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Table 309. Percentage distribution of 1980 high school sophomores, by highest level of education completed through 1992 and selected student characteristics: 1980, 1982, and 1992

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                          |All 1980|Less than|       |        |         |Bache- |        |Profes-|
  Student characteristic  | soph-  |  high   | High  |Certifi-|Associate| lor's |Master's|sional |Doctor's
                          | omores | school  |school |  cate  | degree  |degree | degree |degree | degree
__________________________|________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|_________
            1             |   2    |    3    |   4   |   5    |    6    |   7   |   8    |   9   |   10
__________________________|________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|_________
  Total ..................|   100.0|      5.8|   51.5|    11.0|      7.9|   20.0|     2.7|    0.9|      0.2
                          |________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|_________
           Sex            |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
Male......................|   100.0|      6.5|   53.5|     9.7|      6.7|   19.5|     2.6|    1.3|      0.2
Female.............. .....|   100.0|      5.0|   49.5|    12.4|      9.1|   20.5|     2.8|    0.5|      0.1
                          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
      Race/ethnicity      |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
White, non-Hispanic.......|   100.0|      4.9|   49.1|    10.1|      8.4|   23.1|     3.2|    1.0|      0.2
Black, non-Hispanic.......|   100.0|      6.9|   59.6|    16.3|      5.2|   10.0|     1.5|    0.5|      0.2
Hispanic..................|   100.0|     11.9|   59.6|    11.2|      7.3|    9.0|     0.6|    0.3|     ---
Asian/Pacific Islander....|   100.0|      0.6|   40.9|     6.9|      6.2|   32.7|     4.7|    7.5|      0.7
American Indian/Alaska    |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
 Native...................|   100.0|     17.8|   58.2|    11.8|      5.0|    6.7|     0.5|   --- |     ---
                          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
   Socioeconomic status   |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
          (1980)          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
Low quartile..............|   100.0|      9.0|   64.6|    12.3|      6.9|    6.4|     0.7|    0.1|     ---
Middle two quartiles......|   100.0|      3.9|   53.8|    11.5|      9.1|   19.0|     2.0|    0.5|      0.1
High quartile.............|   100.0|      1.4|   32.7|     7.0|      7.6|   41.2|     6.9|    2.7|      0.5
                          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
   Test score composite   |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
          (1982)          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
Low quartile..............|   100.0|     15.6|   64.0|    13.0|      4.1|    3.0|     0.2|   --- |      0.1
Middle two quartiles......|   100.0|      3.1|   56.2|    12.8|     10.1|   16.1|     1.5|    0.3|     ---
High quartile.............|   100.0|      0.1|   26.5|     4.8|      7.2|   49.2|     8.7|    3.0|      0.6
                          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
  Parents' educational    |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
    attainment in 1980    |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
No high school diploma....|   100.0|      6.5|   59.8|    12.8|      8.6|   10.8|     1.2|    0.3|      0.1
High school graduate......|   100.0|      5.2|   59.1|    12.4|      6.0|   16.6|     0.3|    0.4|     ---
Vocational/technical......|   100.0|      3.0|   49.2|    15.4|     10.2|   19.1|     2.4|    0.5|      0.1
Some college..............|   100.0|      2.1|   43.7|     8.4|      8.4|   32.0|     4.3|    1.0|      0.2
Bachelor's degree.........|   100.0|      1.4|   32.6|     4.9|      8.1|   42.4|     6.9|    3.1|      0.5
Advanced degree...........|   100.0|      3.5|   23.9|     8.6|      4.9|   44.1|    10.0|    4.3|      0.7
                          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
High school diploma status|        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
Regular diploma in 1982...|   100.0|      0.3|   51.9|    10.8|      8.7|   23.9|     3.2|    1.1|      0.2
Returned for diploma......|   100.0|      6.8|   68.3|    14.4|      7.0|    3.4|     0.1|    0.1|     ---
Returned but no diploma...|   100.0|     27.1|   47.7|    19.9|      3.4|    1.9|    --- |   --- |     ---
Never returned............|   100.0|     51.5|   35.7|     9.5|      2.1|    0.9|     0.3|   --- |     ---
                          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
Postsecondary expectations|        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
         in 1982          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
None..................... |   100.0|     15.5|   71.1|     9.3|      3.0|    1.0|     0.1|   --- |      0.1
Vocational/technical......|   100.0|      4.6|   61.6|    19.8|     10.7|    3.3|     0.1|   --- |     ---
Less-than-4-year degree...|   100.0|      1.6|   53.2|    13.3|     15.6|   15.0|     1.1|    0.2|     ---
Bachelor's degree.........|   100.0|      0.9|   35.3|     6.8|      6.3|   44.9|     5.0|    0.8|      0.1
Advanced degree...........|   100.0|      0.8|   28.9|     5.2|      5.7|   45.1|     9.0|    4.4|      0.8
                          |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
    Type of start in      |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
 postsecondary education  |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
Fall 1982 full-time       |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
  4-year..................|   100.0|     --- |   21.2|     3.5|      4.6|   57.8|     9.0|    3.4|      0.5
Fall 1982 full-time       |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
  public 2-year...........|   100.0|      0.3|   36.5|    11.9|     24.4|   24.6|     2.1|    0.2|     ---
Fall 1982 part-time       |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
  4-year..................|   100.0|     --- |   52.2|     6.7|     10.0|   27.2|     3.5|    0.1|      0.4
Fall 1982 part-time       |        |         |       |        |         |       |        |       |
  public 2-year...........|   100.0|      1.6|   59.5|    13.4|      9.4|   14.4|     0.9|    0.8|     ---
Fall 1982 other...........|   100.0|      0.2|   23.0|    34.3|     24.5|   15.7|     1.9|    0.4|     ---
Delayed 4-year............|   100.0|      0.4|   55.6|     8.1|      7.4|   24.0|     3.7|    0.4|      0.4
Delayed public 2-year.....|   100.0|      1.7|   63.0|    16.9|     12.0|    6.2|     0.2|   --- |     ---
Delayed other.............|   100.0|      1.9|   31.4|    48.4|     14.4|    3.8|     0.1|    0.1|     ---
Other enrollment..........|   100.0|     --- |   --- |    86.5|      5.1|    6.0|     1.1|    0.4|      0.8
Never enrolled............|   100.0|     16.1|   83.9|    --- |     --- |   --- |    --- |   --- |     ---
__________________________|________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|_________

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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond, Educational Attainment of High School Sophomores by 1992. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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