Table 1 Comparison of the german sub-sample from our survey and the basic population of researchers using numbers from Germany's statistical yearbook
Our data | Statistical yearbook | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Researcher | Professor | Total | Researcher | Professor | Total | |
Natural science | 215 | 59 | 385 | 42,683 | 9026 | 53,334 |
Social science | 161 | 71 | 344 | 16,850 | 11,185 | 30,791 |
Humanscience | 81 | 25 | 132 | 52,283 | 3789 | 56,810 |
Engineering | 35 | 17 | 87 | 28,030 | 9463 | 38,418 |
Humanities | 60 | 25 | 117 | 17,925 | 6449 | 28,104 |
Agricultural science | 29 | 19 | 58 | 3213 | 1008 | 4345 |
Total | 481 | 216 | 1123 | 160,984 | 40,920 | 211,802 |
Natural science | 44.70% | 27.31% | 34.28% | 26.51% | 22.06% | 25.18% |
Social science | 33.47% | 32.87% | 30.63% | 10.47% | 27.33% | 14.54% |
Humanscience | 16.84% | 11.57% | 11.75% | 32.48% | 9.26% | 26.82% |
Engineering | 7.28% | 7.87% | 7.75% | 17.41% | 23.13% | 18.14% |
Humanities | 12.47% | 11.57% | 10.42% | 11.13% | 15.76% | 13.27% |
Agricultural science | 6.03% | 8.80% | 5.16% | 2.00% | 2.46% | 2.05% |
