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Educational Attainment
November 16, 2023
Unemployment rate, by selected groups: 1990–2019
Please see the Science and Engineering Indicators 2020 “Science and Engineering Labor Force” report, Technical Appendix tables SA3-3 and SA3-4 for definitions of S&E occupations and S&E technicians and computer programmers.
August 31, 2021
Trends in Artificial Intelligence Patenting
Functional Applications (What does the invention do?); and Application Fields (Where is the invention... Administration or Japan Patent Office), but there are other patent documents in the family that do list
February 29, 2024
Fall 2009 students in grade 9 who agreed with various statements about their mathematics and science ability, by race or ethnicity: 2012
July 08, 2021
Among fall 2009 students in grade 9 who enrolled in postsecondary education after high school, percentage who reported that their current or most recent major was in a STEM field, by perception of mathematics and science ability, sex, and race or ethnicity: 2016
July 08, 2021
Employed scientists and engineers, by race or ethnicity and occupation: 2019
Scientists and engineers include those with one or more S&E or S&E-related degrees at the bachelor's level or higher or those who have only a non-S&E degree at the bachelor's level or higher and are employed in an S&E or S&E-related occupation. Hispanic or Latino may be any race; race categories
August 31, 2021
Scientists and engineers with R&D and design activity, by broad field of highest degree and broad occupational category: 2019
Scientists and engineers include adults up to 75 years old with an S&E or S&E-related degree or occupation. R&D and design activity refer to workers reporting basic research, applied research... Non-S&E occupations include middle-skill and non-STEM occupations.
August 31, 2021
Sources of Information about Science
zations do participate on social media platforms and share study... Lupia 2013). Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, data indicated that most Americans do look for S&T
February 14, 2024
Climate Change
do not yet extensively understand climate... Funk 2021). The belief that climate scientists do not extensively understand climate change
February 14, 2024
Cross-National Comparisons of Government R&D Priorities
United States) do not use the GUF mechanism to fund R&D for general advancement of knowledge or do not separately account for GUF (like South Korea
April 28, 2022
Cross-National Comparisons of Government R&D Priorities
United States) do not use the GUF mechanism to fund R&D for general advancement of knowledge or do not separately account for GUF (e.g., South Korea); more typically, these countries
January 15, 2020
Occupation and sector of employed science, engineering, and health research doctorate recipients living in the United States: 2021
S&E = science and engineering; STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. a Includes 4-year colleges or universities, medical schools (including university-affiliated hospitals or medical centers), and university-affiliated research institutes; 2-year colleges, community colleges... Non-S&E occupations includes doctorate holders working in both non-STEM and STEM middle-skill occupations because the Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) does not produce data on STEM middle-skill occupations. Percentages may not sum to 100% because of rounding. Numbers are rounded to the nearest
May 30, 2024
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