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| 2 | primary work activities among u.s.-trained seh doctorate holders residing in the united states, by sex and career stage: 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | primary work activity | mid- and late-career doctorate holdera |  |  |  |  | early career doctorate holdera |  |  |  |  |
| 4 |  | total employed | male |  | female |  | total employed | male |  | female |  |
| 5 |  |  | number | % | number | % |  | number | % | number | % |
| 6 | primary work activity, totalb | 510550 | 350950 | 68.7 | 159600 | 31.3 | 304550 | 176900 | 58.1 | 127650 | 41.9 |
| 7 | research and development | 186700 | 141700 | 75.9 | 45000 | 24.1 | 151800 | 95850 | 63.1 | 55950 | 36.9 |
| 8 | basic research | 46400 | 34150 | 9.7 | 12250 | 7.7 | 43850 | 27400 | 15.5 | 16450 | 12.9 |
| 9 | applied research | 88950 | 65300 | 18.6 | 23650 | 14.8 | 70250 | 42100 | 23.8 | 28150 | 22 |
| 10 | development | 37650 | 30100 | 8.6 | 7550 | 4.7 | 27900 | 19250 | 10.9 | 8650 | 6.8 |
| 11 | design | 13650 | 12200 | 3.5 | 1500 | 0.9 | 9800 | 7100 | 4 | 2700 | 2.1 |
| 12 | managing or supervising people or projects | 88250 | 60850 | 17.3 | 27400 | 17.2 | 30800 | 16700 | 9.4 | 14100 | 11.1 |
| 13 | professional servicesc | 70850 | 38450 | 11 | 32400 | 20.3 | 26600 | 11250 | 6.4 | 15350 | 12 |
| 14 | teaching | 98850 | 62200 | 17.7 | 36700 | 23 | 54550 | 27000 | 15.3 | 27600 | 21.6 |
| 15 | all other primary work activitiesd | 65900 | 47700 | 13.6 | 18150 | 11.4 | 40800 | 26150 | 14.8 | 14650 | 11.5 |

Question: in 2017, how many u.s.-trained seh early career doctorate holders who received their doctoral degree between 2006 and 2015 and were working in the united states?
Answer: 304550

Question: in 2017, among the nearly 305,000 u.s.-trained seh early career doctorate holders who received their doctoral degree between 2006 and 2015 and were working in the united states, how many percent were women?
Answer: 41.9

Question: among the mid- and late-career doctorate holders with degrees earned before 2006, how many percent of people were women?
Answer: 31.3