# Gender and ethnic diversity of members of US university natural resource program external advisory board members, 2017-2022 ## Dataset - **Database Code:** SS010 - **Title:** Gender and ethnic diversity of members of US university natural resource program external advisory board members, 2017-2022 - **Abstract:** This dataset contains deidentified demographics information for the members of external advisory boards that serve university natural resource programs. Data collected in 2017 and 2022 represents a sample of land-grant, National Association of University Forestry Program-affiliated, TIMES-ranked universities and colleges. Each row represents a member of an advisory board. Data collection was completed in two years: 2017 and 2022. Data was collected from department webpages and lists of advisory board members provided by department personnel. As needed, information was augmented through internet searches for public LinkedIn pages, organizational pages, local news stories, etc. Data include a unique respondent ID, a code for the university they are from, their employer affiliation (e.g., NGO, federal government, NR business, etc.) and their gender and ethnicity measured as binary variables. - **Keywords:** organizations; education; human dimensions - **Temporal coverage:** 2017-01-02 to 2022-09-30 - **Principal Investigator:** Michael P. Nelson ## Data Entities 1. Demographic data for university natural resources program advisory board's members ## Entity 1: Demographic data for university natural resources program advisory board's members ### Attribute list - **DBCODE** — varchar, enum FSDB Database Code - **SS010** — FSDB Database Study Code SS010 - **ENTITY** — numeric(1), range 1.0000 1.0000, number Entity number - **YEAR** — numeric(1), range 2017.0000 2022.0000, year (yyyy) Year of data collection - **INSTITUTIONID** — varchar, freetext unique code assigned to university where respondent is from - **RESPONDENTID** — varchar, freetext unique ID assigned to respondent - **EMPLOYER** — varchar, enum respondent employer affiliation - **Federal Agency** — Individual is employed by a federal agency, e.g., US Forest Service, National Park Service, NOAA, NSF, etc. - **Local Agency** — Individual is employed by a government agency below the state level, e.g., county commission, city parks and recreation department, special issue district, etc. - **NGO** — Individual is employed by a non-profit, e.g., adviocacy organizations such as the Sierra Club or National Cattlemen's Association, professional organizations such as the Society of American Foresters, land trusts, or foundations, etc. - **Non-NR Business** — Individual is employed by a business that is predominately not related to natural resources or evironmental management. E.g., local market/grocery store, law firm that does not specialize in environmental law, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, etc. - **NR Business** — Individual is employed by a business that is predominately related to natural resources or environmental management and is also not predominantely consulting work. E.g., Raching, mining, farming, or private forestry practice, etc. - **NR Consulting** — Individual is employed by a business that is predominately related to consulting or investing in natural resource management. E.g., Wildlife Consultants LLC, Hyatt Surveying Services, Natural Resource Planning Services INC, Regenesis Management Group,etc - **Other** — Information can be found on the individual's employment, but it does not fit into any other category. E.g., school teacher, retired, unemployed and not seeking employment, etc. - **State Agency** — Individual is employed by a state agency, e.g., state-level department of natural resources, state-level parks department, state representative, etc. - **University** — Individual is employed by a univeristy, e.g., professor, staff, extension specialist, graduate student - **Unknown** — Employment status is unknown, undetermined, or unspecified - **GENDER** — varchar, enum indicates respondent gender - **** — Male - **1** — Female - **9** — Gender is unknown, undetermined, or unspecified - **ETHNICITY** — varchar, enum indicates respondent ethnicity based on researcher visiual identification - **** — White - **1** — Non-White - **9** — Ethnicity is unknown, undetermined, or unspecified ## Attribute Definitions **DBCODE** FSDB Database Code **EMPLOYER** respondent employer affiliation **ENTITY** Entity number **ETHNICITY** indicates respondent ethnicity based on researcher visiual identification **GENDER** indicates respondent gender **INSTITUTIONID** unique code assigned to university where respondent is from **RESPONDENTID** unique ID assigned to respondent **YEAR** Year of data collection ## Enumerated Domains ### DBCODE - **SS010** — FSDB Database Study Code SS010 ### EMPLOYER - **Federal Agency** — Individual is employed by a federal agency, e.g., US Forest Service, National Park Service, NOAA, NSF, etc. - **Local Agency** — Individual is employed by a government agency below the state level, e.g., county commission, city parks and recreation department, special issue district, etc. - **NGO** — Individual is employed by a non-profit, e.g., adviocacy organizations such as the Sierra Club or National Cattlemen's Association, professional organizations such as the Society of American Foresters, land trusts, or foundations, etc. - **Non-NR Business** — Individual is employed by a business that is predominately not related to natural resources or evironmental management. E.g., local market/grocery store, law firm that does not specialize in environmental law, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, etc. - **NR Business** — Individual is employed by a business that is predominately related to natural resources or environmental management and is also not predominantely consulting work. E.g., Raching, mining, farming, or private forestry practice, etc. - **NR Consulting** — Individual is employed by a business that is predominately related to consulting or investing in natural resource management. E.g., Wildlife Consultants LLC, Hyatt Surveying Services, Natural Resource Planning Services INC, Regenesis Management Group,etc - **Other** — Information can be found on the individual's employment, but it does not fit into any other category. E.g., school teacher, retired, unemployed and not seeking employment, etc. - **State Agency** — Individual is employed by a state agency, e.g., state-level department of natural resources, state-level parks department, state representative, etc. - **University** — Individual is employed by a univeristy, e.g., professor, staff, extension specialist, graduate student - **Unknown** — Employment status is unknown, undetermined, or unspecified ### GENDER - **** — Male - **1** — Female - **9** — Gender is unknown, undetermined, or unspecified ### ETHNICITY - **** — White - **1** — Non-White - **9** — Ethnicity is unknown, undetermined, or unspecified