2019 acs graduate Student Survey Report

Appendix D, Disaggregated Characteristics of Survey Sample
Table D.1. Demographic Description of the Sample

---

48
Survey Item
Percentage Marking Each Response
What is the education level of your mother? (N=1,836)
HS diploma or less 
19.3
Any undergraduate experience 
51.5
Master’s degree 
20.0
Professional degree (M.D., J.D.) 
4.9
Doctoral degree 
3.6
Not applicable / unknown 
0.6
What is your partnership status? (N=1,869)
Single
59.7
Married/partnered
40.3
Is your partner in a STEM or related field?‡ (N=754)
Yes
55.7
No
44.3
Do you have one or more dependent children? (N=1,851)
At least one dependent 
6.6
No dependents 
93.4
Age of respondent at time of survey (N=1,792)
23 or under 
12.8
24 
12.4
25 
17.0
26 
16.3
27 
12.1
28
7.6
29
5.6
30
4.2
31–35
8.0
36 or older 
3.9
Table D.1. (continued), Demographic Description of the Sample
‡ Includes only those who indicated that they were partnered or married. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics. 

---

49
Survey Item  Percentage Marking Each Response
What is your primary field of study? (N=2,757)
Agricultural/food chemistry
0.8
Analytical chemistry 
10.6
Biochemistry
8.5
Chemical biology 
6.2
Chemical education 
1.7
Chemical engineering 
3.6
Chemical toxicology 
0.4
Colloid & surface chemistry
1.1
Computational chemistry
4.0
Electrochemistry
1.3
Environmental chemistry
3.2
General chemistry 
1.1
Geochemistry
0.4
Inorganic chemistry 
11.7
Materials chemistry 
9.5
Medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry 
3.0
Nuclear chemistry 
0.7
Organic chemistry 
15.4
Physical chemistry 
9.4
Theoretical chemistry 
2.5
Other§
4.6
Not determined yet 
0.5