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Table 377. Percent of 1972 and 1992 high school seniors who felt that certain life values were "very important," by sex: 1972 to 1994

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                          |         Percent of 1972 seniors        | Percent of  1992 seniors
                          |________________________________________|_______________________________
          Value           |            |1974 (2 years|1976 (4 years|            |  1994 (2 years
                          |    1972    | after high  | after high  |    1992    |   after high
                          |            |   school)   |   school)   |            |    school)
                          |____________|_____________|_____________|____________|__________________
                          |Male |Female| Male |Female| Male |Female|Male |Female|Total|Male |Female
__________________________|_____|______|______|______|______|______|_____|______|_____|_____|______
            1             |  2  |  3   |  4   |  5   |  6   |  7   |  8  |  9   | 10  | 11  |  12
__________________________|_____|______|______|______|______|______|_____|______|_____|_____|______
                          |     |      |      |      |      |      |     |      |     |     |
Being successful in work .|86.5 | 83.0 | 81.2 | 74.9 | 80.3 | 69.7 |89.0 | 89.6 |90.1 |89.9 | 90.3
Finding steady work ......|82.3 | 73.7 | 74.7 | 59.9 | 79.3 | 62.1 |87.1 | 88.6 |89.7 |88.7 | 90.7
Having lots of money .....|26.0 |  9.8 | 17.8 |  9.1 | 17.7 |  9.4 |45.3 | 29.4 |35.2 |39.5 | 30.9
Being a leader in the     |     |      |      |      |      |      |     |      |     |     |
  community ..............|14.9 |  8.0 |  8.5 |  4.4 |  9.2 |  4.2 | --- |  --- | --- | --- |  ---
Correcting inequalities ..|22.5 | 31.1 | 16.6 | 18.2 | 16.2 | 17.1 |17.0 | 23.6 | --- | --- |  ---
                          |     |      |      |      |      |      |     |      |     |     |
Having children ..........|  ---|  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |39.0 | 49.2 | --- | --- |  ---
Having a happy family life|78.6 | 85.7 | 83.1 | 86.7 | 84.2 | 86.4 | --- |  --- | --- | --- |  ---
Providing better opportu- |     |      |      |      |      |      |     |      |     |     |
  nities for my children .|66.6 | 66.2 | 59.5 | 61.6 | 59.8 | 58.8 |74.5 | 76.5 |90.5 |90.3 | 90.8
Living closer to parents  |     |      |      |      |      |      |     |      |     |     |
   or relatives ..........| 6.8 |  8.2 |  8.3 | 12.4 |  7.7 | 11.9 |15.2 | 18.7 | --- | --- |  ---
Moving from area .........|14.3 | 14.6 |  8.3 |  7.4 |  6.7 |  6.4 |20.7 | 20.1 | --- | --- |  ---
                          |     |      |      |      |      |      |     |      |     |     |
Having strong friendships |81.2 | 78.7 | 76.5 | 74.7 | 76.1 | 72.1 |79.8 | 80.0 |87.6 |88.1 | 87.0
Having leisure time ......|  ---|  --- | 60.9 | 55.1 | 65.4 | 60.1 |65.3 | 62.0 | --- | --- |  ---
__________________________|_____|______|______|______|______|______|_____|______|_____|_____|______

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Longitudinal Study" and "National Education Longitudinal Study," second and third followup surveys. (This table was prepared June 1995.)


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