Characteristics of Part-Time Faculty Who Would Not Prefer Full-Time Position at Current Institution

	Other primary employment	No other primary employment and not retired	Retired

Number (and percentage) of individuals in group	247,876 (72% of total)	56,688 (16% of total)	41,262 (12% of total)

Male	58%	22%	54%
Average age	48	46	62
Single, never married	9%	10%	7%
White, non-Hispanic	87%	90%	93%
Holds a PhD or first professional degree	25%	28%	31%

Average basic institutional income	$8,132	$21,608	$14,943
Average total individual income	$64,024	$37,236	$52,538
Average total household income	$104,985	$96,276	$93,588

Percent with a full-time “other” job	71%	—	—

Number of other jobs:
Zero	89%	72%	—
One	10%	24%	—
Two or more	1%	4%	—

Fields of teaching:
Visual and performing arts	7%	8%	5%
Business, management, or marketing	10%	3%	7%
Computer and information systems	5%	3%	5%
Education	13%	12%	19%
English language and literature	5%	11%	11%
Health professions and clinical sciences	12%	19%	10%
Mathematics and statistics	5%	8%	10%
Social sciences (except psychology) and history	5%	5%	7%
All other fields	37%	31%	27%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (2004).

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