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Show 191 Women in the Labor Force Table 92.-EARNED DOCTOR'S DEGREES CONFERRED ON FIELDS 1964 OF STUDY, 1956 AND WOMEN, BY SELECTED As percent of all doctor's Percent distribution Number Selected field of study TotaL 1956 1964 1956 1964 885 100.0 100.0 10.6 9.9 456 282 29.7 31. 9 19.4 17.8 296 166 19.3 18.8 16.3 13.3 116 59 7.6 6.7 20.4 15.2 64 31 4.2 3.5 15.2 13.2 97 50 6.3 5.6 25.9 19.8 17 20 1.1 2.3 3.8 6.7 2 6 .1 .7 182 86 11. 9 9.7 (2) 19.4 13.6 177 112 11. 5 12.7 9.6 9.6 371 208 24.2 23.5 5.2 5. 1 193 117 12.6 13.2 11. 9 11. 4 19 7 1.2 .8 9.9 29 10 1.9 1.1 4.9 (2) (2) 113 68 7.4 7.7 4.6 17 6 1.1 .7 .8 53 31 3.5 3.5 12.6 36 28 2.3 3.2 87.8 84.8 4 1 .3 .1 (2) 6 2 .4 .2 (2) (2) 1956 1964 _____________ degrees conferred 1,535 --- Education 1 _______________ Humanities and the arts ____ English and j ournalism., Fine and applied arts Foreign languages, __ literature ___________ Religion and philoso- phy Other ________________ ________________ Psychology _______________ Social sciences _____________ Basic and applied sciences __ Biological sciences Health professions Mathematical subjects; Physical sciences _____ _____ ______ Other ________________ Other professional fields ____ Home economics Library science Other ______ ________ ________________ 1 Includes a small number who earned doctor's (2) .5 7 Business and commerce; (2) 4. 1 (2) 14.8 (2) commercial educa- degrees in art education, business and physical education, secondary tion, elementary education, home economics education, music education, education, speech correction, and others. 2 Base too small for information to be significant. Office of Education: "Earned Degrees, Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1955-56" and "Earned Degrees, 1063-.64." of By subjects, the rise in the number particularly outstanding in foreign degrees earned by women than literature tripled), in mathematical sub (more languages and in and almost speech correction (rose nearly fourfold), jects (increased sciences in 1964 than in 1956. was fivefold) . 779-5550-66---14 |
