Survey of Doctorate Recipients
Description
The Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) is a panel study covering individuals with a U.S. research doctoral degree in a science, engineering, or health (SEH) field. Since 1973 the study has been collecting information about the educational and occupational achievements and career movement of U.S.-trained doctoral scientists and engineers in the United States and abroad. The SDR is sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and by the National Institutes of Health.
Meta-Data
| Study Title (long) | Survey of Doctorate Recipients |
| Study Title (short) | SDR |
| Coordinating Institution | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Creator | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contributor | - |
| Sponsor | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Type | fixed panel design with a sample of new doctoral graduates added to the panel in each biennial survey cycle |
| Description of Observations | Doctorate holders with an SEH research doctorate degree from a U.S academic institution that are less than 76 years of age. |
| Waves | |
| Duration | Biannually, ongoing since 1973 |
| Country | United States of America |
| URL | https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvydoctoratework/ |
| Documentation | |
| Publisher | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Keywords | demographic education career US doctorate holders science engineering health |
Documentation
Description of the study and the data can be found online.
Data Collection Rounds
Data collection has been ongoing biannually since 1973 resulting in 22 waves.
