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Peer reviewedHeinonen, Veikko; Kari, Jouko – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1990
A questionnaire completed by 119 researchers defending doctoral theses in Finland before 1986 shows that the average age for women defending a thesis was 39.7, an average of 2.4 years older than for men. An average of 3.5 years was required for doctoral studies, with about 13.6 months spent in final thesis revision. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Doctoral Degrees, Education, Educational Research
