Parts A and B
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APPENDIX B.
SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
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INSTRUCTIONS
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. asked to skip certain questions.
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the week of April 15, 1995 (e.g., April 9-15, 1995), when answer-
ing most questions.
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PART A - Employment Status
During the Week of April 15,1995 A4. Prior to the week of April 15,1995, when did
you last work for pay (or profit)?
Al. Were you working for pay (or profit) during If never worked for pay (or profit) mark (X) in this
the week of April 15, 1995? This includes a box + u and SKIP to Part D, page 13
postdoctoral appointment, being self-employed
or temporarily absent from a job (e.g., illness, Month Year
vacation, or parental leave), even if unpaid.
LAST WORKED: __L_ 19_l_
I•l Yes + SKIP to A 7, page 2
r 20 N o
A2. (F NO) Did you look for work at any time during
the four weeks preceding April 15, 1995 (that is,
A5 q What kind of work were you doing on this last
any time between March 19 and April 15, 1995)?
job--that is, what was your occupation? please
be as specific as possible, including any area of
I •l Yes
specialization.
20 N o
Example: College Professor - Electrical Engineering
A3. What were your reasons for not working
during the week of April 15?
Mark (X) all that apply Year Retired
1 •l Retired——————+ 19 I
2 •l On layoff from a job
3 •l Student
4 •l Family responsibilities
5 •l Chronic illness or permanent disability
6 u Suitable job not available
A6 s Using the JOB CATEGORIES LIST (pages
7 •l Did not need or want to work 16-1 7), choose the code that BEST describes
the work you were doing on this last job.
8 u Other - Specify
7 CODE
+ SKIP to A49, page 8
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A7. (IF WORKED DURING WEEK OF APRIL 15TH) Al O. (IF 35 OR MORE HOURS) Although you were
Counting all jobs held during the week of working during the week of April 15, had you
April 15, 1995, did you USUALLY work . . . previously RETIRED from any position?
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I u A total of 35 or more hours Examples of retirement include mandatory
retirement, early retirement, or voluntary retirement
per week * SKIP to A 10
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20 N o
Yes-d9 L Year Retired
Please answer the next series of questions for your
A8 m (IF FEWER THAN 35 HOURS) During the week
PRINCIPAL job held during the week of April 15,
of April 15, did you want to work a full-time
1995. A second job, if held, will be covered later.
work week of 35 or more hours?
Al 1 Who was your principal employer during the
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week of April 15, 1995?
10 Yes
20 No IF MORE THAN ONE JOB: Record employer
for whom you worked the most hours that week
IF EMPLOYER HAD MORE THAN ONE
LOCATION: Record location where you usually
worked
A9 s What were your reasons for working a part- Employer Name
time work week (i.e., less than 35 hours)
the week of April 15?
City/Town
Mark (X) all that apply Year
10 Retired or semi-retired~l 9
State/Foreign Country
20 Student
30 Family responsibilities Zip Code
40 Chronic illness or permanent
disability - SKIP tt
All A12. Counting all locations where this employer
51-J Suitable full-time work week operates, how many people work for your
job not available principal employer? Your best estimate is fine.
Mark (X) one .
(30 Did not need or want to
work full-time I u Under 10 employees
Other - Specify 2 u 10-24 employees
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T 3 u 25 to 99 employees
4 u 100-499 employees
5 u 500-999 employees
6 u 1,000-4,999 employees
7 u 5,000+ employees
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N 3. Was your principal employer during the week Al 6. What was your faculty rank?
of April 15 . . .
Mark (X) one
IF EMPLOYER WAS A SCHOOL: Mark (X) the
I I___J Not applicable at this institution
type of organizational chatier (e.g., mark “State
government” for state schools, most private 2 u Not applicable for my position
schools are ‘private not-for-profit”)
3 u Professor
Mark (X) one
4 u Associate Professor
m A PRIVATE-FOR-PROFIT com any,
business or individual, working r wages,
or
salary or commissions ‘ 5 u Assistant Professor
ml A PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT, tax-exempt, 6 u Instructor
or charitable organization
~ u Lecturer
30 SELF-EMPLOYED in own NOT
INCORPORATED business, professional
practice, or farm 8 u Adjunct Faculty
40 SELF-EMPLOYED in own INCORPORATED 9 •l Other - Specify
business, professional practice, or farm T
51’--J Local GOVERNMENT (city, county, etc.)
60 State GOVERNMENT
ml U.S. military service, active dut or Al 7. What was your tenure status?
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Commissioned Corps (e.g., US HS, NOAA)
Mark (X) one
80 U.S. GOVERNMENT (civilian employee)
I •l Not applicable: no tenure system
90 Other - Specify at this institution
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2 •l Not applicable: no tenure system
for my position
A14. Was your principal employer an educational 3 •l Tenured
institution?
4 •l On tenure track but not tenured
I u Yes
20 No +SKIPto A18 5 •l Not on tenure track
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N 5 (IF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION) Was this
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A18. What kind of work were you doing on your
educational institution...
principal job held during the week of April 15,
Mark (X) one 1995--that is, what was your occupation?
A preschool, elementary, or Please be as specific as possible, including any
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middle school or system area of specialization.
SKIP to A 18
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A secondary school or system
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A 2-year college, junior college,
Example: College Professor - Electrical engineering
or technical institute
A 4-year college or university, other
than a medical school
A medical school (including university- A19. Using the JOB CATEGORIES LIST (pages 16-
affiliated hospital or medical center) 17), choose the code that BEST describes the
60 A university-affiliated research institute work you were doing on your principal job
during the week of April 15.
7’0 Other - Specify
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A20. Did you record job code”1 41” (manager, A24. Thinking about the relationship between your
executive, or administrator) in Al 9? - work and your education, to what extent was
your work on your principal job held during the
I •l Yes week of April 15 related to your first doctoral
degree awarded in the U. S.? Was it. . .
2 El No + SKIP to A?~
Mark (X) one
1 u Closely related
3 SKIP to A27, page t
2 •l Somewhat related
A21 (/f YES) Did your duties on this job require
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the technical expertise of a bachelor’s degree
or higher in -
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3 •l Not related
A25. (/F NOT REUTED) Did these factors influence
your decision to work in an area OUTSIDE THE
Mark (X) Yes or No for each FIELD OF YOUR FIRST U.S. DOCTORAL DEGREE?
.- =. Mark (X) Yes or No for each Y e s No
Yes No
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1. Engineering, computer science, 1 q Pay, promotion opportunities . . . . . . . . ...1 •l 2 •l
math or the-natural sciences . . . . . 1020
2 q Working conditions (hours,
2 q The social sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020 equipment, working environment) . . . . I •l 2 •l
3 Job location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020
3 Some other field (for example,
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health or business) - Spec;fy . 10 20
1 4 q Change in career or
professional interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1 u 2 •l
5m Family-related reasons
(children, spouse’s job moved) . . . . . . . . . I •l 2 •l
6 s Job in doctoral degree field
not available . . . . . . . ...0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lD 21-J
A22. During what month and year did you start this
job (that is, your principal job held during 7 q Other reason - Speci& ........... 1020
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the week of April 15, 1995)?
JOB STARTED I 19
Month Year
A26. Which TWO factors in A25 represent your MOST
important reasons for working in an area outside
the field of your first U.S. doctoral degree? Enter
number of appropriate REASONS from A25 above. .
A23. As of the week of April 15, were you licensed or
certified in your occupation?
1 s MOST important reason
Do NOT include academic degrees (e.g., BA,
MA, PhD)
2. SECOND MOST important reason
I u Yes (Enter “O” if no second most)
20 N o
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A27. The next question is about your work activities on A29. In A28, did you record “2” or “3’C or ‘Q5’- or *C6rq
your principal job. Which of the following work (applied/basic research or development/
activities occupied 10 percent or more of your time design)?
during a TYPICAL workweek on this job?
Mark (XJ Yes or No for each
. Yes No
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1. Accounting, finance, contracts . . . . . . . . . I u z u
2 Applied research - study directed
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toward gaining scientific knowledge
to meet a recognized need . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l •l 2 •l A30. (/F YES) In what field was your research-related
work being conducted?
3 Basic research - study directed
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toward gaining scientific knowledge
primarily forits own sake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l u z u Field:
4. Computer applications, programming,
systems development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I El 2 Cl
5 9 Development - using knowledge
gained from research for the
production of materials, devices . . . . . . . . I u z u A31 During atypical week on this job, in which, if any,
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6 Design of equipment, processes,
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of the following areas or technologies, were you
structures, models . . . . ...**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TI 20 working?
79 Employee relations - including Mark (X) Yes or No for each Yes No
recruiting, personnel development,
training . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...*... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1U2U 11
1 Flexible manufacturing, robotics . . . . . . I u z u
8 Managing and supervising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I (J 2 u
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9 Production, operations, maintenance
q 2m Advanced materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020
(e.g., truck driving, machine tooling,
auto/machine repairing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1 u z u 3 q Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020
10. Professional services (health
care, counseling, financial services, 4. Micro or opto-electronics,
legal services, etc.) . . . . . . ...0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IU2U Semiconductor devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l El 2 •l
11. Sales, purchasing, marketing, 5 m High performance computing . . . . . . . . . . . I •l 2 •l
customer service, public relations . . . . I •l 2 •l
12. Quality or productivity management. 1 u 2 •l 6w Software producibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l •l z •l
13. Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...*.. . . . . . . . . . . . ..*...... . . 10 20 7. Sensor and signal processing . . . . . . . . I •l 2 •l
14. Other - Specify ........................ 1E120
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A32. Since April 1990, how many . . .
If NONE, enter “O”
Number
A28. On which TWO activities in A27, did you work 1. Papers have you authored or co-
the MOST hours during a typical week on authored for presentation at regional,
this job? Enter number of appropriate ACTIVITY national or international conferences?
from A27 above.
(Do not count presentations of the
same work more than once) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..-
1. Activity MOST hours
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2. Articles that you have authored or
2. Activity SECOND MOST hours co-authored have been accepted
(Enter “O” if no second most) for publication in a refereed
professional journal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A33. Since April 1990, have you been named as an A38. During a typical week on this job, how many
inventor on any application for a U.S. patent? hours did you usually work?
r I Yes
El Number of Hours Per Week
2 u No =+ SKIP to A35 .
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+ A39. Including paid vacation and paid sick leave,
A34. (IF YES) Since April 1990 . . . upon how many weeks per year was your
Number salary based?
1. How many applications for U.S.
patents have named you as Number of Weeks Per Year
inventor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...0...
A40. During the week of April 15,1995, was any of
2. How many U.S. patents have been your work on this job supported by
granted to you as an inventor? . . . . . . . . . . . CONTRACTS OR GRANTS from the U.S.
government?
3. How many of the patents recorded
as GRANTED (recorded in category FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, please answer “No”
2 above) have resulted in commer-
cialized products or processes or Mark (X) one
have been licensed? . . ..0...... . * ...**.... . . . .
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1 •l Yes
A35. Did you supervise the work of others as part
of your principal job held during the week of
April 15, 1995?
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Answer “YES” if you assigned duties to workers A41. (/F YES) Which Federal agencies or department:
AND recommended or initiated personnel actions were supporting your work?
such as hiring, firing, or promoting
Mark (X) all that apply ‘
TEACHERS: Do NOT count students
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10 Agency for International Development (AID)
1 El Yes 20 Agriculture Department
2 u No + SKIP to A37 30 Commerce Department
40 Defense Department (DOD)
A36. (/F YES) How many people did you typically . . . 50 Department of Education (include NCES,
IF NONE, enter “0” Number OERI, FIPSE, FIRST)
supervised 60 Energy Department (DOE)
1. supervise DIRECTLY?.. 70 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
80 Health and Human Services Department
2. supervise through
(EXCLUDING NIH)
subordinate supervisors?
90 Interior Department
10CI National Aeronautics and Space
A37. Before deductions, what was your basic .
Administration (NASA)
ANNUAL salary on this job as of the week of
April 15, 1995? (Do NOT include bonuses, Mu National Institutes of Health (NIH)
overtime, or additional compensation for 120 National Science Foundation (NSF)
‘ summertime teaching or research)
130 Transportation Department (DOT)
IF NOT SALARIED, please estimate your earned 140 Other - Specify
income, excluding business expenses. 7
$ m 00
Basic Annual Salary/Earned Income 15 •l DON’T KNOW SOURCE AGENCY
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The following 3 questions provide information ~45. During the week of April 15,1995, were you
for the U.S. Department of Energy working for pay (or profit) at a second job (or
business), including part-time, evening, or
A42. From the following list of selected areas, weekend work?
indicate the ONE area, if any, to which you
devoted the MOST hours during a typical week
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on this job. 2 u NO + SKIP to A49, page 8
Mark (X) one
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2
3
El Energy or Fuel
u Environment
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u Food or Agriculture
A46 (/F YES) What kind of work were you doing at
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your second job during the week of April 15--
that is, what was your occupation? Please be
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4 •l Health or Safety
SKIP to A45 as specific as possible, including any area of
5 u National Defense specialization.
6 u Transportation
7 •l NONE OF THE ABOVE
J Example: College professor - Electrical engineering
A43. (/f ENERGY OR FUEL) From the following list, IF YOU HAD MORE THAN TWO JOBS that week
indicate the ONE ENERGY SOURCE that answer for the job where you worked the second
involved the largest proportion of your energy- most hours
related work during the past year.
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Mark (X) one
1 •l Coal
2 •l Petroleum and natural gas
3 El Nuclear fission
4 El Nuclear fusion
5 •l Hydroenergy
6 u Other renewable (such as solar,
biomass, wind, geothermal)
A47. Using the JOB CATEGORIES LIST (pages 16-17:
choose the code that BEST describes the work
7 •l Other energy source - Specify
T you were doing on your second job during the
week of April 15.
A44. From the following list, indicate the ONE
ENERGY-RELATED ACTIVITY that involved the
largest proportion of your energy-related work
during the past year.
Mark (X) one
A48. To what extent was your work on this second
10 Exploration and extraction job related to your first doctoral degree
20 Manufacture of energy-related equipment awarded in the U. S.? Was it -
30 Fuel processing (include refining and
Mark (X) one
enriching)
40 Electric power generation and transmission
50 Transportation and distribution of fuel I •l Closely related
60 Waste management or decommissioning 2 •l Somewhat related
70 Conservation, utilization, management or
storage of energy or fuel 3 u Not related
80 Environment, health, and safety
90 Other energy-related activity - Specify
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PART B - Past Employment
Questions A49-A51 ask about your work
The next few questions will help us better understand
for pay (or profit) in 1994
employment changes over time.
A49. Turning now to 1994;including paid vacation B1 q Were you working for pay (or profit) during BOTH
and paid sick leave, how many weeks did you of these time periods--the week of April 15, 1993
work in 1994? AND the week of April 15, 1995?
If you were a STUDENT: Do NOT count financial
IF NONE, MARK (X) THIS BOX ~ u aid awards with no work requirement.
AND SKIP TO BI
I u Yes
Number of Weeks Worked
2 u No ~ SKIP to Part C, page 9
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B2 m (/f YES) During these two time periods--the
week of April 15, 1993 and the week of April
15, 1995--were you working for. . .
Mark (X) one
m Same employer AND same job ~ SWP to
A50. During the weeks you worked in 1994, how Part C, page 9
many hours a week did you usually work?
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Same employer BUT different job
Different employer BUT same job
Number of Hours Worked 1 4 0 Different employer AND different job
(/f D/fFERENT) Why did you change your
employer or yo-ur job? -
Mark (X) Yes or No for each
No
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1 q Pay, promotion opportunities . . . . . . . ...1 u 20
A51. Counting all jobs held, what was your TOTAL 2 s Working conditions (hours,
EARNED income, BEFORE deductions, for 1994? equipment, working environment).. I •l 20
Include all wages, salaries, bonuses, overtime, 3 q Job location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lo 20
commissions, consulting fees, net income from
business, summertime teaching or research, post 4s Change in career or
doctoral appointment, or other work associated professional interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1 •l
with scholarships. 5 q Family-related reasons (e.g.,
children, spouse’s job moved) . . . . . . . I •l 20
$ m 00 6m School-related reasons (e.g.,
returned to school, completed
Total 1994 Earned Income
a degree) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...0... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 20
7. Laid off or job terminated (includes
IF YOU HAD NO EARNED company closings, mergers,
INCOME IN 1994, MARK (X) THIS BOX ~ •l buyouts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~cl 20
8 q Retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 20
9 9 Other - Speci~’~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . la
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