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2008 Membership Statistics for Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)

Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 4: Employment Characteristics of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 5: Membership Characteristics of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008

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Table 1
Demographic Characteristics of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008

 

 		   Associate Member Fellow Total
N % N % N % N %
N= 32 100.0 712 100.0 499 100.0 1,243 100.0
Gender Men 12 37.5 377 52.9 319 63.9 708 57.0
Women 20 62.5 335 47.1 180 36.1 535 43.0
Race/ethnicity American Indian 0 .0 3 .4 0 .0 3 .2
Asian 1 3.1 14 2.0 12 2.4 27 2.2
Hispanic 1 3.1 20 2.8 11 2.2 32 2.6
Black 1 3.1 35 4.9 20 4.0 56 4.5
White 26 81.3 553 77.7 439 88.0 1,018 81.9
Multiracial/multi-ethnic 0 .0 6 .8 3 .6 9 .7
Not specified 3 9.4 81 11.4 14 2.8 98 7.9
Age Under 30 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
30 - 34 1 3.1 13 1.8 0 .0 14 1.1
35 - 39 1 3.1 20 2.8 3 .6 24 1.9
40 - 44 3 9.4 36 5.1 5 1.0 44 3.5
45 - 49 0 .0 38 5.3 24 4.8 62 5.0
50 - 54 1 3.1 46 6.5 25 5.0 72 5.8
55 - 59 4 12.5 59 8.3 64 12.8 127 10.2
60 - 64 3 9.4 76 10.7 61 12.2 140 11.3
65 - 69 3 9.4 53 7.4 45 9.0 101 8.1
70 or older 15 46.9 319 44.8 254 50.9 588 47.3
Not specified 1 3.1 51 7.2 18 3.6 70 5.6
Mean 65.1   66.9   70.1   68.2  
SD 15.1   16.0   13.4   15.0  
Region New England 3 9.4 73 10.3 64 12.8 140 11.3
Middle Atlantic 11 34.4 162 22.8 109 21.8 282 22.7
East North Central 4 12.5 93 13.1 68 13.6 165 13.3
West North Central 0 .0 34 4.8 20 4.0 54 4.3
South Atlantic 6 18.8 94 13.2 58 11.6 158 12.7
East South Central 1 3.1 14 2.0 6 1.2 21 1.7
West South Central 1 3.1 22 3.1 8 1.6 31 2.5
Mountain 0 .0 33 4.6 22 4.4 55 4.4
Pacific 4 12.5 140 19.7 121 24.2 265 21.3
Other US (eg, Puerto Rico) 0 .0 2 .3 1 .2 3 .2
Canada 1 3.1 29 4.1 10 2.0 40 3.2
Other 1 3.1 16 2.2 12 2.4 29 2.3

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. 

Table 2
Educational Characteristics of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008

      Associate Member Fellow Total
N % N % N % N %
N= 32 100.0 712 100.0 499 100.0 1,243 100.0
Highest degree Ph.D. 13 40.6 652 91.6 487 97.6 1,152 92.7
Ed.D. 0 .0 26 3.7 9 1.8 35 2.8
Psy.D. 0 .0 3 .4 0 .0 3 .2
M.D. 0 .0 3 .4 0 .0 3 .2
Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified 0 .0 13 1.8 1 .2 14 1.1
Masters 15 46.9 12 1.7 1 .2 28 2.3
Baccalaureate/Associate 1 3.1 1 .1 0 .0 2 .2
Not specified 3 9.4 2 .3 1 .2 6 .5
Years since degree Less than 5 2 6.3 15 2.1 0 .0 17 1.4
5 - 9 1 3.1 23 3.2 2 .4 26 2.1
10 – 14 4 12.5 44 6.2 7 1.4 55 4.4
15 – 19 4 12.5 65 9.1 19 3.8 88 7.1
20 – 24 3 9.4 53 7.4 31 6.2 87 7.0
25 or more 17 53.1 496 69.7 436 87.4 949 76.3
Not specified 1 3.1 16 2.2 4 .8 21 1.7
Mean 28.8   33.9   40.8   36.5  
SD 16.2   14.9   13.4   14.8  

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. 

Table 3
Current Major Field of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008

      Associate Member Fellow Total
N % N % N % N %
Health service provider subfields Child clinical 1 3.1 8 1.1 0 .0 9 .7
Clinical 10 31.3 221 31.0 82 16.4 313 25.2
Clinical neuropsychology 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Counseling psychology 3 9.4 34 4.8 11 2.2 48 3.9
Family 0 .0 0 .0 2 .4 2 .2
Forensic 0 .0 3 .4 1 .2 4 .3
Geropsychology 0 .0 3 .4 5 1.0 8 .6
Health 0 .0 6 .8 10 2.0 16 1.3
School 3 9.4 5 .7 4 .8 12 1.0
Subtotal 17 53.1 281 39.5 115 23.0 413 33.2
Research and other subfields Cognitive 0 .0 3 .4 5 1.0 8 .6
Community 2 6.3 14 2.0 17 3.4 33 2.7
Comparative 0 .0 0 .0 1 .2 1 .1
Developmental 2 6.3 31 4.4 43 8.6 76 6.1
Educational 1 3.1 13 1.8 8 1.6 22 1.8
Environmental 0 .0 6 .8 14 2.8 20 1.6
Experimental 1 3.1 3 .4 6 1.2 10 .8
General/Methods & Systems 0 .0 6 .8 11 2.2 17 1.4
Industrial/Organizational 0 .0 37 5.2 21 4.2 58 4.7
Neurosciences 0 .0 0 .0 2 .4 2 .2
Personality 0 .0 13 1.8 15 3.0 28 2.3
Physiological/Psychobiology 0 .0 1 .1 1 .2 2 .2
Psychopharmacology 0 .0 0 .0 1 .2 1 .1
Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats 0 .0 0 .0 3 .6 3 .2
Social 1 3.1 196 27.5 195 39.1 392 31.5
Subtotal 7 21.9 323 45.4 343 68.7 673 54.1
Other fields Anthropology 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Behavioral Medicine 0 .0 3 .4 1 .2 4 .3
Business or Management 0 .0 2 .3 1 .2 3 .2
Communications/Journalism 0 .0 0 .0 1 .2 1 .1
Counselor Education 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Criminology/Criminal Justice 1 3.1 0 .0 2 .4 3 .2
Education, Teaching 1 3.1 5 .7 2 .4 8 .6
Epidemiology 0 .0 0 .0 2 .4 2 .2
Law 0 .0 3 .4 0 .0 3 .2
Organizational Behavior 0 .0 3 .4 3 .6 6 .5
Political Science 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Psychiatry 0 .0 2 .3 0 .0 2 .2
Public Admin 1 3.1 0 .0 0 .0 1 .1
Public Health 0 .0 2 .3 4 .8 6 .5
Rehabilitation 0 .0 3 .4 0 .0 3 .2
Social/Behavioral Sciences 0 .0 4 .6 3 .6 7 .6
Social Work 0 .0 2 .3 0 .0 2 .2
Sociology 0 .0 4 .6 2 .4 6 .5
Special Education 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Speech & Hearing 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Statistics 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Theology/Religion 1 3.1 0 .0 0 .0 1 .1
Other 2 6.3 28 3.9 14 2.8 44 3.5
Subtotal 6 18.8 67 9.4 35 7.0 108 8.7
Not specified Not specified 2 6.3 41 5.8 6 1.2 49 3.9
Science designation General science 3 9.4 68 9.6 56 11.2 127 10.2
Core science 5 15.6 286 40.2 315 63.1 606 48.8
Neither 22 68.8 317 44.5 122 24.4 461 37.1
Total 32 100.0 712 100.0 499 100.0 1,243 100.0

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. 

Table 4
Employment Characteristics of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008

   

 		 Associate Member Fellow Total
  N % N % N % N %
  N= 32 100.0 712 100.0 499 100.0 1,243 100.0
Employment status Employed full time 5 15.6 152 21.3 187 37.5 344 27.7
Employed part time 2 6.3 58 8.1 36 7.2 96 7.7
Postdoctoral study 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Unemployed, seeking employment 0 .0 0 .0 2 .4 2 .2
Unemployed, not seeking 0 .0 5 .7 2 .4 7 .6
Retired 5 15.6 85 11.9 76 15.2 166 13.4
Other 0 .0 1 .1 1 .2 2 .2
Not specified 20 62.5 410 57.6 195 39.1 625 50.3
Licensure status Licensed as a psychologist 9 28.1 327 45.9 158 31.7 494 39.7
Not licensed/unknown 23 71.9 385 54.1 341 68.3 749 60.3
Primary work setting (full-time-employed only) University settings 1 20.0 79 52.0 142 75.9 222 64.
Four-year colleges 0 .0 16 10.5 8 4.3 24 7.0
Medical school 0 .0 0 .0 8 4.3 8 2.3
Other academic settings 0 .0 9 5.9 6 3.2 15 4.4
Schools & other educational settings 2 40.0 2 1.3 2 1.1 6 1.7
Independent practice 1 20.0 20 13.2 6 3.2 27 7.8
Hospital 0 .0 0 .0 1 .5 1 .3
Clinic 0 .0 3 2.0 0 .0 3 .9
Other human service 0 .0 4 2.6 0 .0 4 1.2
Business & industry 0 .0 1 .7 0 .0 1 .3
Government 1 20.0 5 3.3 2 1.1 8 2.3
Other 0 .0 13 8.6 10 5.3 23 6.7
Not specified 0 .0 0 .0 2 1.1 2 .6
Involvement in work activities (full-time-employed only) Research 2 40.0 109 71.7 163 87.2 274 79.7
Education 2 40.0 111 73.0 166 88.8 279 81.1
Health/mental health services 3 60.0 43 28.3 20 10.7 66 19.2
Educational services 2 40.0 20 13.2 17 9.1 39 11.3
Other applied psychology 0 .0 39 25.7 35 18.7 74 21.5
Management/administration 1 20.0 66 43.4 88 47.1 155 45.1
Other employment activities 3 60.0 35 23.0 36 19.3 74 21.5
Not specified 0 .0 6 3.9 8 4.3 14 4.1
Primary work activity (full-time-employed only) Research 0 .0 41 27.0 84 44.9 125 36.3
Education 1 20.0 52 34.2 62 33.2 115 33.4
Mental Health Services 1 20.0 25 16.4 8 4.3 34 9.9
Educational Services 2 40.0 2 1.3 0 .0 4 1.2
Applied Psychology 0 .0 7 4.6 3 1.6 10 2.9
Management/administration 1 20.0 14 9.2 21 11.2 36 10.5
Other activities 0 .0 4 2.6 1 .5 5 1.5
Not specified 0 .0 7 4.6 8 4.3 15 4.4

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. 

Table 5
Membership Characteristics of Division 9 Members by Membership Status, 2008

 

 		   Associate Member Fellow Total
N % N % N % N %
1. General Psychology 2 6.3 26 3.7 94 18.8 122 9.8
2. Teaching of Psychology 5 15.6 54 7.6 65 13.0 124 10.0
3. Experimental Psychology 0 .0 6 .8 40 8.0 46 3.7
5. Evaluation & Measurement 1 3.1 18 2.5 23 4.6 42 3.4
6. Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative 0 .0 3 .4 16 3.2 19 1.5
7. Developmental Psychology 1 3.1 27 3.8 60 12.0 88 7.1
8. Personality & Social 8 25.0 208 29.2 261 52.3 477 38.4
9. SPSSI 32 100.0 712 100.0 499 100.0 1,243 100.0
10. Psychology & the Arts 1 3.1 16 2.2 15 3.0 32 2.6
12. Clinical Psychology 0 .0 54 7.6 78 15.6 132 10.6
13. Consulting Psychology 1 3.1 18 2.5 24 4.8 43 3.5
14. SIOP 1 3.1 36 5.1 39 7.8 76 6.1
15. Educational Psychology 3 9.4 29 4.1 44 8.8 76 6.1
16. School Psychology 4 12.5 7 1.0 14 2.8 25 2.0
17. Counseling Psychology 3 9.4 28 3.9 21 4.2 52 4.2
18. Psychologists in Public Service 2 6.3 15 2.1 10 2.0 27 2.2
19. Society for Military Psychology 0 .0 6 .8 5 1.0 11 .9
20. Adult Development & Aging 2 6.3 38 5.3 37 7.4 77 6.2
21. Applied Experimental & Engineering 0 .0 4 .6 8 1.6 12 1.0
22. Rehabilitation Psychology 2 6.3 12 1.7 8 1.6 22 1.8
23. Consumer Psychology 0 .0 11 1.5 13 2.6 24 1.9
24. Theoretical & Philosophical 0 .0 20 2.8 26 5.2 46 3.7
25. Behavior Analysis 0 .0 7 1.0 7 1.4 14 1.1
26. History of Psychology 0 .0 15 2.1 55 11.0 70 5.6
27. Community Psychology 4 12.5 52 7.3 67 13.4 123 9.9
28. Psychopharmacology & Substance Abuse 1 3.1 11 1.5 9 1.8 21 1.7
29. Psychotherapy 3 9.4 52 7.3 36 7.2 91 7.3
30. Psychological Hypnosis 1 3.1 18 2.5 6 1.2 25 2.0
31. State, Provincial, & Territorial Psychological Assn Affairs 0 .0 10 1.4 18 3.6 28 2.3
32. Humanistic Psychology 1 3.1 19 2.7 13 2.6 33 2.7
33. Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities 1 3.1 4 .6 6 1.2 11 .9
34. Population & Environmental 1 3.1 27 3.8 48 9.6 76 6.1
35. Psychology of Women 2 6.3 117 16.4 120 24.0 239 19.2
36. Psychology of Religion 3 9.4 21 2.9 18 3.6 42 3.4
37. Child and Family Policy & Practice 4 12.5 17 2.4 25 5.0 46 3.7
38. Health Psychology 0 .0 50 7.0 49 9.8 99 8.0
39. Psychoanalysis 0 .0 39 5.5 14 2.8 53 4.3
40. Clinical Neuropsychology 0 .0 18 2.5 7 1.4 25 2.0
41. Psychology-Law Society 0 .0 35 4.9 36 7.2 71 5.7
42. Psychologists in Independent Practice 0 .0 53 7.4 24 4.8 77 6.2
43. Family Psychology 2 6.3 32 4.5 24 4.8 58 4.7
44. Lesbian & Gay Issues 0 .0 26 3.7 41 8.2 67 5.4
45. Ethnic Minority Issues 5 15.6 59 8.3 62 12.4 126 10.1
46. Media Psychology 1 3.1 17 2.4 22 4.4 40 3.2
47. Exercise & Sport Psychology 0 .0 12 1.7 6 1.2 18 1.4
48. Peace Psychology 1 3.1 54 7.6 67 13.4 122 9.8
49. Group Psychology & Group Psychotherapy 1 3.1 23 3.2 16 3.2 40 3.2
50. Addictions 1 3.1 11 1.5 14 2.8 26 2.1
51. Men & Masculinity 1 3.1 9 1.3 18 3.6 28 2.3
52. International 1 3.1 34 4.8 74 14.8 109 8.8
53. Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 1 3.1 11 1.5 9 1.8 21 1.7
54. Pediatric Psychology 0 .0 5 .7 6 1.2 11 .9
55. Advancement of Pharmacotherapy 0 .0 5 .7 5 1.0 10 .8
56. Trauma Psychology 2 6.3 19 2.7 28 5.6 49 3.9
Number of divisions                
One 10 31.3 143 20.1 20 4.0 173 13.9
Two 6 18.8 192 27.0 91 18.2 289 23.3
Three 6 18.8 167 23.5 105 21.0 278 22.4
Four or more 10 31.3 210 29.5 283 56.7 503 40.5
Number belonging to state associations 13 40.6 237 33.3 111 22.2 361 29.0
ABPP Clinical psychology 0 .0 20 2.8 27 5.4 47 3.8
Counseling 0 .0 1 .1 2 .4 3 .2
Organizational business consulting psychology 0 .0 3 .4 2 .4 5 .4
School 0 .0 1 .1 3 .6 4 .3
Forensic 0 .0 5 .7 5 1.0 10 .8
Family psychology 0 .0 5 .7 2 .4 7 .6
Psychoanalysis 0 .0 4 .6 3 .6 7 .6
Clinical child and adolescent psychology 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Group psychology 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .1
Paid the Practice Assessment 0 .0 79 11.1 23 4.6 102 8.2
Total 32 100.0 712 100.0 499 100.0 1,243 100.0

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.



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