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Table S22-1.  Standard errors for the 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

  Came to school without books
  Came to school without paper, pen, or pencil
  Came to school without homework
Student
characteristic
1980 1990 2002   1980 1990 2002   1980 1990 2002

    Total 0.23 0.30 0.43   0.28 0.38 0.42   0.31 0.47 0.51
Sex                      
  Male 0.37 0.43 0.57   0.43 0.66 0.60   0.49 0.76 0.71
  Female 0.26 0.37 0.57   0.32 0.34 0.51   0.39 0.51 0.64
 
Race/ethnicity                      
  White 0.22 0.33 0.49   0.30 0.46 0.45   0.34 0.54 0.61
  Black 0.77 0.86 1.16   0.81 0.95 1.15   0.86 1.55 1.11
  Hispanic 0.84 1.06 1.29   0.91 1.20 1.18   0.96 1.32 1.34
  Asian/Pacific Islander 2.69 1.44 1.47   2.09 1.38 1.39   2.43 1.94 1.54
  American Indian 2.61 3.19 5.41   2.71 2.60 5.03   2.61 4.66 4.79
  More than one race 1.89   2.06   2.14
 
Socioeconomic status                      
  Lowest quarter 0.45 0.70 0.88   0.54 0.63 0.78   0.62 0.97 0.97
  Middle two quarters 0.30 0.42 0.55   0.36 0.47 0.54   0.41 0.68 0.66
  Highest quarter 0.32 0.44 0.71   0.48 0.94 0.78   0.55 0.97 0.90
 
Composite achievement test score in 10th grade                      
  Lowest quarter 0.55 0.78 1.01   0.62 0.83 0.93   0.66 1.32 1.09
  Second quarter 0.40 0.61 0.78   0.52 0.64 0.81   0.58 0.93 1.01
  Third quarter 0.32 0.51 0.65   0.48 0.61 0.64   0.57 0.75 0.81
  Highest quarter 0.25 0.30 0.57   0.44 0.85 0.62   0.50 0.86 0.75
 
Control                      
  Public 0.25 0.31 0.46   0.30 0.35 0.45   0.32 0.49 0.54
  Catholic 0.56 0.82 0.95   1.05 1.59 1.04   1.05 1.60 1.09
  Other private 1.09 2.11 0.96   1.26 4.77 1.31   2.33 4.21 1.20

† Not applicable.

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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