How diverse is APPAMs membership?
APPAM has data on several aspects of diversity as of June 2005. Its membership is about 70% academic (including students), and 30% non-academic (most of these are employed at policy research organizations and the public sector). About 45% of the members are female. Nearly half of the membership is located in the northeast of the U.S. and about 5% of the members live in countries other than the U.S. In terms of race/ethnicity, APPAM relies on its members to volunteer that information at the time they join. Only about 70% of the members provide the data. If the data is representative of all the members, then about 20% of the membership is racial/ethnic minorities (including 6.6% African-American, 5.6% Asian American/Pacific Islander, 2.8% Hispanic/Latino).
