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Table 4-18b. Other health postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2018

Characteristic Postdoctoral appointees Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers
Number Percent Number Percent
Institutions 137 19.2 113 15.8
Schools 161 19.7 124 15.2
Units 450 2.3 301 1.5
All individuals 2,742 100.0 1,277 100.0
Male 1,335 48.7 604 47.3
Female 1,407 51.3 673 52.7
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 1,406 51.3 na na
Hispanic or Latino 96 3.5 na na
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 3 0.1 na na
Asian 284 10.4 na na
Black or African American 62 2.3 na na
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 * na na
White 780 28.4 na na
More than one race 25 0.9 na na
Unknown ethnicity and race 155 5.7 na na
Temporary visa holders 1,336 48.7 na na
Primary source of support
Federal 1,212 44.2 na na
Nonfederalb 1,095 39.9 na na
Personal resources 7 0.3 na na
Unknown or not stated 428 15.6 na na
Primary mechanism of support
Fellowships 284 10.4 na na
Research grants 1,402 51.1 na na
Traineeships 223 8.1 na na
Other types of support 833 30.4 na na
Degree typec
Doctoral degree 1,868 68.1 831 65.1
Professional degree 231 8.4 147 11.5
Dual degree 66 2.4 26 2.0
Unknown 577 21.0 273 21.4
Degree origin
United States 890 32.5 na na
Foreign country 706 25.7 na na
Unknown 1,146 41.8 na na
* = value < 0.05%; na = not applicable; citizenship, race and ethnicity, source of support, mechanism of support, and degree origin data are not collected for doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers.
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
b Nonfederal includes foreign support.
c Doctoral degree includes PhD, ScD, DEng, etc.; professional degree includes MD, DVM, DO, DDS, etc.; dual degree includes both professional and doctoral degrees (MD-PhD, DVM-PhD, etc.).
NOTES: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdoctorates and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. Percentages may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2018.