.6 0.0 8.2 9.4 9.2 10.2 12.4

        Male
1.6 20.3 2.9 6.7 12.7 15.1 6.0 5.5 8.2 9.7 6.4 7.6 12.2
        Female 1.8 14.5 2.6 8.2 15.7 9.0 4.6 5.7 8.8 9.1 8.6 8.3 12.8

Number imputed

    All full-time students
4,958 1,665 148 1,797 278 287 1,347 149 984 2,127 374 4,488 714
        Fellowship 2,344 12 1 79 21 33 171 3 103 251 83 1,635 na
        Research assistantship 8,985 804 144 1,340 82 250 1,082 136 663 1,406 48 3,549 na
        Teaching assistantship 6,206 na 1 na 4 2 57 9 43 125 3 6,147 na
        Traineeship 887 5 0 355 154 0 28 1 28 53 58 691 na
        Other support 4,082 844 2 23 17 2 9 0 147 268 182 2,460 686

        Male
4,075 1,395 118 781 100 229 976 73 546 1,333 218 7,695 9,933
        Female 3,823 270 32 1,031 178 59 373 76 438 795 159 6,861 900

na = not applicable; not asked because this support mechanism does not apply.
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.
Data from survey cycle Fall 2012, as of December 2013.