Expected occupations of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders at age 30, by selected student and school characteristics: 1988, 1990, and 1992

Table 141.

Expected occupations of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders at age 30, by selected student and school characteristics: 1988, 1990, and 1992 [Percentage distribution]

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                          |       |         |                                   12th graders in 1992
                          |       |         |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |  8th  |  10th   |      |     Sex     |          Race/ethnicity              |   Socioeconomic    |   Control of school
  Expected occupation at  |graders| graders |      |             |                                      |      status\1\     |      attended
          age 30          |in 1988| in 1990 |Total |_____________|______________________________________|____________________|_______________________
                          |       |         |      | Male |Female|White |Black |Hispanic|Asian |American| Low  |Middle| High |Public|Catholic| Other
                          |       |         |      |      |      |      |      |        |      | Indian |      |      |      |      |        |private
__________________________|_______|_________|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______
            1             |   2   |    3    |  4   |  5   |  6   |  7   |  8   |   9    |  10  |   11   |  12  |  13  |  14  |  15  |   16   |  17
__________________________|_______|_________|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______
  Total ..................| 100.0 |   100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 | 100.0
                          |_______|_________|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______
Craftsperson or operator .|   4.2 |     5.6 |  3.5 |  6.6 |  0.5 |  3.7 |  3.4 |    2.7 |  2.4 |    2.7 |  6.8 |  3.9 |  0.7 |  3.9 |    0.9 |   0.3
Farmer or farm manager ...|   1.0 |     1.1 |  0.9 |  1.4 |  0.3 |  1.0 |  0.6 |    0.7 |  0.1 |   (\2\)|  1.4 |  1.0 |  0.5 |  0.9 |    0.6 |   0.6
Housewife/homemaker ......|   2.3 |     2.0 |  1.0 |  0.1 |  2.0 |  1.2 |  0.4 |    0.7 |  0.8 |   (\2\)|  0.9 |  1.1 |  1.2 |  1.1 |    0.7 |   1.5
Laborer or farm worker ...|   0.6 |     0.8 |  0.7 |  1.3 |  0.1 |  0.7 |  0.3 |    0.6 |  1.2 |    1.9 |  1.2 |  0.8 |  0.2 |  0.7 |    0.4 |   0.8
Military, police, or      |       |         |      |      |      |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |        |
  security officer .......|   9.6 |     5.7 |  6.6 | 11.2 |  2.0 |  6.4 |  7.7 |    7.4 |  5.1 |   10.0 |  9.3 |  7.4 |  3.6 |  7.0 |    3.3 |   1.7
Professional, business, or|       |         |      |      |      |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |        |
  managerial .............|  34.5 |    45.7 | 50.8 | 45.9 | 55.7 | 50.0 | 55.1 |   47.1 | 61.3 |   43.3 | 38.7 | 48.1 | 63.0 | 49.4 |   66.3 |  59.2
Teacher ..................|  (\3\)|     4.1 |  7.5 |  4.1 | 10.8 |  8.4 |  3.7 |    6.7 |  3.4 |    4.8 |  6.2 |  7.6 |  8.2 |  7.3 |    8.1 |  11.1
Business owner ...........|   6.2 |     5.3 |  6.0 |  7.8 |  4.3 |  5.6 |  6.8 |    7.7 |  7.0 |    6.4 |  6.7 |  6.4 |  4.9 |  6.3 |    3.8 |   3.3
Technical ................|   6.2 |     4.7 |  5.4 |  7.5 |  3.4 |  5.0 |  5.5 |    7.5 |  6.0 |    8.2 |  7.1 |  5.9 |  3.5 |  5.7 |    2.4 |   3.6
Salesperson, clerical, or |       |         |      |      |      |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |        |
  office worker ..........|   2.8 |     4.9 |  4.8 |  3.1 |  6.5 |  4.6 |  5.3 |    6.4 |  4.1 |    5.2 |  8.0 |  4.7 |  3.1 |  4.9 |    2.6 |   5.8
Service worker ...........|   4.9 |     1.8 |  2.4 |  0.5 |  4.2 |  2.3 |  3.1 |    2.5 |  0.6 |    5.8 |  4.6 |  2.3 |  0.9 |  2.5 |    1.5 |   0.8
Other employment .........|  17.0 |     7.7 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.8 |  8.0 |    9.6 |  8.0 |   10.6 |  8.8 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 10.3 |    9.6 |  11.3
Don't know or no plans ...|  10.5 |    10.5 |  0.2 |  0.2 |  0.2 |  0.2 |  0.2 |    0.5 |  0.2 |    1.0 |  0.4 |  0.2 |  0.1 |  0.2 |   (\2\)|   0.1
__________________________|_______|_________|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______

\1\Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. The "Low" SES group is the lowest quartile; the "Middle" SES group is the middle two quartiles; and the "High" SES group is the upper quartile.

\2\Less than .05 percent.

\3\Included under "Professional, business, or managerial."

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," First and Second Followup surveys. (This table was prepared March 1994.)

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