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Table 135. Average number of Carnegie units earned by public high school graduates in vocational education courses, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1982 to 2000

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                       |        |General |Consumer |                             Specific labor market preparation
Graduation year and    |        |  labor |     and |_____________________________________________________________________________________
selected student       |  Total | market |   home- |        |       |        |         |        |   Occupa- |  Trade |Technical/|
characteristic         |        |prepara-|  making |Total\1\| Agri- |Business|Marketing| Health |tional home|and in- | communi- |  Other
                       |        |   tion |education|        |culture|        |         |        | economics |dustrial|  cations |
_______________________|________|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________
1                      |      2 |      3 |       4 |      5 |     6 |      7 |       8 |      9 |        10 |     11 |       12 |     13
_______________________|________|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________
   1982 graduates .....|    4.62|    0.94|     0.68|    3.00|   0.22|    1.03|     0.16|    0.05|       0.11|    1.04|      0.21|    0.10
                       |________|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________
Sex                    |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Male ................|    4.60|    0.93|     0.30|    3.36|   0.36|    0.47|     0.14|    0.02|       0.06|    1.96|      0.24|    0.01
  Female ..............|    4.64|    0.95|     1.03|    2.67|   0.08|    1.55|     0.18|    0.08|       0.15|    0.20|      0.18|    0.18
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Race/ethnicity         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .|    4.53|    0.92|     0.63|    2.97|   0.24|    1.06|     0.15|    0.04|       0.10|    0.99|      0.22|    0.09
  Black, non-Hispanic .|    4.75|    0.97|     0.90|    2.88|   0.09|    1.00|     0.22|    0.11|       0.14|    0.95|      0.15|    0.12
  Hispanic ............|    5.22|    1.01|     0.85|    3.36|   0.23|    1.00|     0.17|    0.07|       0.13|    1.38|      0.15|    0.12
  Asian/Pacific        |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Islander .........|    3.34|    1.01|     0.30|    2.03|   0.03|    0.58|     0.04|    0.03|       0.06|    0.88|      0.30|    0.02
  American Indian/     |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Alaska Native ....|    4.77|    0.90|     0.47|    3.40|   0.25|    0.74|     0.14|    0.08|       0.06|    1.88|      0.13|    0.03
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Academic track         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Academic\2\ .........|    2.55|    0.84|     0.60|    1.12|   0.04|    0.48|     0.03|    0.02|       0.06|    0.28|      0.17|    0.02
  Vocational\3\ .......|    7.74|    1.02|     0.78|    5.94|   0.58|    1.68|     0.33|    0.08|       0.17|    2.43|      0.21|    0.24
  Both\4\ .............|    6.03|    0.86|     0.57|    4.60|   0.29|    1.66|     0.29|    0.09|       0.15|    1.57|      0.29|    0.14
  Neither\5\ ..........|    5.23|    1.92|     1.62|    1.68|   0.11|    0.74|     0.09|    0.05|       0.13|    0.37|      0.10|    0.07
                       |========|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|========|===========|========|==========|========
   1987 graduates .....|    4.55|    0.83|     0.61|    3.11|   0.19|    0.96|     0.16|    0.08|       0.11|    0.96|      0.43|    0.11
                       |________|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________
Sex                    |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Male ................|    4.64|    0.83|     0.45|    3.35|   0.33|    0.56|     0.13|    0.02|       0.08|    1.73|      0.47|    0.03
  Female ..............|    4.47|    0.83|     0.86|    2.77|   0.07|    1.34|     0.19|    0.12|       0.14|    0.23|      0.39|    0.18
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Race/ethnicity         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .|    4.65|    0.84|     0.60|    3.20|   0.24|    0.97|     0.16|    0.07|       0.11|    1.00|      0.47|    0.10
  Black, non-Hispanic .|    4.52|    0.86|     0.73|    2.92|   0.10|    1.00|     0.17|    0.14|       0.14|    0.76|      0.28|    0.14
  Hispanic ............|    4.49|    0.93|     0.62|    2.95|   0.06|    0.97|     0.16|    0.08|       0.11|    1.00|      0.32|    0.11
  Asian/Pacific        |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Islander .........|    3.11|    0.63|     0.35|    2.13|   0.01|    0.63|     0.13|    0.09|       0.08|    0.47|      0.56|    0.04
  American Indian/     |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Alaska Native ....|    4.92|    0.82|     0.65|    3.45|   0.20|    1.04|     0.08|    0.09|       0.11|    1.32|      0.44|    0.03
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Academic track         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Academic\2\ .........|    2.57|    0.76|     0.57|    1.23|   0.02|    0.45|     0.04|    0.02|       0.04|    0.24|      0.37|    0.02
  Vocational\3\ .......|    8.07|    0.90|     0.77|    6.39|   0.59|    1.40|     0.38|    0.18|       0.25|    2.60|      0.35|    0.34
  Both\4\ .............|    6.09|    0.86|     0.55|    4.69|   0.30|    1.54|     0.27|    0.11|       0.17|    1.43|      0.56|    0.15
  Neither\5\ ..........|    5.10|    1.77|     1.72|    1.62|   0.07|    0.60|     0.09|    0.05|       0.11|    0.37|      0.13|    0.10
                       |========|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|========|===========|========|==========|========
   1990 graduates .....|    4.19|    0.73|     0.57|    2.89|   0.20|    0.88|     0.16|    0.04|       0.10|    0.87|      0.41|    0.10
                       |________|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________
Sex                    |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Male ................|    4.32|    0.70|     0.33|    3.28|   0.31|    0.57|     0.14|    0.02|       0.07|    1.59|      0.43|    0.02
  Female ..............|    4.08|    0.76|     0.79|    2.53|   0.09|    1.16|     0.18|    0.06|       0.13|    0.22|      0.39|    0.17
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Race/ethnicity         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .|    4.22|    0.71|     0.55|    2.97|   0.24|    0.85|     0.16|    0.04|       0.09|    0.95|      0.40|    0.09
  Black, non-Hispanic .|    4.41|    0.82|     0.80|    2.79|   0.06|    1.05|     0.17|    0.04|       0.15|    0.64|      0.40|    0.16
  Hispanic ............|    4.12|    0.75|     0.53|    2.85|   0.15|    0.93|     0.19|    0.02|       0.11|    0.75|      0.41|    0.18
  Asian/Pacific        |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Islander .........|    3.07|    0.69|     0.31|    2.07|   0.04|    0.65|     0.05|    0.01|       0.03|    0.72|      0.48|    0.03
  American Indian/     |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Alaska Native ....|    4.62|    0.74|     0.72|    3.16|   0.36|    0.95|     0.15|    0.02|       0.07|    0.95|      0.44|    0.02
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Academic track         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Academic\2\ .........|    2.41|    0.67|     0.55|    1.19|   0.03|    0.46|     0.04|    0.01|       0.04|    0.22|      0.34|    0.02
  Vocational\3\ .......|    8.68|    1.00|     0.74|    6.95|   0.86|    1.22|     0.28|    0.10|       0.26|    3.10|      0.28|    0.30
  Both\4\ .............|    6.10|    0.72|     0.57|    4.81|   0.35|    1.47|     0.33|    0.08|       0.16|    1.50|      0.53|    0.19
  Neither\5\ ..........|    5.81|    2.81|     1.26|    1.74|   0.10|    0.46|     0.04|    0.04|       0.08|    0.54|      0.32|    0.04
                       |========|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|========|===========|========|==========|========
   1994 graduates .....|    3.96|    0.64|     0.52|    2.79|   0.24|    0.88|     0.18|    0.08|       0.13|    0.70|      0.35|    0.09
                       |________|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________
Sex                    |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Male ................|    4.13|    0.70|     0.35|    3.08|   0.37|    0.66|     0.14|    0.03|       0.08|    1.25|      0.36|    0.03
  Female ..............|    3.80|    0.58|     0.69|    2.52|   0.11|    1.09|     0.22|    0.12|       0.18|    0.17|      0.34|    0.15
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Race/ethnicity         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .|    3.96|    0.63|     0.51|    2.81|   0.27|    0.87|     0.19|    0.08|       0.11|    0.72|      0.35|    0.07
  Black, non-Hispanic .|    4.29|    0.72|     0.62|    2.94|   0.13|    1.01|     0.20|    0.11|       0.23|    0.60|      0.29|    0.18
  Hispanic ............|    3.87|    0.64|     0.48|    2.75|   0.13|    0.93|     0.15|    0.07|       0.14|    0.65|      0.36|    0.17
  Asian/Pacific        |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Islander .........|    3.01|    0.51|     0.36|    2.13|   0.14|    0.70|     0.11|    0.06|       0.10|    0.50|      0.46|    0.03
  American Indian/     |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Alaska Native ....|    4.27|    0.85|     0.65|    2.77|   0.41|    0.75|     0.06|    0.18|       0.15|    0.53|      0.41|    0.06
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Academic track         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Academic\2\ .........|    2.28|    0.58|     0.49|    1.20|   0.04|    0.51|     0.05|    0.03|       0.05|    0.20|      0.28|    0.02
  Vocational\3\ .......|    8.64|    1.00|     0.78|    6.86|   0.90|    1.17|     0.34|    0.08|       0.26|    2.89|      0.26|    0.29
  Both\4\ .............|    6.01|    0.66|     0.54|    4.82|   0.48|    1.41|     0.37|    0.16|       0.23|    1.25|      0.46|    0.18
  Neither\5\ ..........|    6.51|    3.91|     1.08|    1.52|   0.05|    0.48|     0.08|    0.02|       0.07|    0.46|      0.16|    0.06
                       |========|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|========|===========|========|==========|========
   1998 graduates .....|    3.99|    0.61|     0.51|    2.87|   0.20|    0.70|     0.16|    0.14|       0.16|    0.78|      0.51|    0.07
                       |________|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________
Sex                    |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Male ................|    4.25|    0.67|     0.35|    3.23|   0.27|    0.59|     0.15|    0.06|       0.10|    1.37|      0.53|    0.02
  Female ..............|    3.77|    0.57|     0.66|    2.54|   0.14|    0.80|     0.18|    0.22|       0.21|    0.23|      0.49|    0.12
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Race/ethnicity         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .|    3.97|    0.58|     0.49|    2.90|   0.24|    0.69|     0.15|    0.11|       0.14|    0.83|      0.51|    0.06
  Black, non-Hispanic .|    4.33|    0.70|     0.68|    2.95|   0.09|    0.83|     0.24|    0.29|       0.23|    0.56|      0.47|    0.11
  Hispanic ............|    3.97|    0.66|     0.49|    2.82|   0.16|    0.64|     0.18|    0.16|       0.17|    0.75|      0.51|    0.10
  Asian/Pacific        |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Islander .........|    3.15|    0.58|     0.27|    2.30|   0.09|    0.64|     0.13|    0.15|       0.14|    0.57|      0.49|    0.02
  American Indian/     |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Alaska Native ....|    4.02|    0.54|     0.55|    2.92|   0.19|    0.70|     0.14|    0.06|       0.14|    0.98|      0.51|    0.03
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Academic track         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Academic\2\ .........|    2.22|    0.54|     0.49|    1.19|   0.03|    0.41|     0.05|    0.03|       0.07|    0.22|      0.33|    0.02
  Vocational\3\ .......|    9.12|    1.40|     0.75|    6.97|   0.62|    0.64|     0.29|    0.11|       0.36|    3.36|      0.66|    0.29
  Both\4\ .............|    6.06|    0.62|     0.52|    4.92|   0.41|    1.10|     0.31|    0.29|       0.27|    1.39|      0.74|    0.14
  Neither\5\ ..........|    5.64|    2.91|     1.20|    1.53|   0.10|    0.43|     0.06|    0.02|       0.07|    0.31|      0.19|    0.06
                       |========|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|========|===========|========|==========|========
   2000 graduates .....|    4.21|    0.69|     0.49|    3.03|   0.25|    0.74|     0.16|    0.13|       0.17|    0.80|      0.61|    0.08
                       |________|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|________|___________|________|__________|________
Sex                    |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Male ................|    4.60|    0.76|     0.33|    3.51|   0.34|    0.65|     0.14|    0.06|       0.12|    1.38|      0.72|    0.02
  Female ..............|    3.82|    0.61|     0.64|    2.57|   0.16|    0.83|     0.17|    0.20|       0.23|    0.25|      0.52|    0.13
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Race/ethnicity         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .|    4.34|    0.69|     0.49|    3.16|   0.31|    0.73|     0.14|    0.12|       0.18|    0.90|      0.63|    0.07
  Black, non-Hispanic .|    4.29|    0.77|     0.67|    2.85|   0.12|    0.88|     0.22|    0.15|       0.16|    0.51|      0.53|    0.16
  Hispanic ............|    3.83|    0.67|     0.37|    2.79|   0.14|    0.75|     0.18|    0.23|       0.19|    0.65|      0.54|    0.07
  Asian/Pacific        |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Islander .........|    2.82|    0.45|     0.25|    2.11|   0.06|    0.50|     0.10|    0.14|       0.09|    0.43|      0.74|    0.02
  American Indian/     |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Alaska Native ....|    4.79|    0.75|     0.68|    3.36|   0.37|    0.72|     0.14|    0.07|       0.23|    0.99|      0.68|    0.07
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Academic track         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Academic\2\ .........|    2.28|    0.61|     0.47|    1.21|   0.03|    0.39|     0.03|    0.03|       0.08|    0.21|      0.38|    0.02
  Vocational\3\ .......|    9.56|    1.24|     0.59|    7.73|   0.79|    0.63|     0.27|    0.12|       0.35|    4.06|      0.87|    0.14
  Both\4\ .............|    6.46|    0.75|     0.50|    5.21|   0.51|    1.20|     0.31|    0.27|       0.29|    1.43|      0.90|    0.15
  Neither\5\ ..........|    5.52|    2.83|     1.36|    1.32|   0.05|    0.13|     0.05|    0.04|       0.19|    0.40|      0.32|    0.06
                       |========|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|========|===========|========|==========|========
Standard errors        |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
2000 graduates ........| (0.123)| (0.035)|  (0.023)| (0.106)|(0.029)| (0.040)|  (0.013)| (0.018)|    (0.016)| (0.057)|   (0.027)| (0.009)
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Sex                    |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Male ................| (0.154)| (0.042)|  (0.018)| (0.135)|(0.041)| (0.040)|  (0.013)| (0.012)|    (0.012)| (0.098)|   (0.032)| (0.005)
  Female ..............| (0.104)| (0.032)|  (0.032)| (0.086)|(0.022)| (0.043)|  (0.015)| (0.025)|    (0.021)| (0.020)|   (0.026)| (0.016)
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Race/ethnicity         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .| (0.164)| (0.045)|  (0.026)| (0.137)|(0.039)| (0.048)|  (0.015)| (0.016)|    (0.018)| (0.077)|   (0.034)| (0.001)
  Black, non-Hispanic .| (0.173)| (0.049)|  (0.052)| (0.125)|(0.027)| (0.063)|  (0.034)| (0.022)|    (0.024)| (0.043)|   (0.041)| (0.030)
  Hispanic ............| (0.124)| (0.054)|  (0.038)| (0.148)|(0.021)| (0.067)|  (0.032)| (0.101)|    (0.030)| (0.051)|   (0.028)| (0.020)
  Asian/Pacific        |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Islander .........| (0.160)| (0.055)|  (0.033)| (0.146)|(0.014)| (0.051)|  (0.031)| (0.038)|    (0.018)| (0.054)|   (0.103)| (0.008)
  American Indian/     |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
     Alaska Native ....| (0.429)| (0.117)|  (0.081)| (0.394)|(0.131)| (0.086)|  (0.037)| (0.025)|    (0.115)| (0.235)|   (0.087)| (0.035)
                       |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
Academic track         |        |        |         |        |       |        |         |        |           |        |          |
  Academic\2\ .........| (0.049)| (0.031)|  (0.021)| (0.024)|(0.004)| (0.021)|  (0.004)| (0.005)|    (0.009)| (0.010)|   (0.020)| (0.003)
  Vocational\3\ .......| (0.337)| (0.272)|  (0.070)| (0.365)|(0.149)| (0.117)|  (0.064)| (0.050)|    (0.086)| (0.438)|   (0.095)| (0.057)
  Both\4\ .............| (0.170)| (0.053)|  (0.031)| (0.132)|(0.058)| (0.066)|  (0.025)| (0.041)|    (0.029)| (0.115)|   (0.047)| (0.018)
  Neither\5\ ..........| (0.443)| (0.297)|  (0.331)| (0.100)|(0.023)| (0.032)|  (0.034)| (0.030)|    (0.053)| (0.077)|   (0.049)| (0.023)
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\1\Includes unclassified courses not shown separately.
\2\Includes students who complete at least 12 Carnegie units in academic courses, but less than 3 Carnegie units in any specific labor market preparation field.
\3\Includes students who complete at least 3 Carnegie units in a specific labor market preparation field, but less than 12 Carnegie units in academic courses.
\4\Includes students who complete at least 12 Carnegie units in academic courses and at least 3 Carnegie units in a specific labor market preparation field.
\5\Includes students who complete less than 12 Carnegie units in academic courses and less than 3 Carnegie units in a specific labor market preparation field.

NOTE: The Carnegie unit is a standard of measurement that represents one credit for the completion of a 1-year course. Data differ slightly from figures appearing in other NCES reports because of differences in taxonomies and case exclusion criteria. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "High School and Beyond," First Followup survey; "1990 High School Transcript Study;" "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Second Followup survey; and "High School Transcript Study," various years. (This table was prepared November 2002.)

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