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Table 2 Number and percent of males (total = 268) and females (total = 149) with their most recent employment in the different categories.

From: Careers of an elite cohort of U.S. basic life science postdoctoral fellows and the influence of their mentor's citation record

Most Recent Position: 2000 - 2009

Male

Female

No scientific pubs after 1999

24

8.96%

33

22.1% (p < .005)

   No position found

20

7.46%

32

21.4% (p < .001)

   Journalism, Law, etc.

4

1.49%

1

0.671% (NS)

Industry

91

33.9%

33

22.1% (p = .012)

College not tenured

4

1.49%

2

1.34% (NS)

College tenured

13

4.85%

4

2.68% (NS)

Researcher - not independent

45

16.8%

40

26.8 (p = .015)

Research institute group leader

12

4.47%

3

2% (NS)

University tenured

78

29.1%

34

22.8% (NS)

  1. The p value indicates the significance difference between males and females (chi square).