GSA Survey Results

Student Status 20002

Work Issues      Collider Statistics      D0 Statistics      CDF Statistics      Fixed Target Statistics      Health Insurance Issues     

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Work Issues

What experiments are the graduate students working on?

Experiment	Number of entries
CDF	54 (47%)
D0	35 (31%)
Other	25 (22%)

Of Other:	Number of entries
E799/E832 KTev	8
E815 NuTev	4
E872 DONUT	2
E781 SELEX	2
E871 Hyper CP	2
831 FOCUS	2
Beams Beams	2
E835 Charmonium	1
E897 BTev	1
E898 BooNE	1
CMS CMS	1
Muon Coll Muon Coll	1

Time spent as a graduate student / TOTAL time expected

How many years have you been a graduate student?
3.0 +- 1.6
See plot

How many years do you expect to be a grad student?
5.5 +- 1.2
See plot and 2-D plot of "years spent" vs. years expected"

Are you located in Fermilab?

Yes, more than 6 months	51%
Yes, less than 6 months	22%
No	27%

Collider Statistics (89 responses)

CDF	54 (61%)
D0	35 (39%)

If you are a collider student, which are you working on:
(not exclusive categories)

Working on upgrade hardware	57
Working on upgrade software	49
Not working on upgrade	16

How many collider students are working on both upgrade hardware and software?

Working on run I thesis	37 (42%)
Working on run II thesis	29 (33%)
Thesis will be run II	17 (19%)
Unspecified which thesis	6 (6%)

If you are a collider student, how much time are you dedicating to upgrade?

Full Time	21 (24%)
3/4 Time	19 (21%)
1/2 Time	14 (16%)
1/4 Time	16 (18%)
No Time	12 (13%)
Not Specified	7 (8%)

CDF Statistics (54 responses)

If you are a CDF student, what are your upgrade activities?
(not exclusive categories)

Working on upgrade hardware	32
Working on upgrade software	29
Not working on upgrade	12

How many CDF students are working on both upgrade hardware and software?

19 (35%)

CDF Theses

Working on run I thesis	25 (46%)
Working on run II thesis	21 (39%)
Thesis will be run II	8 (15%)
Unspecified which thesis	0 (0%)

If you are a CDF student, how much time are you dedicating to upgrade?

Full Time
7 (13%)
3/4 Time	13 (24%)
1/2 Time	7 (13%)
1/4 Time	12 (22%)
No Time	8 (15%)
Not Specified	7 (13%)

D0 Statistics (35 Responses)

If you are a D0 student, what are your upgrade activities:
(not exclusive categories)

Working on upgrade hardware	25
Working on upgrade software	20
Not working on upgrade	4

How many D0 students are working on both upgrade hardware and software?

14 (40%)

D0 Theses

Working on run I thesis	12 (34%)
Working on run II thesis	8 (29%)
Thesis will be run II	9 (26%)
Unspecified which thesis	6 (11%)

If you are a D0 student, how much time are you dedicating to upgrade?

Full Time
14 (40%)
3/4 Time	6 (17%)
1/2 Time	7 (20%)
1/4 Time	4 (11.5%)
No Time	4 (11.5%)
Not Specified	0 (0%)

Fixed Target Statistics (25 Responses)

Fixed Target Experiments	Number of entries
E799/E832 KTev	8
E815 NuTev	4
E872 DONUT	2
E781 SELEX	2
E871 Hyper CP	2
E831 FOCUS	2
Beams Beams	2
E835 Charmonium	1
E897 BTev	1
E898 BooNE	1
CMS CMS	1
Muon Coll Muon Coll	1

How much time are you dedicating to a thesis ?

Full Time
6 (24%)
3/4 Time	7 (28%)
1/2 Time	5 (20%)
1/4 Time	2 (8%)
No Time	0 (0%)
Not Specified	4 (16%)

How much time are you dedicating to another harware or sofware project ?

Full Time
0 (0%)
3/4 Time	1 (4%)
1/2 Time	5 (20%)
1/4 Time	6 (24%)
No Time	9 (36(%)
Not Specified	4 (16%)

Where is your data coming from for your thesis ?

Previous run	20 (80%)
Main Injector Era	1 (4%)
Not Specified	4 (16%)

Health Insurance Issues

Do you have health insurance?

At university	74 (65%)
Local to Fermilab	19 (17%)
No	2 (2%)
Other	6 (5%)
Not specified	13 (11%)

Are you located at Fermilab?

Yes, more than 6 months	51%
Yes, less than 6 months	22%
No	27%

Do you know what to do in case of an accident?

Yes	80 (70%)
Not Specified	2 (2%)
No	32 (28%)

Do you pay for your own insurance?

Yes, less than $50/month	31 (27%)
Yes, more than $50/month	30 (26%)
Yes, more than $100/month	11 (10%)
Not Specified	2 (2%)
No	40 (35%)

IF YOUR HEALTH COVERAGE IS LOCAL (17%)

If your coverage is local, do you know what to do in case of an accident?

Yes	14 (74%)
No	5 (26%)

If it is local, how much do you pay?

Less than 50$	7 (37%)
More than 50$	6 (32%)
More than 100$	5 (26%)
Not Specified	0 (0%)
Nothing	1 (5%)

IF YOUR HEALTH COVERAGE IS AT YOUR UNIVERSITY (65%)

If your coverage is at your university, do you know what to do in case of an accident?

Yes	50 (67%)
Not Specified	1 (1%)
No	23 (32%)

If it is at your university, how much do you pay?

Less than 50$	17 (23%)
More than 50$	22 (30%)
More than 100$	4 (5%)
Not Specified	1 (1%)
Nothing	31 (42%)

If it is at university, would you prefer local treatment?

Yes	36 (49%)
Not Specified	13 (17%)
No	25 (34%)

If it is at university, have you ever refrained from getting treatment because it would mean returning to your university?

Yes	20 (27%)
Not Specified	12 (16%)
No	42 (57%)

IN FNAL MORE THAN 6 MONTHS A YEAR (51%)

29% of the people who live at Fermilab have health coverage at their institutions.

If coverage is at university and you live at Fermilab for more than 6 months a year, would you prefer local treatment?

Yes	19 (79%)
Not Specified	1 (4%)
No	4 (17%)

If it is at university and you live at Fermilab for more than 6 months a year, have you ever refrained from getting treatment because it would mean returning to your university?

Yes	15 (63%)
Not Specified	1 (4%)
No	8 (33%)

IN FNAL LESS THAN 6 MONTHS A YEAR (22%)

If coverage is at university and you live at Fermilab for less than 6 months a year, would you prefer local treatment?

Yes	5 (42%)
Not Specified	3 (25%)
No	4 (33%)

If it is at university and you live at Fermilab for less than 6 months a year, have you ever refrained from getting treatment because it would mean returning to your university?

Yes	1 (8%)
Not Specified	3 (25%)
No	8 (67%)

NOT IN FNAL (27%)

If coverage is at university and you are not located at Fermilab, would you prefer local treatment?

Yes	4 (25%)
Not Specified	4 (25%)
No	8 (50%)

If it is at university and you are not located at Fermilab, have you ever refrained from getting treatment because it would mean returning to your university?

Yes	1 (6%)
Not Specified	4 (25%)
No	11 (69%)

We remind you that we will not give out the identities of any students who answered the survey.