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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Resour Dev Q. 2019 Mar 4;30(3):407–435. doi: 10.1002/hrdq.21343

TABLE A4.

Most important reason for working outside field in BSS fields

All BSS White Male White Female Nonwhite Male Nonwhite Female
Pay, promotion opportunities 27.11% 32.31% 20.96% 35.38% 24.32%
Working conditions 11.91% 10.27% 13.92% 12.27% 10.66%
Job location 6.53% 6.08% 6.93% 5.63% 7.24%
Change in career or professional interests 19.85% 24.97% 18.90% 12.86% 14.54%
Family-related reasons 11.05% 3.37% 18.59% 7.60% 13.19%
Job in highest degree field not available 17.76% 14.94% 17.38% 17.86% 25.37%
Other reason for not working 5.79% 8.05% 3.33% 8.40% 4.68%

Note. Data 2013 National Survey of College Graduates. BSS, behavioral and social sciences.