Humanities Doctorates in the United States -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Doctoral Population in the Humanities -- DISTRIBUTION BY FIELD -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS -- Gender -- Race/Ethnicity -- Age in 1995 -- Year of Doctorate -- Citizenship Status -- 2 Employment and Unemployment -- EMPLOYMENT STATUS -- Reasons for Not Working -- Reasons for Part-Time Employment -- UNEMPLOYMENT RATES -- 3 Principal Job -- EMPLOYMENT SECTOR -- OCCUPATION -- FOCUS ON ACADEME -- Academic Rank -- Tenure -- PRIMARY WORK ACTIVITY -- SALARY -- GOVERNMENT SUPPORT STATUS -- RELATIONSHIP OF PRINCIPAL JOB TO DOCTORAL DEGREE -- 4 Second Job -- 5 Changes in Employment Since 1993 -- 6 Publications and Other Activities -- Appendix A 1995 Survey Methodology -- SAMPLE DESIGN -- DATA COLLECTION -- DATA PREPARATION -- WEIGHTING AND ESTIMATION -- RELIABILITY OF THE 1995 SURVEY ESTIMATES -- NONSAMPLING ERROR -- SAMPLING ERROR -- STANDARD ERRORS OF ESTIMATED TOTALS -- Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages -- Limitations of the Standard Error Estimates -- Appendix B 1995 Survey Cover Letters and Questionnaire.