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Profile of the AAG Membership, 2003-2005

AAG Membership by Gender and Race/Ethnicity, 2003-2005
  Females  Males  Gender Not Reported  Total  Percent 
Category 
2003
2004
2005
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2004
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2005
Asian  154 224 284 274 377 465 4 3 0 432 604 749 5.2 6.6 7.9
Black  32 42 59 75 99 127 1 1 0 108 142 186 1.3 1.6 2
Hispanic  41 52 82 70 94 126 0 0 0 111 146 208 1.3 1.6 2.2
Native Alaskan  1 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 4 5 0 0 0.1
Native American  13 12 18 20 25 33 0 0 0 33 37 51 0.4 0.4 0.5
Pacific Islander  6 5 6 5 8 10 0 0 0 11 13 16 0.1 0.1 0.2
White, Non-Hispanic 
N/A
N/A
 62
N/A
N/A
 103
N/A
N/A
 0
N/A
N/A
 165
N/A
N/A
 1.74
Not Reported 1788 2139 2581 3732 4284 4878 2161 1716 644 7681 8139 8103 91.7 89.6 85.4
Total  2035 2476 3094 4178 4889 5745 2166 1720 644 8379 9085 9483 100 100 100

 

AAG Membership by Gender and Highest Degree Attained, 2003-2005
  Females  Males  Gender Not Reported  Total 
 
2003
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Degree N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N %
Bachelor's 372 18.3 522 21.1 808 26.1 452 10.8 667 13.6 1047 18.2 9 0.4 10 0.6 6 0.9 833 9.9 1199 13.2 1861 19.6
Master's 669 32.9 749 30.3 913 29.5 962 23.0 1130 23.1 1345 23.4 8 0.4 3 0.2 5 0.8 1639 19.6 1882 20.7 2263 23.9
Doctorate  749 36.8 806 32.6 908 29.3 2472 59.2 2520 51.5 2583 45.0 15 0.7 9 0.5 3 0.5 3236 38.6 3335 36.7 3494 36.8
Undetermined  245 12.0 399 16.1 465 15.0 292 7.0 572 11.7 770 13.4 2134 98.5 1698 98.7 630 97.8 2671 31.9 2669 29.4 1865 19.7
Total  2035 100.0 2476 100.0 3094 100.0 4178 100.0 4889 100.0 5745 100.0 2166 100.0 1720 100.0 644 100.0 8379 100.0 9085 100.0 9483 100.0

 

AAG Membership by Gender and Employment Status, 2003-2005
  Females  Males  Gender Not Reported  Total 
 
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2005
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2004
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Employment Status N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N %
College/University 707 24.4 744 25.5 717 25.4 2075 71.5 2076 71.2 2066 73.2 119 4.1 94 3.2 94 1.4 2901 34.6 2914 32.1 2822 29.8
K-12 13 35.1 13 50.0 13 44.8 22 59.5 13 50.0 16 55.2 2 5.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 0.4 26 0.3 29 0.3
Student 638 37.4 679 38.1 744 44.0 737 43.1 861 48.3 885 52.3 333 19.5 241 13.5 241 3.7 1708 20.4 1781 19.6 1691 17.8
Federal Government 65 30.5 65 28.9 69 30.5 124 58.2 139 61.8 145 64.2 24 11.3 21 9.3 21 5.3 213 2.5 225 2.5 226 2.4
State/Local Government 50 26.6 47 23.0 54 26.9 129 68.6 141 69.1 139 69.2 9 4.8 16 7.8 16 4.0 188 2.2 204 2.2 201 2.1
Other Government 7 77.8 5 50.0 4 30.8 2 22.2 4 40.0 9 69.2 0 0 1 10.0 1 0.0 9 0.1 10 0.1 13 0.1
Military 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 9.1 20 83.3 17 94.4 19 86.4 4 16.67 1 5.6 1 4.5 24 0.3 18 0.2 22 0.2
Nonprofit 34 40.5 37 41.1 34 41.5 35 41.7 45 50.0 42 51.2 15 17.86 8 8.9 8 7.3 84 1.0 90 1.0 82 0.9
Research Center 35 31.5 35 31.0 32 33.0 71 64.0 75 66.4 61 62.9 5 4.5 3 2.7 3 4.1 111 1.3 113 1.2 97 1.0
Private Industry 71 26.1 68 24.5 86 30.1 164 60.3 195 70.1 195 68.2 37 13.6 15 5.4 15 1.7 272 3.2 278 3.1 286 3.0
Staff 9 45.0 79 61.2 84 62.2 7 35.0 12 9.3 15 11.1 4 20 38 29.5 38 26.7 20 0.2 129 1.4 135 1.4
Self-Employed 34 37.0 28 34.6 28 37.3 56 60.9 52 64.2 45 60.0 2 2.2 1 1.2 1 2.7 92 1.1 81 0.9 75 0.8
Unemployed 29 53.7 23 56.1 21 60.0 24 44.4 18 43.9 14 40.0 1 1.85 0 0.0 0 0.0 54 0.6 41 0.5 35 0.4
Retired 50 12.3 48 12.5 43 11.6 352 86.7 330 85.7 326 87.9 4 1.0 7 1.8 7 0.5 406 4.8 385 4.2 371 3.9
Not Reported 293 13.0 605 21.7 1163 34.2 360 15.9 911 32.7 1768 52.0 1607 71.1 1274 45.7 1274 13.7 2260 27.0 2790 30.7 3398 35.8
Total 2035 24.3 2476 27.3 3094 32.6 4178 49.9 4889 53.8 5745 60.6 2166 25.9 1720 18.9 644 6.8 8379 100.0 9085 100.0 9483 100.0