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ASA 2018 Demographic Survey

Question 1: My Membership Grade Is

Question 2: Age Range

Question 3: Highest Degree Earned

Question 4: Subject Area of Highest Degree

Question 5: Professional Identification

Question 6: Employer Type

Question 7: Primary Technical Interest

Question 8: Secondary Technical Interest

Question 9: What Other Professional Organizations Do You Belong To

Question 10: Are You a Citizen of the United States

Question 11: If You Answered YES to Question 10, What is Your Ethnicity

Question 12: If You Answered Yes to Question 10, What is Your Race (check all that apply)

Question 13: Gender

Question 14: Indicate Which of the Following Apply to You (check all that apply)

Question 15: What is Your Nationality

Question 16: What Do You Consider Yourself To Be

ASA 2017 Demographics

Technical Areas

13.5% Architectural Acoustics
12.7% Speech Communication
10.9% Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
9.3% Underwater Acoustics
9.2% Noise
9.2% Engineering Acoustics
8.2% Physical Acoustics
6.5% Signal Processing in Acoustics
5.2% Structural Acoustics and Vibration
5.1% Musical Acoustics
4.1% Animal Bioacoustics
3.9% Biomedical Acoustics
2.2% Acoustical Oceanography

U. S. Members by State

14.4% CA
7.8% MA
6.8% NY
5.4% TX
4.9% MD
4.7% IL
4.4% PA
4.4% WA
4.1% VA
3.4% OH
3.3% FL
3.0% MI
33.4% others

International Distribution of Members

66.2 % U. S.
16.5 % Europe
8.6 % Asia
4.3 % Canada and Mexico
2.2 % Australia & New Zealand
1.2 % South America/Latin America
0.8 % Mideast/Near East
0.2 % Africa

Age Distribution

9.9 % Under 30
17.4 % 30-39
16.5 % 40-49
20.2 % 50-59
36.0 % 60 and over
Based on 6344 Responses

Percentage of Men and Women Members

17.2 % Female
80.4 % Male
2.4% No response

Highest Academic Degree

56.1 % PhD/DrSci/DrEng
21.1 % Masters
15.4 % Bachelors
0.7 % MD
3.5 % Other
3.2 % None
Based on 6657 Responses

Subject of Highest Degree

21.5 % Acoustics
12.9 % Physics
12.6 % Electrical Engineering
10.8 % Mechanical Engineering
5.6 % Other Engineering
4.6 % Speech
4.5 % Linguistics
4.2 % Psychology
3.7 % Audiology
2.6 % Math/Computer
2.2 % Biology
1.7 % Architecture
1.6 % Music
1.5 % Oceanography
1.3 % Neuroscience
1.2 % Geophysics
0.8 % Business Administration
0.7 % Physiology
0.1 % Education
4.8 % Other
1.1 % None
Based on 6620 Responses

Professional Identification

34.3 % Engineer
19.6 % Acoustician
11.8 % Physicist
5.2 % Speech Scientist
4.4 % Hearing Scientist
3.4 % Linguist
2.8 % Psychologist
2.5 % Audiologist
1.6 % Bioacoustician
1.6 % Biologist
1.5 % Computer Scientist
1.4 % Oceanographer
1.2 % Mathematician
1.1 % Geophysicist
1.0 % Neuroscientist
0.9 % Musician
0.8 % Architect
0.6 % Physician
0.3 % Physiologist
4.0 % Other
Based on 5840 Responses

Employer Type

38.5 % College/University
16.9 % Self Employed Consultant
15.5 % Industry
9.2 % Govt./Govt. Funded
7.5 % Retired
5.8 % Student
2.7 % Contractor
1.9 % Not for Profit
2.0 % Other
Based on 6096 Responses

Main Work Activity

24.7 % Applied Research
17.1 % Basic Research
15.5 % Consultant
12.7 % Design/Dev./Eng.
11.2 % Teaching
8.3 % Student
5.0 % Retired
1.8 % Administrative
0.9 % Testing
2.8 % Other
Based on 6021 Responses

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