Table S22-1. Standard errors for the percentage of 1972, 1982, and 1992 12th-graders who entered postsecondary education, and among those who earned more than 10 credits, percentage who earned a bachelor’s degree within 8.5 years, and average time to degree, by sex and race/ethnicity
|
|---|
| |
Participated in postsecondary education
|
|
Earned at least a bachelor’s degree
|
|
Sex and
race/ethnicity |
Entered
at least one
postsecondary
institution |
Earned
more
than 10
credits |
Earned more
than 10 credits
and any credits
from a 4-year
institution |
|
Among
those who
earned more
than 10 credits |
Among those
who earned more
than 10 credits
and any credits
from a 4-year
institution |
Of those who
earned bachelor’s
degrees, average
time to degree |
|
| Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1972 |
0.53 |
0.54 |
0.53 |
|
0.63 |
0.68 |
0.019 |
| 1982 |
0.68 |
0.71 |
0.72 |
|
0.92 |
1.02 |
0.026 |
| 1992 |
0.87 |
0.99 |
1.02 |
|
1.13 |
1.07 |
0.028 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1972 |
0.71 |
0.72 |
0.72 |
|
0.87 |
0.95 |
0.027 |
| 1982 |
0.94 |
0.96 |
0.94 |
|
1.32 |
1.38 |
0.036 |
| 1992 |
1.24 |
1.36 |
1.33 |
|
1.61 |
1.65 |
0.043 |
| Female |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1972 |
0.64 |
0.66 |
0.65 |
|
0.86 |
0.98 |
0.024 |
| 1982 |
0.86 |
0.91 |
0.91 |
|
1.15 |
1.37 |
0.033 |
| 1992 |
1.21 |
1.30 |
1.35 |
|
1.38 |
1.32 |
0.035 |
| Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Asian |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1972 |
3.17 |
3.32 |
3.79 |
|
4.32 |
3.77 |
0.113 |
| 1982 |
3.17 |
3.64 |
3.70 |
|
3.46 |
3.10 |
0.094 |
| 1992 |
1.43 |
2.85 |
3.08 |
|
4.16 |
4.81 |
0.193 |
| Black |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1972 |
1.23 |
1.18 |
1.15 |
|
1.82 |
2.47 |
0.067 |
| 1982 |
1.64 |
1.58 |
1.38 |
|
1.82 |
2.81 |
0.088 |
| 1992 |
3.59 |
3.56 |
2.88 |
|
3.78 |
3.98 |
0.133 |
| White |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1972 |
0.61 |
0.62 |
0.60 |
|
0.68 |
0.72 |
0.020 |
| 1982 |
0.80 |
0.83 |
0.85 |
|
1.04 |
1.10 |
0.028 |
| 1992 |
0.83 |
0.94 |
1.07 |
|
1.18 |
1.14 |
0.030 |
| Hispanic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1972 |
2.33 |
2.02 |
1.74 |
|
2.39 |
3.95 |
0.170 |
| 1982 |
1.98 |
1.84 |
1.42 |
|
2.40 |
4.00 |
0.087 |
| 1992 |
3.24 |
3.27 |
2.74 |
|
3.10 |
3.90 |
0.139 |
|
SOURCE: Adelman, C. (2004). Principal Indicators of Student Academic Histories in Postsecondary Education, 1972–2000, table D-3, and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, “Fifth Follow-up” (NLS:72/86), High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores, “Postsecondary Education Transcript Study” (HS&B-So:PETS), and National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/2000), “Fourth Follow-up, Postsecondary Transcript Survey, 2000,” previously unpublished tabulation (November 2004).
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