Table 23-1. Percentage of 12th-graders who expected to attain various levels of education, by family socioeconomic status (SES), sex, and race/ethnicity: 1981–82, 1991–92, and 2003–04
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High school
or less
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Some college
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Bachelor’s degree
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Graduate or
professional school
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Do not know
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Family SES, sex,
and race/ethnicity |
1981–
82 |
1991–
92 |
2003–
4 |
|
1981–
82 |
1991–
92 |
2003–
4 |
|
1981–
82 |
1991–
92 |
2003–
4 |
|
1981–
82 |
1991–
92 |
2003–
4 |
|
1981–
82 |
1991–
92 |
2003–
4 |
|
| Total |
20.5 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
|
35.8 |
23.9 |
18.1 |
|
19.2 |
34.2 |
33.5 |
|
15.8 |
31.4 |
35.0 |
|
8.7 |
5.4 |
8.4 |
| Family SES1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Lowest quarter |
34.1 |
10.6 |
9.6 |
|
37.9 |
37.7 |
27.4 |
|
10.0 |
24.9 |
28.8 |
|
6.3 |
18.6 |
22.0 |
|
11.6 |
8.3 |
12.1 |
| Middle two quarters |
19.1 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
|
40.7 |
27.1 |
19.8 |
|
19.5 |
36.6 |
35.6 |
|
13.3 |
25.8 |
30.8 |
|
7.5 |
5.4 |
8.8 |
| Highest quarter |
6.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
|
24.8 |
9.0 |
7.4 |
|
30.7 |
36.0 |
33.4 |
|
33.3 |
50.0 |
53.2 |
|
5.0 |
3.7 |
4.6 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
24.4 |
6.3 |
6.9 |
|
33.6 |
24.3 |
20.6 |
|
18.3 |
33.9 |
34.4 |
|
15.5 |
29.1 |
28.8 |
|
8.1 |
6.4 |
9.4 |
| Female |
16.7 |
3.7 |
3.1 |
|
37.9 |
23.4 |
15.6 |
|
20.1 |
34.5 |
32.7 |
|
16.1 |
33.8 |
41.2 |
|
9.3 |
4.5 |
7.4 |
| Race/ethnicity2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| White |
20.3 |
5.1 |
4.7 |
|
35.0 |
23.9 |
17.3 |
|
20.7 |
35.5 |
35.1 |
|
16.1 |
30.7 |
35.9 |
|
7.9 |
4.9 |
7.0 |
| Black |
17.1 |
4.3 |
5.0 |
|
40.8 |
21.8 |
18.8 |
|
15.1 |
31.6 |
32.1 |
|
15.2 |
35.3 |
35.3 |
|
11.7 |
6.9 |
8.8 |
| Hispanic |
29.0 |
5.8 |
6.4 |
|
35.7 |
28.8 |
23.1 |
|
12.4 |
29.1 |
28.2 |
|
11.0 |
28.4 |
28.8 |
|
11.9 |
7.9 |
13.5 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
6.7 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
|
29.3 |
18.2 |
10.4 |
|
22.5 |
34.0 |
32.7 |
|
35.2 |
40.3 |
47.6 |
|
6.3 |
4.7 |
6.9 |
| Males, by race/ethnicity2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| White |
23.4 |
6.4 |
6.7 |
|
32.5 |
24.1 |
19.8 |
|
20.1 |
35.0 |
36.1 |
|
16.4 |
28.8 |
29.1 |
|
7.6 |
5.7 |
8.4 |
| Black |
23.3 |
4.1 |
6.7 |
|
41.3 |
26.6 |
22.3 |
|
12.7 |
33.7 |
34.6 |
|
12.1 |
27.0 |
28.4 |
|
10.7 |
8.6! |
7.9 |
| Hispanic |
34.9 |
7.8 |
7.9 |
|
32.7 |
25.7 |
26.3 |
|
10.8 |
27.3 |
28.4 |
|
11.0 |
28.4 |
22.4 |
|
10.6 |
10.9 |
15.0 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
7.4! |
3.9! |
3.8 |
|
31.2 |
19.8 |
12.7 |
|
22.8 |
32.7 |
34.0 |
|
31.0 |
39.0 |
41.8 |
|
7.6! |
4.7 |
7.8 |
| Females, by race/ethnicity2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| White |
17.2 |
3.7 |
2.7 |
|
37.4 |
23.6 |
14.8 |
|
21.3 |
36.0 |
34.1 |
|
15.8 |
32.6 |
42.8 |
|
8.3 |
4.1 |
5.6 |
| Black |
11.6 |
4.6 |
3.5 |
|
40.4 |
17.4 |
15.4 |
|
17.3 |
29.6 |
29.8 |
|
18.1 |
43.0 |
41.8 |
|
12.5 |
5.4 |
9.6 |
| Hispanic |
22.6 |
3.9 |
5.1 |
|
38.9 |
31.8 |
20.1 |
|
14.2 |
30.8 |
28.0 |
|
11.0 |
28.4 |
34.9 |
|
13.2 |
5.1 |
12.0 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
5.8! |
1.5! |
1.0! |
|
27.1 |
16.5 |
7.9 |
|
22.1 |
35.5 |
31.2 |
|
40.1 |
41.8 |
54.0 |
|
4.9! |
4.8 |
5.8 |
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! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
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1The SES variable is a composite based on parents’ educational attainment, occupations, and family income. See supplemental note 7 for more detail about SES variable construction in the three datasets.
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2Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. Included in the totals but not shown separately are students who identified themselves as American Indian/Alaska Native or, in 2004, as more than one race.
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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores (HS&B-So:80/82), “First Follow-up, Student Survey, 1982, Data Analysis System”; National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/92), “Second Follow-up, Student Survey, 1992”; and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:02/04), “First Follow-up, Student Survey, 2004”; previously unpublished tabulations (October 2005).
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