NCSES GSS 2012 DST 12

Table A-12. Imputation for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health fields, by mechanism and source of support, and sex: 2012

				HHS
Mechanism of support	All sources	DOD	DOE	NIH	Other	NASA	NSF	USDA	Other federal	Domestic	Foreign	Institutional	Self- support	Unknown	Male	Female
Imputation rate (%) All postdoctoral appointees	4.1	7.3	10.6	11.6	11.3	5.4	9.4	4.9	8.3	11.0	9.0	8.1	11.4	1.6	7.3	6.1
Fellowship	15.5	16.3	9.1	14.0	1.6	3.2	19.8	3.6	10.0	16.7	11.6	8.2	na	41.1	17.7	14.2
Research grant	13.9	7.3	10.4	12.7	12.4	4.9	7.6	4.2	8.1	11.4	4.7	9.2	na	81.6	14.4	13.5
Traineeship	18.7	6.5	11.1	18.8	10.0	0.0	38.7	0.0	14.2	16.7	0.0	13.4	na	71.0	20.2	17.6
Other support	12.2	28.9	29.2	45.4	0.0	45.8	30.0	22.2	9.5	8.4	11.1	8.5	11.4	20.5	13.1	11.0
Number imputed All postdoctoral appointees	2,600	177	212	2,488	118	33	406	33	266	947	161	942	51	71	2,783	1,494
Fellowship	1,036	16	4	228	1	2	44	1	21	233	70	137	na	279	672	413
Research grant	5,680	164	196	2,117	103	25	292	26	203	520	28	419	na	1,588	3,683	2,045
Traineeship	783	2	1	563	14	0	12	0	29	34	0	57	na	71	411	378
Other support	1,368	11	19	113	0	11	68	6	26	205	63	427	51	368	877	496

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.