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| Table 136. | Percent of public high school graduates taking selected mathematics and science courses in high school, by sex and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1982 to 2000 |
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| | | | | | | Sex | Race/ethnicity
Course | | | | | | |_____________________|________________________________________________________
(Carnegie credits) |1982|1987|1990|1994|1998| Total| Male| Female|White, non-|Black, non-| Hispanic| Asian/| American
| | | | | | | | | Hispanic| Hispanic| | Pacific| Indian/
| | | | | | | | | | | | Islander| Alaska
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Native
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Mathematics\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Any mathematics (1.0) ..........|98.5|99.0|99.9|99.8|99.8|99.8(0.04)|99.8(0.08)|99.9(0.04)|99.8 (0.06)|99.8 (0.09)|99.8(0.07)|100.0(0.02)|100.0 (#)
Algebra I (1.0)\2\ ...........|55.2|58.8|63.7|65.8|62.8|61.7(1.66)|60.0(1.62)|63.4(1.82)|60.5 (1.95)|66.5 (3.25)|69.5(2.14)| 48.8(2.47)| 65.2(5.43)
Geometry (1.0) ...............|47.1|58.6|63.2|70.0|75.1|78.3(1.09)|74.9(1.33)|81.4(1.02)|79.2 (1.23)|77.9 (1.95)|72.8(3.23)| 80.6(2.16)| 65.0(6.18)
Algebra II (0.5)\3\ ..........|39.9|49.0|52.8|61.1|61.7|67.8(1.43)|64.8(1.45)|70.5(1.68)|68.9 (1.51)|64.8 (2.30)|59.8(5.17)| 80.4(1.92)| 60.3(5.51)
Trigonometry (0.5) ...........| 8.1|11.5| 9.6|11.7| 8.9| 7.5(1.31)| 7.3(1.30)| 7.7(1.37)| 8.5 (1.62)| 4.1 (1.02)| 2.9(0.77)| 14.5(5.33)| 4.3(2.07)
Analysis/pre-calculus (0.5) ..| 6.2|12.8|13.3|17.3|23.1|26.7(1.40)|25.4(1.39)|27.9(1.61)|28.2 (1.74)|16.2 (1.53)|19.3(2.97)| 48.8(2.68)| 12.6(2.80)
Statistics/probability (0.5) .| 1.0| 1.1| 1.0| 2.0| 3.7| 5.7(0.86)| 5.8(0.97)| 5.6(0.86)| 6.1 (1.00)| 3.8 (1.25)| 2.3(0.53)| 11.5(2.45)| 2.1(1.10)
Calculus (1.0) ...............| 5.0| 6.1| 6.5| 9.3|11.0|11.6(0.73)|12.2(0.79)|11.1(0.77)|12.5 (0.77)| 4.7 (0.55)| 5.6(0.87)| 30.8(5.07)| 2.4(0.90)
AP calculus (1.0) ............| 1.6| 3.4| 4.1| 7.0| 6.7| 7.9(0.58)| 8.5(0.71)| 7.3(0.57)| 8.4 (0.62)| 2.6 (0.41)| 3.6(0.68)| 24.0(4.20)| 1.7(0.70)
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Science\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Any science (1.0) ..............|96.4|97.8|99.3|99.5|99.5|99.5(0.11)|99.3(0.17)|99.7(0.08)|99.6 (0.13)|99.5 (0.16)|99.1(0.34)| 99.7(0.18)| 99.6(0.33)
Biology (1.0) ................|77.4|86.0|91.0|93.2|92.7|91.2(1.00)|89.0(0.32)|93.3(0.80)|91.8 (1.15)|92.3 (1.02)|89.7(2.70)| 88.3(2.70)| 88.4(2.88)
AP/honors biology (1.0) ......|10.0| 9.4|10.1|11.9|16.2|16.3(1.46)|13.8(1.41)|18.5(1.63)|17.9 (1.78)|10.8 (1.39)|10.8(1.36)| 25.9(4.17)| 8.0(3.06)
Chemistry (1.0) ..............|32.1|44.2|48.9|55.8|60.4|62.0(1.47)|58.0(1.42)|65.7(1.74)|63.0 (1.67)|59.9 (2.40)|52.4(4.08)| 75.4(2.59)| 43.6(4.03)
AP/honors chemistry (1.0) ....| 3.0| 3.5| 3.5| 3.9| 4.7| 5.8(0.85)| 5.8(0.91)| 5.7(0.83)| 6.1 (1.19)| 2.8 (0.46)| 3.4(1.28)| 16.2(1.44)| 1.7(1.20)
Physics (1.0) ................|15.0|20.0|21.6|24.5|28.8|31.4(1.16)|34.2(1.29)|29.0(1.22)|32.4 (1.34)|25.2 (1.98)|23.2(2.32)| 54.0(2.68)| 17.5(4.07)
AP/honors physics (1.0) ......| 1.2| 1.8| 2.0| 2.7| 3.0| 3.9(0.61)| 5.4(0.94)| 2.5(0.38)| 4.0 (0.78)| 2.2 (0.78)| 2.0(0.70)| 11.0(1.91)| 0.5(0.37)
Engineering (1.0) ............| 1.2| 2.6| 4.2| 4.5| 6.7| 3.9(0.91)| 4.3(1.04)| 3.5(0.85)| 4.2 (1.14)| 2.7 (0.78)| 2.4(0.85)| 3.1(0.95)| 1.8(1.36)
Astronomy (0.5) ..............| 1.2| 1.0| 1.2| 1.7| 1.9| 2.8(0.59)| 3.0(0.65)| 2.6(0.57)| 2.8 (0.68)| 1.8 (0.54)| 3.7(1.54)| 2.0(0.69)| 3.8(1.67)
Geology/earth science (0.5) ..|13.6|13.4|24.7|22.9|20.7|17.4(1.86)|18.4(1.98)|16.6(1.82)|17.5 (2.34)|18.8 (2.59)|15.9(1.88)| 11.1(1.50)| 16.0(3.06)
Biology and chemistry (2.0) ..|29.3|41.4|47.5|53.7|59.0|59.4(1.49)|54.5(1.49)|63.8(1.74)|60.3 (1.72)|58.0 (2.31)|50.4(4.27)| 71.1(2.67)| 39.4(3.81)
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physics (3.0) .............|11.2|16.6|18.8|21.4|25.4|25.1(1.09)|26.4(1.23)|24.0(1.13)|25.7 (1.20)|20.1 (1.75)|17.6(2.20)| 47.2(2.53)| 11.9(3.29)
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#Rounds to zero. NOTE: Data differ slightly from figures appearing in other NCES reports because of differences in taxonomies and case exclusion criteria. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores, "High School Transcript Study" (HS&B-So:80/82); and The High School Transcript Study (HSTS), various years. (This table was prepared November 2002.)
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