Results by Underrepresented Minority Status, All Institutions

Survey results by underrepresented minority status for all institutions aggregated together. Includes only US citizen and permanent resident postdocs who answered questions AY09 and AY12 in "About You". Excludes respondents who indicated that they were not in fact a postdoc (question RE25 in "Your Postdoc")

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"Overall Satisfaction" asks about the postdoc's satisfaction with various aspects of his or her current appointment.

OS01.	Overall, how satisfied are you with your experience in your current postdoctoral position? [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Very dissatisfied 6.8% (15 / 221) 6.1% (168 / 2747) 2 = Somewhat dissatisfied 10.9% (24 / 221) 15.0% (413 / 2747) 3 = Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 7.2% (16 / 221) 6.0% (165 / 2747) 4 = Somewhat satisfied 40.3% (89 / 221) 37.1% (1019 / 2747) 5 = Very satisfied 34.4% (76 / 221) 34.9% (960 / 2747) 6 = Don't know ≤1.0% (≤3 / 221) ≤1.0% (≤28 / 2747) 7 = Prefer not to answer ≤1.0% (≤3 / 221) ≤1.0% (≤28 / 2747)
OS02.	To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? [More details]   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02A. Salary [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 24.4% (53 / 217) 20.1% (551 / 2739) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 51.6% (112 / 217) 53.4% (1462 / 2739) 3 = Completely satisfied 24.0% (52 / 217) 26.5% (726 / 2739)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02B. Benefits [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 20.0% (43 / 215) 17.8% (488 / 2738) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 52.6% (113 / 215) 51.9% (1422 / 2738) 3 = Completely satisfied 27.4% (59 / 215) 30.2% (828 / 2738)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02C. Institution's reputation [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied ≤1.0% (≤3 / 216) 1.2% (33 / 2735) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 21.8% (47 / 216) 20.4% (558 / 2735) 3 = Completely satisfied 77.3% (167 / 216) 78.4% (2144 / 2735)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02D. Type of institution [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied ≤1.0% (≤3 / 216) ≤1.0% (≤28 / 2733) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 20.8% (45 / 216) 21.1% (578 / 2733) 3 = Completely satisfied 78.7% (170 / 216) 78.0% (2131 / 2733)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02E. Geographical location of institution [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 9.7% (21 / 217) 6.4% (176 / 2729) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 33.2% (72 / 217) 29.6% (808 / 2729) 3 = Completely satisfied 57.1% (124 / 217) 63.9% (1745 / 2729)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02F. Research field of postdoc [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied ≤1.0% (≤3 / 218) 2.8% (76 / 2729) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 23.4% (51 / 218) 27.6% (753 / 2729) 3 = Completely satisfied 75.2% (164 / 218) 69.6% (1900 / 2729)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02G. Opportunities for research collaboration [outside of your work group] [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 14.0% (30 / 214) 11.8% (320 / 2714) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 40.7% (87 / 214) 40.3% (1094 / 2714) 3 = Completely satisfied 45.3% (97 / 214) 47.9% (1300 / 2714)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02H. Resources and facilities [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 7.4% (16 / 217) 4.6% (125 / 2733) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 27.6% (60 / 217) 33.0% (903 / 2733) 3 = Completely satisfied 65.0% (141 / 217) 62.4% (1705 / 2733)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02I. Funds for research and travel [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 13.6% (29 / 213) 10.2% (277 / 2728) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 39.4% (84 / 213) 40.5% (1105 / 2728) 3 = Completely satisfied 46.9% (100 / 213) 49.3% (1346 / 2728)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02J. Career development and professional training opportunities [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 22.3% (48 / 215) 19.7% (538 / 2729) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 40.0% (86 / 215) 48.6% (1325 / 2729) 3 = Completely satisfied 37.7% (81 / 215) 31.7% (866 / 2729)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02K. Work environment/peer interaction [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 16.5% (36 / 218) 12.5% (342 / 2728) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 39.4% (86 / 218) 40.7% (1110 / 2728) 3 = Completely satisfied 44.0% (96 / 218) 46.8% (1276 / 2728)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02L. Level of supervision/independence [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 9.2% (20 / 217) 9.9% (270 / 2735) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 39.6% (86 / 217) 41.1% (1125 / 2735) 3 = Completely satisfied 51.2% (111 / 217) 49.0% (1340 / 2735)   To what extent are you satisfied with the following aspects of your current postdoctoral positition? OS02M. Family considerations [More details]   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Not at all satisfied 13.3% (28 / 210) 9.4% (252 / 2669) 2 = Somewhat satisfied 41.4% (87 / 210) 49.9% (1333 / 2669) 3 = Completely satisfied 45.2% (95 / 210) 40.6% (1084 / 2669)
OS03.	Would you be more likely to encourage or discourage a prospective postdoc to consider a postdoctoral position in your work group? [More details] Sampling: Asked of ~1 in 2 respondents   Underrepresented Minority Non-Underrepresented Minority 1 = Encourage 67.4% (62 / 92) 65.2% (722 / 1107) 2 = Discourage 8.7% (8 / 92) 12.9% (143 / 1107) 3 = Neither 14.1% (13 / 92) 15.1% (167 / 1107) 4 = Don't know 6.5% (6 / 92) 5.7% (63 / 1107) 5 = Prefer not to answer ≤5.0% (≤5 / 92) ≤1.0% (≤12 / 1107)

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