Table 22-1. Percentage of 10th-graders who usually or often came to school unprepared without school books, supplies, or homework, by selected student characteristics: 1980, 1990, and 2002
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Came to school
without books
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|
Came to school
without paper, pen, or pencil
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Came to school
without homework
|
Student
characteristic |
1980 |
1990 |
2002 |
|
1980 |
1990 |
2002 |
|
1980 |
1990 |
2002 |
|
| Total |
8.5 |
6.4 |
16.8 |
|
15.1 |
10.5 |
17.5 |
|
22.1 |
18.0 |
25.9 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
10.4 |
7.8 |
18.5 |
|
19.6 |
15.3 |
22.0 |
|
27.0 |
22.3 |
30.5 |
| Female |
6.0 |
5.0 |
15.1 |
|
10.2 |
5.8 |
13.1 |
|
16.8 |
13.8 |
21.3 |
| |
| Race/ethnicity1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
6.7 |
5.1 |
12.5 |
|
14.0 |
10.1 |
13.8 |
|
21.2 |
18.0 |
22.7 |
| Black |
13.6 |
8.1 |
23.4 |
|
17.5 |
9.8 |
22.5 |
|
22.9 |
16.0 |
28.6 |
| Hispanic |
13.7 |
11.1 |
25.7 |
|
20.1 |
14.2 |
25.5 |
|
27.7 |
20.5 |
34.5 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
12.9 |
9.4 |
18.9 |
|
14.6 |
10.9 |
18.4 |
|
17.0 |
17.3 |
26.3 |
| American Indian |
17.5 |
10.9 |
26.5 |
|
25.9 |
11.6 |
24.5 |
|
30.9 |
21.5 |
25.7 |
| More than one race |
† |
† |
18.9 |
|
† |
† |
21.8 |
|
† |
† |
29.5 |
| |
| Socioeconomic status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lowest quarter |
11.3 |
7.9 |
21.8 |
|
16.9 |
10.4 |
21.1 |
|
25.0 |
20.0 |
31.8 |
| Middle two quarters |
7.7 |
6.6 |
16.1 |
|
14.2 |
10.0 |
17.1 |
|
21.5 |
18.4 |
25.8 |
| Highest quarter |
5.4 |
4.1 |
13.4 |
|
13.7 |
10.7 |
14.9 |
|
18.4 |
15.0 |
20.2 |
| |
| Composite achievement test score in 10th grade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lowest quarter |
17.1 |
12.9 |
29.5 |
|
21.9 |
15.4 |
29.6 |
|
28.5 |
23.8 |
37.8 |
| Second quarter |
7.9 |
6.5 |
15.9 |
|
14.2 |
9.9 |
16.4 |
|
22.7 |
19.1 |
26.1 |
| Third quarter |
4.9 |
4.1 |
12.2 |
|
12.1 |
8.1 |
13.0 |
|
19.7 |
16.2 |
22.1 |
| Highest quarter |
3.0 |
2.5 |
9.7 |
|
10.8 |
8.1 |
11.1 |
|
16.2 |
14.3 |
17.7 |
| |
| Control |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Public |
8.9 |
6.6 |
17.4 |
|
15.2 |
10.3 |
17.9 |
|
22.6 |
18.5 |
26.6 |
| Catholic |
4.6 |
3.3 |
10.2 |
|
14.7 |
10.4 |
14.1 |
|
17.2 |
12.5 |
16.9 |
| Other private |
5.4 |
6.0 |
10.2 |
|
13.6 |
17.3 |
12.2 |
|
17.7 |
18.2 |
17.6 |
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† Not applicable.
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1Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
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NOTE: Students were asked to report how often they came to school without the item: “never,” “seldom,” “often,” or “usually.”
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SOURCE: Cahalan, M., Ingels, S., Burns, L., Planty, M., and Daniel, B. (2006). United States High School Sophomores: A Twenty-Two Year Comparison, 1980–2002 (NCES 2006-327), data from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores (HS&B-So:80); National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/90), “First Follow-up, 1990”; and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, Base Year (ELS:2002).
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