Division 5: 2012

Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 5 Members by Membership Status, 2012

		Membership Status						Total
		Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
	N=	47	100.0	753	100.0	329	100.0	1,129	100.0
Gender	Men	26	55.3	464	61.6	255	77.5	745	66.0
	Women	21	44.7	288	38.2	74	22.5	383	33.9
	Not specified	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
Race/ethnicity	American Indian	0	.0	2	.3	1	.3	3	.3
	Asian	0	.0	35	4.6	4	1.2	39	3.5
	Hispanic	0	.0	10	1.3	10	3.0	20	1.8
	Black	1	2.1	9	1.2	5	1.5	15	1.3
	White	25	53.2	524	69.6	292	88.8	841	74.5
	Multiracial/multi-ethnic	1	2.1	10	1.3	4	1.2	15	1.3
	Not specified	20	42.6	163	21.6	13	4.0	196	17.4
Age	Under 30	3	6.4	1	.1	0	.0	4	.4
	30 - 34	8	17.0	54	7.2	0	.0	62	5.5
	35 - 39	2	4.3	71	9.4	5	1.5	78	6.9
	40 - 44	3	6.4	71	9.4	6	1.8	80	7.1
	45 - 49	6	12.8	58	7.7	21	6.4	85	7.5
	50 - 54	7	14.9	80	10.6	20	6.1	107	9.5
	55 - 59	5	10.6	84	11.2	39	11.9	128	11.3
	60 - 64	6	12.8	118	15.7	56	17.0	180	15.9
	65 - 69	2	4.3	101	13.4	61	18.5	164	14.5
	70 or older	3	6.4	97	12.9	106	32.2	206	18.2
	Not specified	2	4.3	18	2.4	15	4.6	35	3.1
	Mean	49.2		55.4		66.2		58.2
	SD	13.9		14.0		12.6		14.5
Region	New England	4	8.5	55	7.3	22	6.7	81	7.2
	Middle Atlantic	8	17.0	135	17.9	50	15.2	193	17.1
	East North Central	7	14.9	110	14.6	37	11.2	154	13.6
	West North Central	4	8.5	42	5.6	28	8.5	74	6.6
	South Atlantic	9	19.1	119	15.8	60	18.2	188	16.7
	East South Central	0	.0	23	3.1	9	2.7	32	2.8
	West South Central	3	6.4	44	5.8	31	9.4	78	6.9
	Mountain	2	4.3	35	4.6	15	4.6	52	4.6
	Pacific	5	10.6	120	15.9	65	19.8	190	16.8
	Other US (eg, Puerto Rico)	0	.0	1	.1	1	.3	2	.2
	Canada	2	4.3	36	4.8	9	2.7	47	4.2
	Other	3	6.4	33	4.4	2	.6	38	3.4

Source: 2012 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 5 Members by Membership Status, 2012

	Membership Status						Total
	Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
N=	47	100.0	753	100.0	329	100.0	1,129	100.0
Highest degree
PhD	9	19.1	685	91.0	314	95.4	1,008	89.3
EdD	0	.0	22	2.9	10	3.0	32	2.8
PsyD	0	.0	28	3.7	1	.3	29	2.6
Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified	0	.0	12	1.6	1	.3	13	1.2
Masters	36	76.6	5	.7	1	.3	42	3.7
Baccalaureate/ Associate	1	2.1	0	.0	0	.0	1	.1
Not specified	1	2.1	1	.1	2	.6	4	.4
Years since degree
Less than 5	11	23.4	81	10.8	0	.0	92	8.1
5 - 9	8	17.0	98	13.0	3	.9	109	9.7
10 - 14	3	6.4	92	12.2	5	1.5	100	8.9
15 - 19	4	8.5	81	10.8	24	7.3	109	9.7
20 - 24	4	8.5	94	12.5	27	8.2	125	11.1
25 or more	16	34.0	300	39.8	266	80.9	582	51.6
Not specified	1	2.1	7	.9	4	1.2	12	1.1
Mean	17.8		22.0		36.5		26.1
SD	14.2		14.1		13.4		15.4

Source: 2012 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 5 Members by Membership Status, 2012

		Membership Status						Total
		Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
	Total	47	100.0	753	100.0	329	100.0	1,129	100.0
Health service provider subfields	Child clinical	2	4.3	4	.5	0	.0	6	.5
	Clinical	3	6.4	148	19.7	54	16.4	205	18.2
	Clinical neuropsychology	0	.0	7	.9	0	.0	7	.6
	Counseling psychology	0	.0	24	3.2	12	3.6	36	3.2
	Family	0	.0	0	.0	2	.6	2	.2
	Forensic	3	6.4	4	.5	0	.0	7	.6
	Geropsychology	0	.0	2	.3	1	.3	3	.3
	Health	2	4.3	11	1.5	5	1.5	18	1.6
	School	0	.0	14	1.9	9	2.7	23	2.0
	Sport psychology	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
	Subtotal	10	21.3	215	28.6	83	25.2	308	27.3
Research and other subfields	Cognitive	0	.0	9	1.2	2	.6	11	1.0
	Community	0	.0	6	.8	2	.6	8	.7
	Comparative	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.1
	Developmental	0	.0	19	2.5	7	2.1	26	2.3
	Educational	2	4.3	49	6.5	15	4.6	66	5.8
	Environmental	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.1
	Experimental	0	.0	9	1.2	2	.6	11	1.0
	General/Methods & Systems	2	4.3	11	1.5	6	1.8	19	1.7
	Industrial/Organizational	6	12.8	83	11.0	46	14.0	135	12.0
	Neurosciences	0	.0	1	.1	2	.6	3	.3
	Personality	1	2.1	16	2.1	16	4.9	33	2.9
	Physiological/Psychobiology	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
	Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats	6	12.8	117	15.5	73	22.2	196	17.4
	Social	0	.0	26	3.5	22	6.7	48	4.3
	Subtotal	17	36.2	347	46.1	195	59.3	559	49.5
Other fields	Behavioral Medicine	0	.0	2	.3	0	.0	2	.2
	Business or Management	1	2.1	2	.3	2	.6	5	.4
	Cognitive science	0	.0	1	.1	1	.3	2	.2
	Counseling	2	4.3	6	.8	3	.9	11	1.0
	Counselor Education	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
	Criminology/Criminal Justice	0	.0	2	.3	0	.0	2	.2
	Education, Teaching	0	.0	8	1.1	5	1.5	13	1.2
	Engineering	1	2.1	0	.0	0	.0	1	.1
	Epidemiology	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
	Industrial Relations	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
	Law	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
	Medicine	0	.0	2	.3	0	.0	2	.2
	Organizational Behavior	0	.0	2	.3	2	.6	4	.4
	Public Admin	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
	Public Health	0	.0	2	.3	0	.0	2	.2
	Rehabilitation	0	.0	2	.3	1	.3	3	.3
	Social/Behavioral Sciences	0	.0	2	.3	0	.0	2	.2
	Social Work	0	.0	2	.3	0	.0	2	.2
	Statistics	1	2.1	2	.3	3	.9	6	.5
	Other	2	4.3	41	5.4	22	6.7	65	5.8
	Subtotal	7	14.9	81	10.8	39	11.9	127	11.2
Science designation
	General science	8	17.0	112	14.9	59	17.9	179	15.9
	Core science	13	27.7	266	35.3	153	46.5	432	38.3
	Neither	13	27.7	265	35.2	105	31.9	383	33.9
Not specified		13	27.7	110	14.6	12	3.6	135	12.0

Source: 2012 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Table 4: Employment Characteristics of Division 5 Members by Membership Status, 2012

		Membership Status						Total
		Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
N=		47	100.0	753	100.0	329	100.0	1,129	100.0
Employment status	Working full time	15	31.9	380	50.5	204	62.0	599	53.1
	Working part time	2	4.3	27	3.6	8	2.4	37	3.3
	Postdoctoral study	0	.0	10	1.3	2	.6	12	1.1
	Not working and not seeking work	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
	Retired and not working	0	.0	19	2.5	30	9.1	49	4.3
	Retired and still working	1	2.1	6	.8	13	4.0	20	1.8
	Other	0	.0	1	.1	0	.0	1	.1
	Employed; status not known	0	.0	4	.5	2	.6	6	.5
	Not specified	29	61.7	305	40.5	70	21.3	404	35.8
Licensure status	Licensed and/or certified	5	10.6	242	32.1	127	38.6	374	33.1
Licensure status	Not licensed/unknown	42	89.4	511	67.9	202	61.4	755	66.9
Primary work setting (full-time-employed only)	University settings	1	6.7	172	45.3	131	64.2	304	50.8
	Four-year colleges	0	.0	15	3.9	7	3.4	22	3.7
	Medical school/ Academic medical center	0	.0	19	5.0	9	4.4	28	4.7
	Other academic settings	0	.0	16	4.2	3	1.5	19	3.2
	Schools & other educational settings	0	.0	8	2.1	1	.5	9	1.5
	Independent practice	2	13.3	45	11.8	10	4.9	57	9.5
	Hospital	1	6.7	18	4.7	6	2.9	25	4.2
	Clinic	0	.0	2	.5	0	.0	2	.3
	Other human service	1	6.7	9	2.4	2	1.0	12	2.0
	Business & industry	0	.0	13	3.4	4	2.0	17	2.8
	Government	3	20.0	11	2.9	5	2.5	19	3.2
	Other	7	46.7	50	13.2	25	12.3	82	13.7
	Not specified	0	.0	2	.5	1	.5	3	.5
Work activities (full-time-employed only)	Research	8	53.3	277	72.9	168	82.4	453	75.6
	Education	6	40.0	226	59.5	143	70.1	375	62.6
	Health/mental health services	5	33.3	112	29.5	31	15.2	148	24.7
	Educational services	3	20.0	68	17.9	21	10.3	92	15.4
	Other applied psychology	4	26.7	133	35.0	57	27.9	194	32.4
	Management/administration	8	53.3	188	49.5	112	54.9	308	51.4
	Other employment activities	4	26.7	108	28.4	43	21.1	155	25.9
	Not specified	2	13.3	34	8.9	26	12.7	62	10.4
Primary work activity (full-time-employed only)	Research	6	40.0	113	29.7	89	43.6	208	34.7
	Education	0	.0	81	21.3	40	19.6	121	20.2
	Mental Health Services	4	26.7	55	14.5	9	4.4	68	11.4
	Educational Services	1	6.7	10	2.6	0	.0	11	1.8
	Applied Psychology	0	.0	28	7.4	9	4.4	37	6.2
	Management/administration	0	.0	49	12.9	28	13.7	77	12.9
	Other activities	1	6.7	5	1.3	3	1.5	9	1.5
	Not specified	3	20.0	39	10.3	26	12.7	68	11.4

Source: 2012 APA Directory and 2010 Employment Update, supplemented with earlier surveys. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Division 5

Quantitative and Qualitative Methods