A statistical and narrative summary of the results of the 1983-1984 Survey of Earned Doctorates is presented. Basic information, such as sex, field, institution, and year of Ph.D., is presented for all of the 31,253 doctorate recipients; complete questionnaire data are included for the 29,713 Ph.D. recipients who responded to the questionnaire, while abbreviated records were compiled for the rest. Research and applied-research doctorates in all fields are covered, excluding such degrees as the M.D., D.D.S., O.D., D.V.M., and J.D. Baccalaureate sources of the doctorate recipients are identified, including the types of institutions they attended and the productivity of their institutions (e.g., sources by field, gender, and race). Tables include the following information: number of 1984 doctorate recipients by sex and subfield; number of 1984 doctorate recipients by citizenship, racial/ethnic group, and subfield; statistical profile of 1984 doctorate recipients by field of doctorate; sources of support in graduate school of 1984 doctorate recipients by sex and summary field; state of doctoral institution of 1984 doctorate recipients by sex and summary field; and statistical profile of 1984 doctorate recipients by racial/ethnic group and U.S. citizenship status. A questionnaire and specialties list are appended. (SW)