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| Table 397. | Percentage of 1972 high school seniors, 1992 high school seniors, and 2004 high school seniors who felt that certain life values were "very important," by sex: Selected years, 1972 through 2004 |
| Life value | Percent of 1972 seniors | Percent of 1992 seniors | Percent of 2004 seniors | ||||||||||||||
| 1972 | 1974 (2 years after high school) |
1976 (4 years after high school) |
1992 | 1994 (2 years after high school) |
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| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 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 | 91.3 | (0.33) | 89.7 | (0.49) | 92.9 | (0.40) |
| 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 | 87.3 | (0.40) | 85.6 | (0.55) | 89.0 | (0.49) |
| 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 | 35.1 | (0.58) | 42.7 | (0.80) | 27.6 | (0.69) |
| Being a leader in the community | 14.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 9.2 | 4.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| Importance of helping others in the community | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41.7 | (0.57) | 35.2 | (0.77) | 48.1 | (0.74) |
| Correcting inequalities | 22.5 | 31.1 | 16.6 | 18.2 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 23.6 | — | — | — | 19.7 | (0.46) | 18.1 | (0.60) | 21.2 | (0.67) |
| Having children | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39.0 | 49.2 | — | — | — | 49.3 | (0.55) | 45.4 | (0.75) | 53.2 | (0.78) |
| Having a happy family life | 78.6 | 85.7 | 83.1 | 86.7 | 84.2 | 86.4 | — | — | — | — | — | 81.0 | (0.46) | 80.1 | (0.63) | 81.9 | (0.64) |
| Providing better opportunities 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 | 82.5 | (0.45) | 82.1 | (0.64) | 82.9 | (0.58) |
| 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 | 85.5 | (0.41) | 84.9 | (0.56) | 86.1 | (0.57) |
| Having leisure time | — | — | 60.9 | 55.1 | 65.4 | 60.1 | 65.3 | 62.0 | — | — | — | 69.0 | (0.55) | 70.2 | (0.69) | 67.8 | (0.74) |
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— Not available. † Not applicable. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. 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); National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, "Second Follow-up, Student Survey, 1992" (NELS:88/92) and "Third Follow-up, 1994" (NELS:88/94); and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, "First Follow-up" (ELS:02/04). (This table was prepared November 2005.) |
