Division 8: 2012
Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2012
|
|
Membership Status |
Total |
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|
Associate |
Member |
Fellow |
N |
% |
|||||
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
||||
|
N= |
117 |
100.0 |
1,415 |
100.0 |
623 |
100.0 |
2,155 |
100.0 |
|
|
Gender |
Men |
59 |
50.4 |
817 |
57.7 |
455 |
73.0 |
1,331 |
61.8 |
|
Women |
57 |
48.7 |
592 |
41.8 |
168 |
27.0 |
817 |
37.9 |
|
|
Not specified |
1 |
.9 |
6 |
.4 |
0 |
.0 |
7 |
.3 |
|
|
Race/ethnicity |
American Indian |
0 |
.0 |
5 |
.4 |
1 |
.2 |
6 |
.3 |
|
Asian |
10 |
8.5 |
65 |
4.6 |
13 |
2.1 |
88 |
4.1 |
|
|
Hispanic |
3 |
2.6 |
33 |
2.3 |
7 |
1.1 |
43 |
2.0 |
|
|
Black |
6 |
5.1 |
26 |
1.8 |
8 |
1.3 |
40 |
1.9 |
|
|
White |
56 |
47.9 |
1,045 |
73.9 |
576 |
92.5 |
1,677 |
77.8 |
|
|
Multiracial/multi-ethnic |
0 |
.0 |
12 |
.8 |
1 |
.2 |
13 |
.6 |
|
|
Not specified |
42 |
35.9 |
229 |
16.2 |
17 |
2.7 |
288 |
13.4 |
|
|
Age |
Under 30 |
2 |
1.7 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
3 |
.1 |
|
30 - 34 |
6 |
5.1 |
34 |
2.4 |
0 |
.0 |
40 |
1.9 |
|
|
35 - 39 |
9 |
7.7 |
63 |
4.5 |
1 |
.2 |
73 |
3.4 |
|
|
40 - 44 |
8 |
6.8 |
109 |
7.7 |
10 |
1.6 |
127 |
5.9 |
|
|
45 - 49 |
9 |
7.7 |
146 |
10.3 |
20 |
3.2 |
175 |
8.1 |
|
|
50 - 54 |
11 |
9.4 |
129 |
9.1 |
36 |
5.8 |
176 |
8.2 |
|
|
55 - 59 |
11 |
9.4 |
155 |
11.0 |
53 |
8.5 |
219 |
10.2 |
|
|
60 - 64 |
12 |
10.3 |
206 |
14.6 |
100 |
16.1 |
318 |
14.8 |
|
|
65 - 69 |
11 |
9.4 |
181 |
12.8 |
106 |
17.0 |
298 |
13.8 |
|
|
70 or older |
30 |
25.6 |
302 |
21.3 |
281 |
45.1 |
613 |
28.4 |
|
|
Not specified |
8 |
6.8 |
89 |
6.3 |
16 |
2.6 |
113 |
5.2 |
|
|
Mean |
59.2 |
59.9 |
69.6 |
62.8 |
|||||
|
SD |
16.8 |
14.6 |
12.5 |
14.8 |
|||||
|
Region |
New England |
12 |
10.3 |
109 |
7.7 |
60 |
9.6 |
181 |
8.4 |
|
Middle Atlantic |
24 |
20.5 |
255 |
18.0 |
115 |
18.5 |
394 |
18.3 |
|
|
East North Central |
12 |
10.3 |
194 |
13.7 |
90 |
14.4 |
296 |
13.7 |
|
|
West North Central |
6 |
5.1 |
86 |
6.1 |
37 |
5.9 |
129 |
6.0 |
|
|
South Atlantic |
15 |
12.8 |
216 |
15.3 |
90 |
14.4 |
321 |
14.9 |
|
|
East South Central |
3 |
2.6 |
38 |
2.7 |
8 |
1.3 |
49 |
2.3 |
|
|
West South Central |
6 |
5.1 |
71 |
5.0 |
27 |
4.3 |
104 |
4.8 |
|
|
Mountain |
1 |
.9 |
62 |
4.4 |
37 |
5.9 |
100 |
4.6 |
|
|
Pacific |
20 |
17.1 |
221 |
15.6 |
112 |
18.0 |
353 |
16.4 |
|
|
Other US (eg, Puerto Rico) |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
|
|
Canada |
2 |
1.7 |
72 |
5.1 |
23 |
3.7 |
97 |
4.5 |
|
|
Other |
16 |
13.7 |
89 |
6.3 |
24 |
3.9 |
129 |
6.0 |
|
Source: 2012 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.
Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2012
|
Membership Status |
Total |
|||||||
|
Associate |
Member |
Fellow |
N |
% |
||||
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
|||
|
N= |
117 |
100.0 |
1,415 |
100.0 |
623 |
100.0 |
2,155 |
100.0 |
|
Highest degree |
||||||||
|
PhD |
19 |
16.2 |
1,258 |
88.9 |
612 |
98.2 |
1,889 |
87.7 |
|
EdD |
6 |
5.1 |
36 |
2.5 |
6 |
1.0 |
48 |
2.2 |
|
PsyD |
0 |
.0 |
64 |
4.5 |
0 |
.0 |
64 |
3.0 |
|
MD |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified |
3 |
2.6 |
36 |
2.5 |
5 |
.8 |
44 |
2.0 |
|
Masters |
80 |
68.4 |
12 |
.8 |
0 |
.0 |
92 |
4.3 |
|
Baccalaureate/ Associate |
1 |
.9 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
|
Not specified |
8 |
6.8 |
7 |
.5 |
0 |
.0 |
15 |
.7 |
|
Years since degree |
||||||||
|
Less than 5 |
10 |
8.5 |
38 |
2.7 |
0 |
.0 |
48 |
2.2 |
|
5 - 9 |
12 |
10.3 |
131 |
9.3 |
0 |
.0 |
143 |
6.6 |
|
10 - 14 |
16 |
13.7 |
169 |
11.9 |
7 |
1.1 |
192 |
8.9 |
|
15 - 19 |
13 |
11.1 |
185 |
13.1 |
24 |
3.9 |
222 |
10.3 |
|
20 - 24 |
13 |
11.1 |
149 |
10.5 |
29 |
4.7 |
191 |
8.9 |
|
25 or more |
44 |
37.6 |
708 |
50.0 |
560 |
89.9 |
1,312 |
60.9 |
|
Not specified |
9 |
7.7 |
35 |
2.5 |
3 |
.5 |
47 |
2.2 |
|
Mean |
24.8 |
26.8 |
41.1 |
30.9 |
||||
|
SD |
17.1 |
14.9 |
12.6 |
15.8 |
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Source: 2012 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.
Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2012
|
Membership Status |
Total |
||||||||
|
Associate |
Member |
Fellow |
N |
% |
|||||
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
||||
|
Total |
117 |
100.0 |
1,415 |
100.0 |
623 |
100.0 |
2,155 |
100.0 |
|
|
Health service provider subfields |
Child clinical |
1 |
.9 |
6 |
.4 |
0 |
.0 |
7 |
.3 |
|
Clinical |
17 |
14.5 |
313 |
22.1 |
85 |
13.6 |
415 |
19.3 |
|
|
Clinical neuropsychology |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
2 |
.3 |
4 |
.2 |
|
|
Counseling psychology |
8 |
6.8 |
58 |
4.1 |
13 |
2.1 |
79 |
3.7 |
|
|
Forensic |
1 |
.9 |
9 |
.6 |
0 |
.0 |
10 |
.5 |
|
|
Geropsychology |
1 |
.9 |
2 |
.1 |
5 |
.8 |
8 |
.4 |
|
|
Health |
2 |
1.7 |
27 |
1.9 |
21 |
3.4 |
50 |
2.3 |
|
|
School |
5 |
4.3 |
14 |
1.0 |
1 |
.2 |
20 |
.9 |
|
|
Sport psychology |
0 |
.0 |
3 |
.2 |
2 |
.3 |
5 |
.2 |
|
|
Subtotal |
35 |
29.9 |
434 |
30.7 |
129 |
20.7 |
598 |
27.7 |
|
|
Research and other subfields |
Cognitive |
0 |
.0 |
6 |
.4 |
4 |
.6 |
10 |
.5 |
|
Community |
3 |
2.6 |
5 |
.4 |
6 |
1.0 |
14 |
.6 |
|
|
Comparative |
0 |
.0 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.2 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Developmental |
3 |
2.6 |
31 |
2.2 |
29 |
4.7 |
63 |
2.9 |
|
|
Educational |
0 |
.0 |
28 |
2.0 |
9 |
1.4 |
37 |
1.7 |
|
|
Environmental |
0 |
.0 |
3 |
.2 |
10 |
1.6 |
13 |
.6 |
|
|
Evolutionary psychology |
0 |
.0 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.2 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Experimental |
1 |
.9 |
11 |
.8 |
3 |
.5 |
15 |
.7 |
|
|
General/Methods & Systems |
3 |
2.6 |
6 |
.4 |
10 |
1.6 |
19 |
.9 |
|
|
Industrial/Organizational |
15 |
12.8 |
80 |
5.7 |
31 |
5.0 |
126 |
5.8 |
|
|
Neurosciences |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
2 |
.3 |
3 |
.1 |
|
|
Personality |
2 |
1.7 |
67 |
4.7 |
50 |
8.0 |
119 |
5.5 |
|
|
Physiological/Psychobiology |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats |
1 |
.9 |
17 |
1.2 |
11 |
1.8 |
29 |
1.3 |
|
|
Social |
13 |
11.1 |
416 |
29.4 |
258 |
41.4 |
687 |
31.9 |
|
|
Subtotal |
41 |
35.0 |
672 |
47.5 |
425 |
68.2 |
1,138 |
52.8 |
|
|
Other fields |
Anthropology |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
Behavioral Medicine |
0 |
.0 |
3 |
.2 |
2 |
.3 |
5 |
.2 |
|
|
Business or Management |
1 |
.9 |
16 |
1.1 |
3 |
.5 |
20 |
.9 |
|
|
Cognitive science |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Communications/Journalism |
0 |
.0 |
10 |
.7 |
0 |
.0 |
10 |
.5 |
|
|
Computer Science |
1 |
.9 |
0 |
.0 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Counseling |
1 |
.9 |
9 |
.6 |
0 |
.0 |
10 |
.5 |
|
|
Counselor Education |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Criminology/Criminal Justice |
1 |
.9 |
3 |
.2 |
1 |
.2 |
5 |
.2 |
|
|
Education, Teaching |
2 |
1.7 |
17 |
1.2 |
3 |
.5 |
22 |
1.0 |
|
|
Engineering |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Epidemiology |
0 |
.0 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.2 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Law |
0 |
.0 |
3 |
.2 |
0 |
.0 |
3 |
.1 |
|
|
Medicine |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Nursing |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
1 |
.2 |
3 |
.1 |
|
|
Organizational Behavior |
0 |
.0 |
11 |
.8 |
7 |
1.1 |
18 |
.8 |
|
|
Political Science |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
|
|
Public Health |
0 |
.0 |
4 |
.3 |
2 |
.3 |
6 |
.3 |
|
|
Rehabilitation |
0 |
.0 |
3 |
.2 |
0 |
.0 |
3 |
.1 |
|
|
Social/Behavioral Sciences |
0 |
.0 |
8 |
.6 |
0 |
.0 |
8 |
.4 |
|
|
Social Work |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
1 |
.2 |
3 |
.1 |
|
|
Sociology |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
|
|
Special Education |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Theology/Religion |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.1 |
0 |
.0 |
1 |
.0 |
|
|
Other |
5 |
4.3 |
57 |
4.0 |
32 |
5.1 |
94 |
4.4 |
|
|
Subtotal |
11 |
9.4 |
159 |
11.2 |
53 |
8.5 |
223 |
10.3 |
|
|
Science designation |
|||||||||
|
General science |
23 |
19.7 |
134 |
9.5 |
69 |
11.1 |
226 |
10.5 |
|
|
Core science |
24 |
20.5 |
613 |
43.3 |
395 |
63.4 |
1,032 |
47.9 |
|
|
Neither |
40 |
34.2 |
518 |
36.6 |
143 |
23.0 |
701 |
32.5 |
|
|
Not specified |
30 |
25.6 |
150 |
10.6 |
16 |
2.6 |
196 |
9.1 |
|
Source: 2012 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.
Table 4: Employment Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2012
|
Membership Status |
Total |
||||||||
|
Associate |
Member |
Fellow |
N |
% |
|||||
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
||||
|
N= |
117 |
100.0 |
1,415 |
100.0 |
623 |
100.0 |
2,155 |
100.0 |
|
|
Employment status |
Working full time |
29 |
24.8 |
659 |
46.6 |
352 |
56.5 |
1,040 |
48.3 |
|
Working part time |
11 |
9.4 |
78 |
5.5 |
32 |
5.1 |
121 |
5.6 |
|
|
Postdoctoral study |
0 |
.0 |
5 |
.4 |
3 |
.5 |
8 |
.4 |
|
|
Not working and seeking work |
0 |
.0 |
2 |
.1 |
1 |
.2 |
3 |
.1 |
|
|
Not working and not seeking work |
1 |
.9 |
5 |
.4 |
0 |
.0 |
6 |
.3 |
|
|
Retired and not working |
4 |
3.4 |
64 |
4.5 |
70 |
11.2 |
138 |
6.4 |
|
|
Retired and still working |
2 |
1.7 |
26 |
1.8 |
29 |
4.7 |
57 |
2.6 |
|
|
Employed; status not known |
2 |
1.7 |
14 |
1.0 |
5 |
.8 |
21 |
1.0 |
|
|
Not specified |
68 |
58.1 |
562 |
39.7 |
131 |
21.0 |
761 |
35.3 |
|
|
Licensure status |
Licensed and/or certified |
24 |
20.5 |
453 |
32.0 |
151 |
24.2 |
628 |
29.1 |
|
Not licensed/unknown |
93 |
79.5 |
962 |
68.0 |
472 |
75.8 |
1,527 |
70.9 |
|
|
Primary work setting (full-time-employed only) |
University settings |
6 |
20.7 |
321 |
48.7 |
260 |
73.9 |
587 |
56.4 |
|
Four-year colleges |
2 |
6.9 |
71 |
10.8 |
18 |
5.1 |
91 |
8.8 |
|
|
Medical school/ Academic medical center |
0 |
.0 |
20 |
3.0 |
20 |
5.7 |
40 |
3.8 |
|
|
Other academic settings |
1 |
3.4 |
30 |
4.6 |
6 |
1.7 |
37 |
3.6 |
|
|
Schools & other educational settings |
0 |
.0 |
9 |
1.4 |
3 |
.9 |
12 |
1.2 |
|
|
Independent practice |
5 |
17.2 |
70 |
10.6 |
4 |
1.1 |
79 |
7.6 |
|
|
Hospital |
1 |
3.4 |
18 |
2.7 |
7 |
2.0 |
26 |
2.5 |
|
|
Clinic |
3 |
10.3 |
9 |
1.4 |
1 |
.3 |
13 |
1.3 |
|
|
Other human service |
3 |
10.3 |
17 |
2.6 |
2 |
.6 |
22 |
2.1 |
|
|
Business & industry |
3 |
10.3 |
10 |
1.5 |
2 |
.6 |
15 |
1.4 |
|
|
Government |
1 |
3.4 |
30 |
4.6 |
4 |
1.1 |
35 |
3.4 |
|
|
Other |
4 |
13.8 |
49 |
7.4 |
22 |
6.3 |
75 |
7.2 |
|
|
Not specified |
0 |
.0 |
5 |
.8 |
3 |
.9 |
8 |
.8 |
|
|
Work activities (full-time-employed only) |
Research |
11 |
37.9 |
447 |
67.8 |
280 |
79.5 |
738 |
71.0 |
|
Education |
13 |
44.8 |
441 |
66.9 |
262 |
74.4 |
716 |
68.8 |
|
|
Health/mental health services |
9 |
31.0 |
155 |
23.5 |
27 |
7.7 |
191 |
18.4 |
|
|
Educational services |
6 |
20.7 |
99 |
15.0 |
32 |
9.1 |
137 |
13.2 |
|
|
Other applied psychology |
11 |
37.9 |
148 |
22.5 |
50 |
14.2 |
209 |
20.1 |
|
|
Management/administration |
13 |
44.8 |
325 |
49.3 |
178 |
50.6 |
516 |
49.6 |
|
|
Other employment activities |
9 |
31.0 |
153 |
23.2 |
62 |
17.6 |
224 |
21.5 |
|
|
Not specified |
5 |
17.2 |
90 |
13.7 |
58 |
16.5 |
153 |
14.7 |
|
|
Primary work activity (full-time-employed only) |
Research |
2 |
6.9 |
168 |
25.5 |
177 |
50.3 |
347 |
33.4 |
|
Education |
7 |
24.1 |
216 |
32.8 |
59 |
16.8 |
282 |
27.1 |
|
|
Mental Health Services |
4 |
13.8 |
89 |
13.5 |
6 |
1.7 |
99 |
9.5 |
|
|
Educational Services |
0 |
.0 |
6 |
.9 |
0 |
.0 |
6 |
.6 |
|
|
Applied Psychology |
3 |
10.3 |
18 |
2.7 |
4 |
1.1 |
25 |
2.4 |
|
|
Management/administration |
4 |
13.8 |
59 |
9.0 |
38 |
10.8 |
101 |
9.7 |
|
|
Other activities |
3 |
10.3 |
8 |
1.2 |
4 |
1.1 |
15 |
1.4 |
|
|
Not specified |
6 |
20.7 |
95 |
14.4 |
64 |
18.2 |
165 |
15.9 |
|