Between cosmopolitanism and parochialism: return migration of early-career Israeli academics

Comparative Migration Studies

Table 1 Socio-economic, demographic, and professional profile of the sampled ECRs—returnees and non-returnees

	Returnees (n = 148)	Non-returnees (n = 75)	Total (n = 223)
Gender
Male	79.7%	81.3%	80.3%
Female	20.3%	18.7%	19.7%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Personal\matrimonial status^a
Married	82.2%	82.7%	82.4%
Non-married	17.8%	17.3%	17.6%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Age groups
24–40	65.5%	57.3%	62.8%
41+	34.5%	42.7%	37.2%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Offspring^a
Yes	81.8%	76.0%	79.8%
No	18.2%	24.0%	20.2%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Disciplinary affiliation
STEM	83.7%	78.7%	82.0%
Non-STEM	14.9%	20.0%	16.7%
Unknown	1.4%	1.3%	1.3%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Contemporary (field of) occupation
Faculty	95.3%	85.3%	91.9%
Academic (non-faculty)	2.7%	12.0%	8.5%
Industry/business sector	2.0%	2.7%	2.3%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Indicated economic status^b
Above the average	59.4%	42.6%	53.8%
Up to the average	40.6%	57.4%	46.2%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Duration of post- doctoral training abroad
4+ years	39.9%	40.0%	40.0%
Up to 3 years	54.0%	40.0%	49.3%
No post-doc	6.1%	20.0%	10.7%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

^aAt time of decision making
^bRespondents were asked on their economic status (at time of decision making) and provided their answer on an ordinal scale that runs through 4 categories: 1.’Not good’; 2. ‘Below average’; 3. ‘At the average’; 4. ‘Good and even very good’. Categories 1 through 3 were grouped to those who defined their economic status as ‘Up to the average’. And category 4, was redefined as those that enjoy an economic status that is ‘Above the average’