Table 2.

Gender and minority status of postcard survey respondents by work sector, shown as percentages of respondents within a gender or minority category who answered these questions (number of respondents in parentheses). Some respondents are included in both the female and minority columns. Minority includes anyone who checked any racial/ethnic category or categories other than white, even if they also checked white.

White maleFemaleMinor ityFemale Minority
Public40.8% (1,237)52.6% (194)49.2% (93)52.9% (9)
Pr ivate nonprofit4.1% (124)13.3% (49)3.7% (7)5.9% (1)
Pr ivate for-profit55.1% (1,668)34.1% (126)47.1% (89)41.2% (7)
Total100% (3,029)100% (369)100% (189)100% (17)