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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Roles. 2007;57(7-8):509–514. doi: 10.1007/s11199-007-9291-4

Table 1.

Average level of candidate qualifications by gender and academic department.

Parameters Chemistry
Biochemistry
Total
Men n=164 Women n=21 Total n=186 Men n=71 Women n=21 Total n=92 Men n=235 Women n=42
Publications 25.84
(20.56)
20.88
(14.98)
25.20
(19.96)
15.97
(10.24)
15.29
(9.43)
15.82
(10.01)
22.83
(18.59)
18.27
(12.88)
Presentations 12.73
(17.34)
16.46
(19.24)
13.22
(17.59)
8.13
(11.22)
13.29
(13.34)
9.30
(11.86)
11.33
(15.85)
14.98
(16.64)
Fellowships .31
(.64)
.38
(.77)
.32
(.66)
1.25
(1.13)
1.48
(1.08)
1.30
(1.12)
.60
(.93)
.89
(1.07)
Years in Ph.D. 4.81
(1.65)
4.25
(2.03)
4.74
(1.71)
5.37
(1.65)
5.38
(1.80)
5.37
(1.67)
4.98
(1.67)
4.78
(1.99)
Postdoctoral positions .96
(.85)
.67
(.64)
.92
(.83)
1.38
(.72)
1.57
(.75)
1.42
(.73)
1.09
(.84)
1.09
(.82)
Years in postdoctoral 1.90
(1.77)
1.46
(1.69)
1.84
(1.76)
4.37
(2.32)
5.33
(2.31)
4.59
(2.34)
2.65
(2.26)
3.27
(2.78)

Numbers reflect the means for each specific qualification. SDs are represented in parentheses below the means.