Improving the Design of the Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT) (2003) / Chapter Skim
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with demand, matching of education to job, and factors that affect the education and utilization of scientists and engineers (National Science Foundation, 2002; National Research Council, 19891. In its 1989 report, the National Research Council concluded that NSF should develop and maintain a data system to provide information that permits users to apply their own definitions of the science and engineering population for their particular research and analysis purposes, and that the system should support analyses of the scientific and engineering commu5
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These two populations are collectively referred to as the NSCG SHE panel. In 1995 and subsequent rounds of the survey, these same two groups have been followed (National Science Foundation, 2002; Westat, 2002b)
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Additional detailed information on SESTAT methodology is provided on the SRS SESTAT internet website (http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm ESeptember, 2The 1993 NSRCG covered those who received college degrees during the period April 1, 1990, to June 30, 1992.
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TYPES OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SESTAT Table 2-2 lists the degree fields and occupational categories within which more detailed educational and occupational labels are organized. In addition to the estimated counts of individuals for specific educational and occupational categories, SESTAT contains a wide range of information about scientists and engineers (National Science Foundation, 20021.
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Postsecondary teachers of computer and mathematical sciences Life and related scientists · Agricultural and food scientists Biological scientists Environmental life scientists Postsecondary teachers of life and related sciences Physical scientists · Chemists, except biochemists Earth scientists, geologists, and oceanographers Physicists and astronomers Other physical scientists Postsecondary teachers of physical and related sciences Social and related scientists E · conomlsts Political and related scientists Psychologists Sociologists and anthropologists Other social scientists Postsecondary teachers of social sciences E
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Educational information in SESTAT includes dates awarded a high school diploma and associate degrees; level, field, and date for the first bachelor's degree and up to the two most recent other degrees; and any continuing education, including post~egree college courses, field of study, and extent of employer financing. The SESTAT surveys also collect information on family characteristics (marital status, spouse's employment status, children, and parents' educational attainment)
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The dashed oval shows the combinations of degree type, labor force status, and S&E occupational status that are included in the SESTAT target population. Theoretically, the 1993 NSCG can provide complete coverage of the SESTAT population in April 1990, because all members of that population were U.S.
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IMPROVING THE DESIGN OF SESTAT Labor force S&E degree status status S&E occupational status — _ _ l X at,; D: Notinlaborforce | ~ B: Atleast one / '1 science or / engineering degree \ _ _, _ _ / A,; G: Employed ~ '~ M: Has an S&E job | ~ ~ C No science or \~ engineering degree /q~ ~ 6 F: Employed ~ ~ L: Has an S&E job | 1 I FIGURE 2-1 Schematic of SESTAT population as a function of S&E degree status, labor force status, and S&E occupation status. SOURCE: National Science Foundation (2002: Figure 1~.
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For the last three cycles of conditional rates for NSCG, the unconditional response rates for the initial 1993 NSCG sample (in the second column) are roughly multiplicative.3 For example, the unconditional response rate in 1995 was about 74 percent (78 percent times 95 percent)
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For background information also see design and methodology report on the National Science Foundation SESTAT website (http://srsstats.sbe.nsf.gov/techinfo.html)
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