Table 1. Characteristics of the survey participants.

Group	n (%)
Total	4,494 (100)
Sex (self-reported)
Male	2,660 (59.2)
Female	1,834 (40.8)
Regions
Africa	162 (3.6)
Asia	951 (21.4)
Caribbean	6 (0.1)
Europe	1,575 (35.0)
North America	1,302 (29.3)
South America	286 (6.4)
Oceania	173 (3.9)
Other	11 (0.2)
Field (multiple selections permitted)
Agriculture/natural science	344 (7.7)
Astronomy/astrophysics	62 (1.4)
Biology	1,014 (22.6)
Chemistry	371 (8.3)
Computer science	289 (6.4)
Environment/earth science	461 (10.3)
Engineering	591 (13.2)
Geology	87 (1.9)
Interdisciplinary research	434 (9.7)
Mathematics	264 (5.9)
Medicine/public health/health science	1,701 (37.9)
Physics	300 (6.7)
Zoology/Animal science	144 (3.2)
Other	468 (10.4)
Institution (for those currently employed)
University	3,231 (75.0)
Government agency	491 (11.4)
Industry	188 (4.4)
Other	399 (9.3)
Position
Postdoctoral researcher	405 (9.0)
Researcher	1,050 (23.4)
Instructor	183 (4.1)
Assistant professor	597 (13.3)
Associate professor	828 (18.4)
Professor	1,029 (22.9)
Dean/provost/other leadership position	152 (3.4)
Other	246 (5.5)
Early-career status
Early career	1,004 (22.3)
Non-early career	3,488 (77.6)
Tenure status
Tenured	1,529 (52.4)
Tenure-track	467 (16.0)
Not tenure track	923 (31.6)
Status as a parent of children age <18 years
Yes	1,871 (41.7)
No	2,618 (58.3)
Age (years)
18–19	1 (0.0)
20–24	8 (0.2)
25–29	165 (3.7)
30–34	496 (11.0)
35–39	752 (16.7)
40–44	772 (17.2)
45–49	616 (13.7)
50–54	540 (12.0)
55–59	415 (9.2)
60–64	354 (7.9)
65–69	199 (4.4)
70–74	102 (2.3)
75+	74 (1.6)
Highest degree
High school	27 (0.6)
Undergraduate	39 (0.9)
Master’s degree	371 (8.3)
PhD	3,670 (81.7)
Clinical degree	591 (13.2)
Other	120 (2.7)