Table 393. | Percent of 1972 and 1992 high school seniors who felt that certain life values were "very important," by sex: Selected years, 1972 to 1994 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of 1972 seniors | Percent of 1992 seniors |________________________________________|_______________________________ Value | |1974 (2 years|1976 (4 years| | 1994 (2 years | 1972 | after high | after high | 1992 | after high | | school) | school) | | school) |____________|_____________|_____________|____________|__________________ |Male |Female| Male |Female| Male |Female|Male |Female|Total|Male |Female _____________________________|_____|______|______|______|______|______|_____|______|_____|_____|______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 _____________________________|_____|______|______|______|______|______|_____|______|_____|_____|______ | | | | | | | | | | | Being successful in work ....| 86.5| 83.0| 81.2| 74.9| 80.3| 69.7| 89.0| 89.6| 90.1| 89.9| 90.3 Finding steady work .........| 82.3| 73.7| 74.7| 59.9| 79.3| 62.1| 87.1| 88.6| 89.7| 88.7| 90.7 Having lots of money ........| 26.0| 9.8| 17.8| 9.1| 17.7| 9.4| 45.3| 29.4| 35.2| 39.5| 30.9 Being a leader in the | | | | | | | | | | | community .................| 14.9| 8.0| 8.5| 4.4| 9.2| 4.2| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Correcting inequalities .....| 22.5| 31.1| 16.6| 18.2| 16.2| 17.1| 17.0| 23.6| --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | Having children .............| ---| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 39.0| 49.2| --- | --- | --- Having a happy family life ..| 78.6| 85.7| 83.1| 86.7| 84.2| 86.4| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Providing better opportu- | | | | | | | | | | | nities for my children ....| 66.6| 66.2| 59.5| 61.6| 59.8| 58.8| 74.5| 76.5| 90.5| 90.3| 90.8 Living closer to parents | | | | | | | | | | | or relatives .............| 6.8| 8.2| 8.3| 12.4| 7.7| 11.9| 15.2| 18.7| --- | --- | --- Moving from area ............| 14.3| 14.6| 8.3| 7.4| 6.7| 6.4| 20.7| 20.1| --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | Having strong friendships ...| 81.2| 78.7| 76.5| 74.7| 76.1| 72.1| 79.8| 80.0| 87.6| 88.1| 87.0 Having leisure time .........| ---| --- | 60.9| 55.1| 65.4| 60.1| 65.3| 62.0| --- | --- | --- _____________________________|_____|______|______|______|______|______|_____|______|_____|_____|______ |
---Not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, "Base Year (NLS:72)," "Second Follow-up (NLS:72/74)," and "Third Follow-up (NLS:72/76);" and The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/92) and (NELS:88/94), "Second Follow-up, Student Survey, 1992" and "Third Follow-up, 1994." (This table was prepared June 1995.)
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