Table 1

Demographic Characteristics of Division 17 Members, 2007

		Membership Status						Total
		Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
		N	%	N	%	N	%
	N=	66	100.0	1,868	100.0	336	100.0	2,270	100.0
Gender	Men	33	50.0	980	52.5	226	67.3	1,239	54.6
	Women	32	48.5	887	47.5	110	32.7	1,029	45.3
	Not specified	1	1.5	1	.1	0	.0	2	.1
Race/ Ethnicity	American Indian	0	.0	8	.4	2	.6	10	.4
	Asian	1	1.5	52	2.8	13	3.9	66	2.9
	Hispanic	2	3.0	57	3.1	13	3.9	72	3.2
	Black	3	4.5	82	4.4	22	6.5	107	4.7
	White	44	66.7	1,453	77.8	279	83.0	1,776	78.2
	Multiracial/multi-ethnic	1	1.5	15	.8	0	.0	16	.7
	Not specified	15	22.7	201	10.8	7	2.1	223	9.8
Age	Under 30	2	3.0	4	.2	0	.0	6	.3
	30 - 34	3	4.5	62	3.3	0	.0	65	2.9
	35 - 39	2	3.0	135	7.2	4	1.2	141	6.2
	40 - 44	6	9.1	165	8.8	16	4.8	187	8.2
	45 - 49	3	4.5	170	9.1	13	3.9	186	8.2
	50 - 54	5	7.6	241	12.9	46	13.7	292	12.9
	55 - 59	12	18.2	303	16.2	56	16.7	371	16.3
	60 - 64	13	19.7	300	16.1	52	15.5	365	16.1
	65 - 69	4	6.1	141	7.5	37	11.0	182	8.0
	70 or older	15	22.7	276	14.8	103	30.7	394	17.4
	Not specified	1	1.5	71	3.8	9	2.7	81	3.6
	Mean	59.0		56.7		64.6		57.9
	SD	15.7		13.6		14.0		14.0
Region	New England	3	4.5	111	5.9	18	5.4	132	5.8
	Middle Atlantic	18	27.3	295	15.8	39	11.6	352	15.5
	East North Central	11	16.7	327	17.5	57	17.0	395	17.4
	West North Central	5	7.6	191	10.2	44	13.1	240	10.6
	South Atlantic	13	19.7	286	15.3	64	19.0	363	16.0
	East South Central	0	.0	99	5.3	10	3.0	109	4.8
	West South Central	3	4.5	151	8.1	24	7.1	178	7.8
	Mountain	1	1.5	122	6.5	21	6.3	144	6.3
	Pacific	10	15.2	216	11.6	51	15.2	277	12.2
	Other US (eg, Puerto Rico)	0	.0	5	.3	0	.0	5	.2
	Canada	0	.0	20	1.1	3	.9	23	1.0
	Other	2	3.0	45	2.4	5	1.5	52	2.3

Table 2

Educational Characteristics of Division 17 Members, 2007

	Membership Status						Total
	Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
	N	%	N	%	N	%
N=	66	100.0	1,868	100.0	336	100.0	2,270	100.0
Highest degree
Ph.D.	14	21.2	1,565	83.8	294	87.5	1,873	82.5
Ed.D.	4	6.1	215	11.5	38	11.3	257	11.3
Psy.D.	1	1.5	23	1.2	1	.3	25	1.1
Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified	0	.0	16	.9	2	.6	18	.8
Masters	44	66.7	25	1.3	0	.0	69	3.0
Baccalaureate/Associate	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.0
Certificate/diploma	0	.0	2	.1	0	.0	2	.1
Not specified	3	4.5	21	1.1	1	.3	25	1.1
Years since degree
Less than 5	5	7.6	128	6.9	0	.0	133	5.9
5 – 9	9	13.6	224	12.0	3	.9	236	10.4
10 – 14	9	13.6	234	12.5	18	5.4	261	11.5
15 – 19	9	13.6	302	16.2	24	7.1	335	14.8
20 – 24	4	6.1	232	12.4	39	11.6	275	12.1
25 or more	29	43.9	713	38.2	249	74.1	991	43.7
Not specified	1	1.5	35	1.9	3	.9	39	1.7
Mean	23.6		22.2		33.8		24.0
SD	15.6		13.4		13.6		14.1

Source: 2007 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research.

Table 3

Current Major Field of Division 17 Members, 2007

17		Membership Status						total
		Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
		N	%	N	%	N	%
	N =	66	100.0	1,868	100.0	336	100.0	2,270	100.0
Health service provider subfields	Child clinical	1	1.5	10	.5	0	.0	11	.5
	Clinical	7	10.6	173	9.3	38	11.3	218	9.6
	Clinical neuropsychology	1	1.5	3	.2	1	.3	5	.2
	Counseling psychology	36	54.5	1,337	71.6	235	69.9	1,608	70.8
	Family Psychology	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.0
	Forensic	0	.0	3	.2	0	.0	3	.1
	Geropsychology	0	.0	2	.1	0	.0	2	.1
	Health	0	.0	18	1.0	4	1.2	22	1.0
	School	2	3.0	24	1.3	2	.6	28	1.2
	Sport psychology	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.0
	Subtotal	47	71.2	1,571	84.1	281	83.6	1,899	83.7
Research and other subfields	Cognitive	0	.0	3	.2	0	.0	3	.1
	Community	0	.0	7	.4	0	.0	7	.3
	Comparative	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.0
	Developmental	1	1.5	7	.4	1	.3	9	.4
	Educational	1	1.5	22	1.2	3	.9	26	1.1
	General/Methods & Systems	1	1.5	6	.3	6	1.8	13	.6
	Industrial/Organizational	3	4.5	19	1.0	11	3.3	33	1.5
	Neurosciences	0	.0	3	.2	0	.0	3	.1
	Personality	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.0
	Psychopharmacology	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.0
	Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats	0	.0	3	.2	1	.3	4	.2
	Social	0	.0	2	.1	1	.3	3	.1
	Subtotal	6	9.1	73	3.9	25	7.4	104	4.6
Other fields	Behavioral Medicine	0	.0	1	.1	1	.3	2	.1
	Business or Management	0	.0	3	.2	1	.3	4	.2
	Counseling	6	9.1	26	1.4	0	.0	32	1.4
	Counselor Education	0	.0	31	1.7	3	.9	34	1.5
	Criminology/Criminal Justice	0	.0	2	.1	0	.0	2	.1
	Education, Teaching	0	.0	9	.5	2	.6	11	.5
	Genetics	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.0
	Medicine	1	1.5	0	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Organizational Behavior	0	.0	4	.2	0	.0	4	.2
	Psychiatry	0	.0	1	.1	1	.3	2	.1
	Rehabilitation	0	.0	11	.6	7	2.1	18	.8
	Social/Behavioral Sciences	0	.0	1	.1	1	.3	2	.1
	Social Work	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.0
	Other	0	.0	15	.8	4	1.2	19	.8
	Subtotal	7	10.6	106	5.7	20	6.0	133	5.9
Not specified	Not specified	6	9.1	118	6.3	10	3.0	134	5.9
Science designation	General science	3	4.5	56	3.0	18	5.4	77	3.4
	Core science	3	4.5	53	2.8	15	4.5	71	3.1
	Neither	54	81.8	1,641	87.8	293	87.2	1,988	87.6

Source: 2007 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research.

Table 1

Employment Characteristics of Division 17 Members, 2007

		Membership Status						Total
		Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
		N	%	N	%	N	%
	N=	66	100.0	1,868	100.0	336	100.0	2,270	100.0
Employment status	Employed full time	10	15.2	727	38.9	155	46.1	892	39.3
	Employed part time	7	10.6	169	9.0	28	8.3	204	9.0
	Employed; status not known	11	16.7	272	14.6	31	9.2	314	13.8
	Postdoctoral study	0	.0	4	.2	0	.0	4	.2
	Unemployed, seeking employment	1	1.5	3	.2	0	.0	4	.2
	Unemployed, not seeking	0	.0	2	.1	0	.0	2	.1
	Retired	1	1.5	67	3.6	40	11.9	108	4.8
	Other	0	.0	9	.5	7	2.1	16	.7
	Not specified	36	54.5	615	32.9	75	22.3	726	32.0
Licensure status	Licensed and/or certified	19	28.8	1,333	71.4	244	72.6	1,596	70.3
	Not licensed/unknown	47	71.2	535	28.6	92	27.4	674	29.7
Primary employment setting (full-time-employed only)	University settings	3	30.0	266	36.6	110	71.0	379	42.5
	Four-year colleges	0	.0	16	2.2	4	2.6	20	2.2
	Medical school	0	.0	12	1.7	3	1.9	15	1.7
	Other academic settings	0	.0	13	1.8	5	3.2	18	2.0
	Schools & other educational settings	2	20.0	9	1.2	0	.0	11	1.2
	Independent practice	2	20.0	142	19.5	8	5.2	152	17.0
	Hospital	0	.0	25	3.4	3	1.9	28	3.1
	Clinic	1	10.0	12	1.7	0	.0	13	1.5
	Other human service	0	.0	192	26.4	16	10.3	208	23.3
	Business & industry	0	.0	3	.4	0	.0	3	.3
	Government	0	.0	10	1.4	1	.6	11	1.2
	Other	2	20.0	25	3.4	5	3.2	32	3.6
	Not specified	0	.0	2	.3	0	.0	2	.2
Involvement in work activities (full-time-employed only)	Research	1	10.0	261	35.9	111	71.6	373	41.8
	Education	3	30.0	361	49.7	122	78.7	486	54.5
	Health/mental health services	7	70.0	444	61.1	57	36.8	508	57.0
	Educational services	6	60.0	158	21.7	19	12.3	183	20.5
	Other applied psychology	2	20.0	136	18.7	24	15.5	162	18.2
	Management/administration	3	30.0	307	42.2	87	56.1	397	44.5
	Other employment activities	4	40.0	93	12.8	19	12.3	116	13.0
	Not specified	0	.0	104	14.3	15	9.7	119	13.3
Primary work activity (full-time-employed only)	Research	0	.0	56	7.7	31	20.0	87	9.8
	Education	2	20.0	161	22.1	53	34.2	216	24.2
	Mental Health Services	3	30.0	272	37.4	16	10.3	291	32.6
	Educational Services	2	20.0	14	1.9	0	.0	16	1.8
	Applied Psychology	1	10.0	16	2.2	4	2.6	21	2.4
	Management/administration	0	.0	95	13.1	35	22.6	130	14.6
	Other activities	2	20.0	3	.4	1	.6	6	.7
	Not specified	0	.0	110	15.1	15	9.7	125	14.0

Source: 2007 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research.

Table 5

Membership Characteristics of Division 17 Members, 2007

	Associate		Member		Fellow		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
1. General Psychology	3	4.5	45	2.4	25	7.4	73	3.2
2. Teaching of Psychology	5	7.6	67	3.6	22	6.5	94	4.1
3. Experimental Psychology	0	.0	1	.1	7	2.1	8	.4
5. Evaluation & Measurement	1	1.5	26	1.4	28	8.3	55	2.4
6. Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative	0	.0	2	.1	5	1.5	7	.3
7. Developmental Psychology	1	1.5	9	.5	8	2.4	18	.8
8. Personality & Social	8	12.1	57	3.1	24	7.1	89	3.9
9. SPSSI	3	4.5	29	1.6	21	6.3	53	2.3
10. Psychology & the Arts	1	1.5	23	1.2	3	.9	27	1.2
12. Clinical Psychology	1	1.5	70	3.7	53	15.8	124	5.5
13. Consulting Psychology	2	3.0	59	3.2	27	8.0	88	3.9
14. SIOP	1	1.5	27	1.4	23	6.8	51	2.2
15. Educational Psychology	6	9.1	54	2.9	17	5.1	77	3.4
16. School Psychology	5	7.6	45	2.4	10	3.0	60	2.6
17. Counseling Psychology	66	100.0	1,868	100.0	336	100.0	2,270	100.0
18. Psychologists in Public Service	0	.0	30	1.6	11	3.3	41	1.8
19. Society for Military Psychology	0	.0	9	.5	10	3.0	19	.8
20. Adult Development & Aging	2	3.0	37	2.0	15	4.5	54	2.4
21. Applied Experimental & Engineering	0	.0	1	.1	4	1.2	5	.2
22. Rehabilitation Psychology	3	4.5	56	3.0	19	5.7	78	3.4
23. Consumer Psychology	0	.0	3	.2	4	1.2	7	.3
24. Theoretical & Philosophical	0	.0	23	1.2	12	3.6	35	1.5
25. Behavior Analysis	0	.0	4	.2	6	1.8	10	.4
26. History of Psychology	0	.0	11	.6	15	4.5	26	1.1
27. Community Psychology	1	1.5	16	.9	11	3.3	28	1.2
28. Psychopharmacology & Substance Abuse	1	1.5	19	1.0	6	1.8	26	1.1
29. Psychotherapy	7	10.6	195	10.4	56	16.7	258	11.4
30. Psychological Hypnosis	3	4.5	49	2.6	13	3.9	65	2.9
31. State, Provincial, & Territorial Psychological Assn Affairs	0	.0	26	1.4	22	6.5	48	2.1
32. Humanistic Psychology	2	3.0	47	2.5	15	4.5	64	2.8
33. Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities	1	1.5	11	.6	3	.9	15	.7
34. Population & Environmental	0	.0	5	.3	7	2.1	12	.5
35. Psychology of Women	2	3.0	196	10.5	70	20.8	268	11.8
36. Psychology of Religion	4	6.1	95	5.1	19	5.7	118	5.2
37. Child and Family Policy & Practice	3	4.5	24	1.3	4	1.2	31	1.4
38. Health Psychology	1	1.5	79	4.2	27	8.0	107	4.7
39. Psychoanalysis	0	.0	28	1.5	10	3.0	38	1.7
40. Clinical Neuropsychology	3	4.5	59	3.2	11	3.3	73	3.2
41. Psychology-Law Society	0	.0	24	1.3	10	3.0	34	1.5
42. Psychologists in Independent Practice	0	.0	182	9.7	35	10.4	217	9.6
43. Family Psychology	3	4.5	96	5.1	31	9.2	130	5.7
44. Lesbian & Gay Issues	2	3.0	90	4.8	37	11.0	129	5.7
45. Ethnic Minority Issues	4	6.1	143	7.7	71	21.1	218	9.6
46. Media Psychology	1	1.5	12	.6	9	2.7	22	1.0
47. Exercise & Sport Psychology	2	3.0	46	2.5	13	3.9	61	2.7
48. Peace Psychology	1	1.5	21	1.1	14	4.2	36	1.6
49. Group Psychology & Group Psychotherapy	6	9.1	40	2.1	22	6.5	68	3.0
50. Addictions	0	.0	53	2.8	8	2.4	61	2.7
51. Men & Masculinity	1	1.5	53	2.8	30	8.9	84	3.7
52. International	2	3.0	46	2.5	39	11.6	87	3.8
53. Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology	3	4.5	24	1.3	4	1.2	31	1.4
54. Pediatric Psychology	0	.0	7	.4	7	2.1	14	.6
55. Advancement of Pharmacotherapy	0	.0	29	1.6	8	2.4	37	1.6
56. Trauma Psychology	2	3.0	32	1.7	17	5.1	51	2.2
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