Table B-5. Selected employment characteristics of U.S. scientists and engineers, bylevel and broad field of highest degree attained and sex: 1995
Level and field of highestdegree, and sexUnemployment rateInvoluntarily out-of-field rateLabor force participationrate
All degree levels
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All degree fields, total
............................................2.4%9.3%86.1%Male..........................................................................2.3 8.2 88.4Female......................................................................2.6 11.6 81.7
S&E degree fields, total
........................................2.6 10.6 84.5Male........................................................................2.5 9.4 87.0Female....................................................................2.8 13.1 79.9
Sciences, total
.....................................................2.6 12.4 84.5Male......................................................................2.5 11.6 88.4Female..................................................................2.7 13.6 79.4
Computer/math sciences, total
.......................2.4 5.4 89.8Male....................................................................2.4 4.9 93.4Female................................................................2.3 6.6 83.3
Life/related sciences, total
...............................2.5 11.9 83.1Male....................................................................2.0 11.4 86.3Female................................................................3.1 12.8 78.4
Physical/related sciences, total
.......................2.8 11.8 81.7Male....................................................................2.8 11.8 84.6Female................................................................3.1 11.6 72.0
Social/related sciences, total
...........................2.7 15.2 84.0Male....................................................................2.7 14.8 88.5Female................................................................2.7 15.6 79.6
Engineering, total
...............................................2.7 5.3 84.7Male......................................................................2.6 5.2 84.5Female..................................................................3.2 6.5 86.7
Non-S&E degree fields, total
...............................1.8 5.7 90.6Male........................................................................1.8 4.8 92.4Female....................................................................2.0 7.4 87.0
Bachelor’sAll degree fields, total
............................................2.7%12.0%84.4%Male..........................................................................2.7 10.6 87.1Female......................................................................2.8 14.6 79.5
S&E degree fields, total
........................................2.8 12.2 83.5Male........................................................................2.7 10.9 86.4Female....................................................................2.9 14.8 78.5
Sciences, total
.....................................................2.8 14.4 83.7Male......................................................................2.6 13.7 88.4Female..................................................................2.9 15.4 78.0
Computer/math sciences, total
.......................2.5 5.8 89.3Male....................................................................2.6 5.4 93.6Female................................................................2.4 6.6 82.3
Life/related sciences, total
...............................2.6 14.6 82.3Male....................................................................2.1 14.4 86.1Female................................................................3.4 14.9 77.4See explanatory information, if any, and SOURCE at end of table.Page 1 of 3
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