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Table A-9. Imputation for graduate students in science, engineering, and health fields, by citizenship, ethnicity, race, enrollment status, and sex: 2012

  Part time Full time First-time, full-time enrolled
Citizenship, ethnicity, and race Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Imputation rate (%)

    All graduate students		 1.5 3.5 3.5 1.1 1.6 1.8 1.3 1.5 2.1
        U.S. citizens and permanent residents
            Hispanic or Latino		 4.5 4.3 4.8 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.4
            Not Hispanic or Latino
                American Indian or Alaska Native		 3.7 5.0 2.7 2.0 2.7 1.6 1.1 1.0 1.2
                Asian 4.3 4.1 4.5 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.9 2.8 3.1
                Black or African American 4.5 4.2 4.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 1.8 1.7 1.8
                Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6.4 11.2 2.8 11.1 3.5 16.6 2.8 4.3 1.6
                White 3.3 3.7 2.9 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.4 2.0
                More than one race 2.6 1.8 3.2 1.2 0.8 1.5 1.3 0.9 1.6
            Unknown ethnicity and race 5.9 5.4 6.7 2.8 2.2 4.0 2.8 3.0 3.6

        Temporary visa holders		 1.9 1.7 2.1 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.6

Number imputeda

    All graduate students		 2,573 3,100 2,802 4,958 4,075 3,823 1,811 1,100 1,341
        U.S. citizens and permanent residents
            Hispanic or Latino		 566 253 313 541 257 284 188 90 98
            Not Hispanic or Latino
                American Indian or Alaska Native		 31 18 13 34 19 15 5 2 3
                Asian 481 253 228 588 277 321 240 115 127
                Black or African American 737 258 479 597 221 376 119 40 79
                Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 21 7 82 11 71 6 4 2
                White 2,949 1,729 1,220 3,832 2,092 1,740 986 392 594
                More than one race 62 21 41 76 22 54 28 8 20
            Unknown ethnicity and race 720 356 372 558 218 405 157 79 104

        Temporary visa holders		 400 235 165 2,119 1,256 909 629 343 296

a This table reports sum of counts imputed in each of these cells/variables. Because some units report totals without complete details, sum of imputed details will often be higher than related total.
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.