Association of American Geographers

Profile of the AAG Membership, 2007

Table 1. AAG Membership by Sex and Highest Degree Attained, 2007*

Degree Type	Female		Male		Not Reported		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Bachelors	776	21.72	1,034	17.04	2	0.39	1,812	17.83
Masters	1,105	30.93	1,537	25.33	2	0.39	2,644	26.02
Doctorate	1,197	33.50	2,840	46.80	48	9.25	4,085	40.21
Undetermined	495	13.85	657	10.83	467	89.98	1,619	15.94
Total	3,573	100.00	6,068	100.00	519	100.00	10,160	100.00

* Because many individuals list anticipated degrees in the database, degree totals include only cases where date of degree has passed (that is,
up to and including 2007). Data reflect actual membership on 1/18/2008.
** This is the percentage of each sex holding a particular type of degree.
*** This category includes cases where degree was not reported or highest degree was not clear.

Table 2. AAG Membership by Sex and Employment Category, 2007

Employment Type	Female		Male		Not Reported		Total
	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
College/University**	604	26.15	1,690	73.16	16	0.69	2,310	22.74
K12***	6	33.33	12	66.67	0	0.00	18	0.18
Student	518	43.75	656	55.41	10	0.84	1,184	11.65
Federal Government	56	30.77	122	67.03	4	2.20	182	1.79
State/Local Government	36	26.67	98	72.59	1	0.74	135	1.33
Other Government	4	36.36	7	63.64	0	0.00	11	0.11
Military	0	0.00	16	100.00	0	0.00	16	0.16
Nonprofit	36	52.94	30	44.12	2	2.94	68	0.67
Research Center	25	35.71	45	64.29	0	0.00	70	0.69
Private Industry	56	28.00	144	72.00	0	0.00	200	1.97
Staff	73	61.34	17	14.29	29	24.37	119	1.17
Self-Employed	23	32.39	47	66.20	1	1.41	71	0.70
Unemployed	18	62.07	11	37.93	0	0.00	29	0.29
Retired	37	11.64	278	87.42	3	0.94	318	3.13
Not Reported	2,081	38.33	2,895	53.32	453	8.34	5,429	53.44
Total	3,573	35.17	6,068	59.72	519	5.11	10,160	100.00

* For sex-specific categories, this value represents the percent of the employment category filled by the specified sex (e.g. 43.75 percent of those who reported themselves as students were female). For “Total” percent, this value represents the percent of the total membership falling into a specified employment category.
** This category includes faculty and researchers affiliated with colleges, universities, and community colleges.
*** This category includes teachers and administrators at the elementary and secondary levels.

Table 3. AAG Membership by Sex and Race/Ethnicity, 2007

Category	Female		Male		Not Reported		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Asian	390	10.92	568	9.36	6	1.16	964	9.49
African American	79	2.21	138	2.27	0	0.00	217	2.14
Hispanic	116	3.25	180	2.97	0	0.00	296	2.91
Native Alaskan	2	0.06	4	0.07	0	0.00	6	0.06
Native American	14	0.39	27	0.44	0	0.00	41	0.40
Pacific Islander	9	0.25	14	0.23	1	0.19	24	0.24
White, Non-Hispanic	1,749	48.95	2,768	45.62	8	1.54	4,525	44.54
Not Reported	1,214	33.98	2,369	39.04	504	97.11	4,087	40.23
Total	3,573	100.00	6,068	100.00	519	100.00	10,160	100.00