American Accounting Association

AAA SERVICES AND MEMBER BENEFITS SURVEY RESULTS

QUESTION 3: Member Profile Information

I. ALL MEMBERS
County of Residence Num U.S. Canada Other
533 84% 4% 12%
Gender Num Male Female
529 75% 25%
Professional Credentials Num C.P.A. C.M.A. C.I.A. Other
438 62% 6% 2% 30%
II. PRACTICE AND NON-ACADEMIC MEMBERS
CPA Firm Num International National Regional Local
30 56% 15% 16% 13%
Industrial Company Num Corporate Divisional Plant
8 75% 25% 0%
Government Agency Num Federal State Local
7 57% 14% 29%
Nontenure Faculty Num Yes No
7 57% 14% 29%
Part-Time Faculty Position 63 22% 78%
Adjunct Professor 58 10% 90%

III. ACADEMIC MEMBERS
Academic Rank Num Professor Associate Assistant Instructor/ Lecturer Adjunct Grad Student Retired
475 32% 29% 31% 5% 1% 1% 1%
Tenure Status Num Tenured Nontenured
462 60% 40%
Administrator Num Accounting Unit College/Univ Unit
83 75% 25%
Highest Degree Num Ph.D. D.B.A. Ed.D. J.D. M.B.A. M.S. Other
463 73% 7% 1% 1% 12% 5% 1%

III. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS Num U. with Doctoral Program only Univ. Masters Program only Univ. Bachelors Program only Univ. Doctoral/ Masters Program only Univ. Doctoral/ Masters and Bachelors Programs only Univ. Masters and Bachelors Program only College (4-Year Program Acctg. Major) College (4-Year Program Acctg. Concentration Associate Program (2-Year College)
Accounting Program Data 477 1% 7% 9% 6% 31% 32% 7% 2% 5%
Size of Institution Num 0-4 5-10 11-15 Over 15
Full-time Faculty 477 16% 29% 28% 27%
Part-time Faculty 339 66% 21% 4% 9%
Est. Number of Accounting Graduates Num 0 1-4 5-10 Over 10
Doctorates 267 40% 54% 5% 1%
Masters 359 14% 9% 18% 59%
Num 0 1-50 51-100 Over 100
Bachelors Degrees 422 5% 21% 29% 45%
Associates Degrees 169 77% 14% 2% 7%

IV. INVOLVEMENT WITH AMERICAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION
Years in AAA Num 1-3 4-9 10-15 Over 15
599 12% 36% 18% 34%
Personal Involvement Level Num 0-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-100%
During the past five years my involvement was 518 64% 21% 7% 8%
In the next five years I desire to be involved 499 45% 33% 13% 9%
Meetings Attended Num 0 1 2 3 4 or more
AAA Annual Meeting 514 32% 23% 19% 26%
Regional Meetings 506 39% 21% 19% 14% 7%
Section Conferences 472 69% 16% 8% 5% 2%

IV. INVOLVEMENT WITH AMERICAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION
Type of Participation in AAA During Last Three Years Num Yes No
National Program 437 36% 64%
National Committee 420 19% 81%
Regional Program 448 44% 56%
Regional Committee 401 11% 89%
Section Program 408 21% 79%
Section Committee 411 18% 82%

V. REGIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AAA Regions Num Int'l. Member Mid-Atlantic (DC, MD, NJ,PA, WV) Mid-West (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, SE, SD, WI) Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NY, RI, VT) Ohio Southeast (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC,SC, TN, VA) Southwest (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX) Western (AZ, AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY)
Membership 507 15% 7% 26% 11% 4% 20% 5% 12%

SECTION MEMBERSHIPS % ALLOCATION OF EFFORTS IF MEMBER OF MORE THAN 1 SECTION
Num % 1 2 3
Acctg., Beh. & Org. 113 10 8 14 20
Admin.--Acctg. Prog. 29 3 4 3 4
Amer. Taxation Assn. 66 8 9 4 1
Art. Intell./Expert Sys. 27 3 1 2 1
Auditing 127 13 14 13 10
Govt. and Non-Profit 47 6 5 3 6
Info. Sys./Mgmt. Adv. Services 42 6 5 3 11
Int'l. Accounting 77 11 8 11 6
Mgmt. Accounting 127 15 14 15 12
Public Interest 24 3 4 2 0
Teaching & Curriculum 122 10 13 18 14
Two-Year College 32 3 2 2 1
TOTAL 956 100% 100% 100% 100%

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