ACS Final Results

ACS Final Results • •

Prepared by Survey Design & Analysis: Ed Halteman, Ph.D. Conducted by ConC Subcommittee on Diversity: Chris Bannochie, Ph.D. October 31, 2016

Table of Contents

• Objectives & Methods • Executive Summary • Questions Details – Membership Characteristics – Member Characteristics

Page 3 Page 4-6 Page 7-33 Page 12-18 Page 12-18

• Link to Questions and Online Results Page 34

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Objectives & Methods


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Objectives • To provide information to broaden ACS member awareness. • To provide the ACS a snapshot of committee member demographics . • To measure participation across ACS’s 29 committees under ConC purview.

Methods  

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ACS provided a draft of the original survey. SDA reviewed the survey. After several revisions SDA and ACS produced the final survey. Personalized email invitations were sent to 694 ACS members. 19 emails were undeliverable. Thus 675 invitations were delivered. Participants were offered an incentive and three follow-up reminders were sent to enhance the response rate. 509 completed surveys and three partially completed surveys were received from 7/26/16 through 9/5/16 for a total of 512 responses or a 75.9% response rate. American Chemical Society

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Executive Summary


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Executive Summary I •

Membership Characteristics – The Technical Divisions with the most membership amongst committee members (broadly defined) are Chemical Education (25%) and Organic Chemistry (18%). – Survey participation was good across all 29 ACS committees. – 45% of members have held leadership positions. – 70% of members have served on either 1 (45%) or 2 (25%) committees. – 85% of members have been members for more than 10 years.

– 62.5% of members have been members for more than 20 years.


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Executive Summary II •

Member Characteristics – 78% of members hold doctoral degrees (89% of non-US born) – 83% of members were born in the U.S. – 97% of members are U.S. citizens. – 99% of members reside in the U.S. – 48% of members speak or read in a language other than English. • 42 different languages are read or spoken • Top languages are German (43%), Spanish (37%) and French (31%)

– 87% of members are employed full time (70%) or retired (17%). – 59% of members are employed in Academia. – 83% of members are white/Caucasian. – 55% of members are male, 44% are female. – 6% of members have disabilities. American Chemical Society

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Selected Comments (see spreadsheet accompanying this report for complete list of comments) •

“Employment question should have an option for being a student.”

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“Good luck with collecting the info” (2)

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“How will you use this data to influence decisions by the ACS?”

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“I think economic background is an important area of diversity that is often ignored in these surveys

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“I was surprised at some of the categories (e.g., "queer", "cis””)

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“It would be wise to compare Committee demographics to the demographics of PhD chemists in the US, since that is the primary source of committee members.”

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“It's good that ACS is asking about these demographics now. Thank you.”

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“Many members serving on National ACS committees are seniors. This is partly because younger members are too busy with work and family to do much committee work, either nationally or locally.”

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“Nice survey! Additional fields you may wish to consider in the future are political views (liberalmoderate-conservative), religious preference, education (public or private), and income. “

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“Pointless survey!”

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“Thank you for conducting this survey.” (5)

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“This survey was easy to fill out and truly only took 5-10 minutes as advertised.”

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“Very nice survey. I am looking forward to seeing the results!” American Chemical Society

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Membership Characteristics


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Technical Division Membership To which ACS Technical Divisions do you belong? (Select all that apply) N=488 Chemical Education (CHED) Organic Chemistry (ORGN) Inorganic Chemistry (INOR) Professional Relations (PROF) Analytical Chemistry (ANYL) Polymer Chemistry (POLY) Physical Chemistry (PHYS) Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) Chemical Health & Safety (CHAS) Medicinal Chemistry (MEDI) Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) History of Chemistry (HIST) Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (PMSE) Small Chemical Businesses (SCHB) Computers in Chemistry (COMP) Chemical Information (CINF) Biological Chemistry (BIOL) Agricultural & Food Chemistry (AGFD) Chemistry & the Law (CHAL) Colloid & Surface Chemistry (COLL) Business Development & Management (BMGT) Energy & Fuels (ENFL) Biochemical Technology (BIOT) Agrochemicals (AGRO) Nuclear Chemistry & Technology (NUCL) Chemical Toxicology (TOXI) Carbohydrate Chemistry (CARB) Geochemistry (GEOC) Catalysis Science and Technology (CATL) Fluorine Chemistry (FLUO) Cellulose and Renewable Materials (CELL) Rubber (RUBB) None of the above

17.8%

25.2%

13.7% 11.9% 10.2%

7.2% 7.2% 7.0% 6.8% 6.1% 5.3% 4.7% 4.5% 4.3% 3.9% 3.9% 3.9% 3.5% 3.1% 2.9% 2.9% 2.0% 1.6% 1.6% 1.4% 1.4% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.2%

0%

12.1%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

9/19/2016 American Chemical Society

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Committee Participation What committee do you belong to? N=512 B&F C&B CAR CCA CCAS CCPA CCS CEI CEPA CMA COMSCI CP&RM CPRC CPT CTA CWD DAC ETHX IAC LSAC M&E MAC NTS PUBS SCC SEED SOCED WCC YCC

18/22 12/16 11/26 24/27 10/12 18/25 23/31 20/30 18/23 22/29 17/24 14/26 15/23 16/20 14/20

Count

18/28 14/19 14/17 23/30 21/28 19/23 14/17 16/26 11/17 21/25 13/21

25/30 25/28 26/31

0 American Chemical Society

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10

15

20

25

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Leadership Role Have you ever held an ACS National Committee leadership role (i.e. Task Force Chair, Committee Chair or Subcommittee Chair), including current assignment? N=508

No , 54.7%


Yes , 45.3%

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Leadership Role Assignments How many times have you held this ACS National Committee leadership role, excluding temporary acting assignments?

70%

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

60%

60% 53%

50% 40%

38% 38%

30% 21%

20% 10%

17% 10% 10%

9%

6% 2%2%1%1%1%

0% Committee Chair, N=126 American Chemical Society

17%

3%3% 1%

7% 1%

Subcommittee Chair, N=186

1% Task Force Chair, N=106 13

Committees Personally Served Upon On approximately how many ACS Committees have you served (as a member, associate or consultant) during your time as an ACS member? (Including your current assignment) N=508

50% 45%

44.7%

40% 35% 30%

25.4%

25% 20% 15% 10%

15.0%

5.7%

5%

3.0%

2.8% 0.4%

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8

0% 1


2

3

4

5

6

2.6%

0.6%

More than 8 14

Tenure How long have you been a member of the American Chemical Society? N=502 70% 62.5%

60% 50%

40% 30% 22.3% 20% 9.4%

10%

5.4%

0.4% 0%

Less than a year American Chemical Society

1-5 years

6-10 years

11-20 years

More than 20 years 15

Member Characteristics


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Education by Birth Country What is the highest level of formal education you have completed? N=507 100% 90% 80%

89.3% 75.8%

70% 60% 50%

U.S. Born Not U.S. Born

40% 30% 20%

14.3% 8.3%

10%

8.1% 2.4%

0%

Doctoral degree American Chemical Society

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

1.7%0.0% Less than a bachelor’s degree 17

Country of Birth In what country were you born? N=503

United States

83.3%

India

1.8%

China

1.4%

United Kingdom

1.4%

Germany

1.2%

Other

11.0% 0%


Others: • Argentina (3) • Australia (3) • Canada (3) • Jamaica (3) • Peru (3) • Russia (3) • South Korea (3) • Bangladesh (2) • Dominican Republic (2) • Ghana (2) • Hungary (2) • Thailand (2) • Albania (1) • Brazil (1) • Denmark (1) • Egypt (1) • Finland (1) • France (1) • Guatemala (1) • Guyana (1)

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

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Hong Kong (1) Iran (1) Israel (1) Italy (1) Japan (1) Kenya (1) Latvia (1) Lebanon (1) Mexico (1) Netherlands (1) Philippines (1) Portugal (1) South Africa (1) Spain (1) Tanzania (1) Turkey (1)

80%

90% 18

Citizenship Are you currently a citizen of more than one country? N=502

Yes , 6.6%

No , 93.4%


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Country of Citizenship Please indicate the country of your citizenship. N=462 United States

97.0%

United Kingdom

0.4%

China

0.4%

Thailand

0.2%

Spain

0.2%

India

0.2%

Hungary

0.2%

Ghana

0.2%

Germany

0.2%

France

0.2%

Denmark

0.2%

Canada

0.2%

Albania

0.2% 0%


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100% 20

Country of Residence In what country do you currently reside? N=507

United States

98.8%

Netherlands

0.2%

Hungary

0.2%

Germany

0.2%

Canada

0.2%

Australia

0.2%

Afghanistan

0.2% 0%


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100% 21

US Region of Residence In what region of the United States do you currently reside? N=497


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Languages other than English Are you able to speak or read in a language other than English? N=507

No , 52.1%


Yes , 47.9%

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“Other” Languages Spoken Please list the languages other than English in which you are able to speak or read. N=237 German Spanish French Chinese Russian Italian Portuguese Korean Hindi Bengali Japanese Hebrew Dutch Polish Norwegian Other

42.6% 36.7% 30.8%

6.8% 5.9% 5.5% 4.2% 2.5% 2.5% 2.1% 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 1.3% 1.3%

Others: • Arabic (2) • Cantonese (2) • Danish (2) • Greek (2) • Hungarian (2) • Punjabi (2) • Swedish (2) • Tatar (2) • Thai (2)

15.2% 0%


5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

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Albanian (1) Dari (1) Ewe (1) Farsi (1) Flemish (1) Irish (1) Kiswahili (1) Latin (1) Latvian (1) Malaysian (1) Navajo (1) Serbian (1) Swahili (1) Tagalog (1) Tamil (1) Telugu (1) Vietnamese (1) Yoruba (1)

40%

45% 24

Employment Status by Birth Country What is your current employment status? N=506 90%

81% 80% 70%

68%

U.S. Born

60% 50% 40% 30%

19% 11%

20%

7%6%

10% 0% Employed full-time


Employed part-time

1%2%

3% 0%

1%0%

Post Not Not Fully retired doctoral or employed employed other but actively and not fellowship seeking seeking employment employment

1%0% Student

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Employment Sector In what employment sector do you work primarily? N=391


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Secondary Employment Sector Do you have a secondary employment sector in which you work? (Select all that apply) N=358


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Member Age Into which of the following age groups do you fall? N=506


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Member Race/Ethnicity How do you identify your race and/or ethnicity? (Select all that apply) N=499


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Member Sexual Orientation How do you identify your sexual orientation? N=471


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Member Gender With what gender do you most identify? N=450


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Member Disabilities Do you have any physical and/or psychological disabilities that need accommodation? N=498


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Physical Disabilities     

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Bad knees and back Deaf Deafness Diabetes FSH muscular dystrophy, which results in limitations on physical movement (largest impact in regards to hotel accommodations) I am completely blind since birth. I am unable to lift more than 5 lbs in my right arm due to a neck injury I am vision impaired. I don't walk well anymore, but can get around usually. I use a wheelchair for long distances. I have broke my fumal bone when my youngest daughter died of pancreatic cancer Mobility Multiple Sclerosis Problems with both sight and hearing


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bilateral above the knee amputee, using a wheelchair blind congenital joint defects, poor hearing hearing impaired hearing impaired legally blind in one eye mobility mobility walking organ transplants paralysis from spinal cord injury - use wheelchair poor eye sight poor hearing serous back problems, able to walk slowly with cane slightly hard of hearing speech disability

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Psychological Disabilities • Asperger's, attention deficit, major depression disorder • Traumatic brain injury (2)

Both Physical & Psychological Disabilities 

Blind, autistic, migraines, etc.


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To view the questions and online results, go to the link below: http://data.surveygizmo.com/r/2747_5797904e573e45.19357 258


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