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Table 2

Primary Work Activity by Employment Pattern for 1992 Baccalaureate Recipients in Psychology,

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Employment pattern

Employed
full-time in a permanent position
(at least 35 hrs/week)

Employed
full-time in a temporary position (at least 25 hrs/week)

Employed in a part-time position
(less than 35 hrs/week)

All Employed

Primary Work Activity

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Administrative

24

8

2

4

8

7

36

8

Clerical/administrative assistant

26

9

7

13

10

9

43

9

Consulting

10

3

0

0

4

4

14

3

Education/teaching

40

13

11

20

11

10

63

13

Health or health-related service provision

53

17

10

18

19

17

82

17

Research and Development(Basic & Applied)

24

8

5

9

9

8

38

8

Management of Research & Development

1

<1

0

0

2

2

3

1

Management (other than Research & Development)

10

3

1

2

5

5

16

3

Sales

20

7

0

0

6

5

27

6

Professional services (other than health related)

22

7

6

11

8

7

37

8

Reporting/statistical work/computing

6

2

3

6

1

1

10

2

Other services (e.g., trades, hotel/restaurant, law enforcement/military, etc.)

24

8

4

7

15

13

45

10

Other

42

14

5

9

13

12

60

12

Subtotal

302

83

54

84

111

88

474

100

Not specified

60

17

10

17

15

12

85

0

All activities

362

100

64

100

126

100

559

100

Source: 1992 Psychology Baccalaureate Survey, Research Office, APA.

Note. The "All Employed" column includes 6 self employed individuals and 1 individual in the military.
There are 38 employed individuals who did not specify employment status which are not included in this table.




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