Table:
primary work activity
mid- and late-career doctorate holdera
early career doctorate holdera

total employed
male
female
total employed
male
female

number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%

primary work activity, totalb
510550
350950
68.7
159600
31.3
304550
176900
58.1
127650
41.9

research and development
186700
141700
75.9
45000
24.1
151800
95850
63.1
55950
36.9

basic research
46400
34150
9.7
12250
7.7
43850
27400
15.5
16450
12.9

applied research
88950
65300
18.6
23650
14.8
70250
42100
23.8
28150
22

development
37650
30100
8.6
7550
4.7
27900
19250
10.9
8650
6.8

design
13650
12200
3.5
1500
0.9
9800
7100
4
2700
2.1

managing or supervising people or projects
88250
60850
17.3
27400
17.2
30800
16700
9.4
14100
11.1

professional servicesc
70850
38450
11
32400
20.3
26600
11250
6.4
15350
12

teaching
98850
62200
17.7
36700
23
54550
27000
15.3
27600
21.6

all other primary work activitiesd
65900
47700
13.6
18150
11.4
40800
26150
14.8
14650
11.5

Statement: among the mid- and late-career doctorate holders with degrees earned before 2006, only 31% were women.
Question: among the mid- and late-career doctorate holders with degrees earned before 2006, how many percent of people were women?
Answer: [31.3]