Brief communication: the 1996 American Association of Physical Anthropology membership survey.
The 1996 AAPA membership survey included 1,033 participants. This number represents 72.6% of the membership of the association. Data were collected on gender, academic rank, highest degree, decade highest degree was awarded, discipline, employment, and rank order of subdiscipline. There are statistically significant differences (Chi-square test, P < 0.05) in subdiscipline membership including, among others, human and primate evolution, primatology, and skeletal biology. There are also gender differences in number of students and academic rank.
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Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53201, USA. trudy@csd.uwm.edu
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