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Digest of Education Statistics: 2011
Digest of Education Statistics: 2011

NCES 2012-001
May 2012


Table 399. Percentage of 12th-graders working different numbers of hours per week during the school year, by selected student characteristics and the school's locale: 1992 and 2004
Selected student characteristic and school's locale Total Percentage distribution of students by average hours worked per week during senior year
Did not work during year 1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 20 More than 20
Total 21 to 25 26 to 30 31 to 35 36 to 40 More than 40
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1992, total 100.0 (†) 31.8 (—) 6.8 (—) 9.8 (—) 12.7 (—) 16.1 (—) 22.7 (—) 9.8 (—) 5.6 (—) 2.5 (—) 3.3 (—) 1.5 (—)
                                                 
Sex                                                
Male 100.0 (†) 33.0 (—) 6.0 (—) 8.9 (—) 11.1 (—) 15.0 (—) 26.0 (—) 10.2 (—) 6.5 (—) 3.1 (—) 4.2 (—) 2.0 (—)
Female 100.0 (†) 30.7 (—) 7.6 (—) 10.7 (—) 14.4 (—) 17.2 (—) 19.5 (—) 9.5 (—) 4.8 (—) 1.9 (—) 2.4 (—) 1.0 (—)
                                                 
Race/ethnicity                                                
White 100.0 (†) 27.6 (—) 7.0 (—) 11.2 (—) 14.1 (—) 17.3 (—) 22.8 (—) 10.0 (—) 5.5 (—) 2.6 (—) 3.3 (—) 1.5 (—)
Black 100.0 (†) 47.4 (—) 4.9 (—) 6.5 (—) 7.2 (—) 11.9 (—) 22.1 (—) 8.8 (—) 6.4 (—) 2.4 (—) 2.9 (—) 1.7 (—)
Hispanic 100.0 (†) 38.9 (—) 6.0 (—) 5.3 (—) 11.3 (—) 13.3 (—) 25.2 (—) 10.7 (—) 6.6 (—) 2.4 (—) 4.1 (—) 1.4 (—)
Asian/Pacific Islander 100.0 (†) 43.3 (—) 9.5 (—) 6.7 (—) 9.3 (—) 13.5 (—) 17.7 (—) 8.1 (—) 4.4 (—) 0.8 (—) 3.7 (—) 0.8 (—)
American Indian/Alaska
     Native
100.0 (†) 45.0 (—) 8.5 (—) 5.6 (—) 6.2 (—) 12.5 (—) 22.3 (—) 12.0 (—) 3.8 (—) 5.0 (—) 0.9 (—) 0.7 (—)
                                                 
Socioeconomic status quarter/1/                                                
Low 100.0 (†) 38.2 (—) 5.2 (—) 6.7 (—) 9.5 (—) 13.4 (—) 27.1 (—) 10.2 (—) 6.8 (—) 3.6 (—) 4.3 (—) 2.2 (—)
Middle low 100.0 (†) 29.8 (—) 5.5 (—) 8.3 (—) 11.9 (—) 18.6 (—) 25.9 (—) 10.9 (—) 6.4 (—) 3.2 (—) 4.2 (—) 1.4 (—)
Middle high 100.0 (†) 28.2 (—) 5.8 (—) 10.6 (—) 13.7 (—) 18.4 (—) 23.3 (—) 10.8 (—) 5.9 (—) 2.4 (—) 2.7 (—) 1.6 (—)
High 100.0 (†) 32.5 (—) 10.1 (—) 12.6 (—) 15.0 (—) 14.0 (—) 15.8 (—) 8.0 (—) 3.4 (—) 1.3 (—) 2.1 (—) 1.0 (—)
                                                 
School's locale                                                
Urban 100.0 (†) 35.6 (—) 6.7 (—) 9.4 (—) 12.2 (—) 14.3 (—) 21.7 (—) 9.5 (—) 5.3 (—) 2.3 (—) 3.3 (—) 1.3 (—)
Suburban 100.0 (†) 29.4 (—) 6.6 (—) 9.6 (—) 13.6 (—) 18.3 (—) 22.5 (—) 10.6 (—) 5.7 (—) 2.5 (—) 2.4 (—) 1.4 (—)
Rural 100.0 (†) 31.6 (—) 7.2 (—) 10.6 (—) 12.1 (—) 14.9 (—) 23.7 (—) 9.1 (—) 5.8 (—) 2.7 (—) 4.3 (—) 1.8 (—)
                                                 
                                                 
2004, total 100.0 (†) 11.8 (0.38) 8.7 (0.38) 12.2 (0.42) 15.0 (0.39) 18.7 (0.50) 33.5 (0.63) 12.9 (0.40) 8.9 (0.35) 4.4 (0.24) 5.0 (0.26) 2.4 (0.17)
                                                 
Sex                                                
Male 100.0 (†) 12.1 (0.55) 8.2 (0.51) 11.2 (0.53) 13.3 (0.54) 18.4 (0.67) 36.9 (0.89) 12.9 (0.56) 9.4 (0.52) 4.9 (0.35) 6.3 (0.44) 3.3 (0.28)
Female 100.0 (†) 11.6 (0.54) 9.3 (0.50) 13.1 (0.58) 16.7 (0.58) 19.0 (0.74) 30.2 (0.80) 13.0 (0.54) 8.3 (0.46) 4.0 (0.33) 3.6 (0.30) 1.4 (0.20)
                                                 
Race/ethnicity                                                
White 100.0 (†) 10.9 (0.47) 8.5 (0.48) 13.2 (0.57) 16.3 (0.53) 19.1 (0.60) 31.9 (0.77) 13.1 (0.52) 8.1 (0.40) 4.0 (0.29) 4.5 (0.30) 2.2 (0.21)
Black 100.0 (†) 11.9 (0.94) 8.2 (0.85) 9.1 (0.86) 11.4 (0.94) 18.6 (1.30) 40.7 (1.59) 13.6 (1.11) 11.2 (1.16) 6.5 (0.83) 6.7 (0.86) 2.8 (0.53)
Hispanic 100.0 (†) 13.4 (1.04) 8.4 (0.99) 9.3 (1.00) 12.4 (1.01) 17.6 (1.31) 39.0 (1.59) 12.3 (1.12) 11.6 (1.17) 6.4 (0.75) 6.0 (0.80) 2.7 (0.48)
Asian/Pacific Islander 100.0 (†) 17.1 (1.90) 14.8 (1.87) 12.6 (1.28) 14.9 (1.68) 18.6 (2.06) 21.9 (1.86) 9.2 (1.17) 5.4 (1.01) 2.1 (0.64) 3.9 (0.94) 1.3 (0.45)
American Indian/Alaska
     Native
100.0 (†) 21.3 (6.29) 14.0 (5.43) 10.8 (4.64) 13.3 (4.01) 18.0 (4.48) 22.6 (5.99) 12.3 (5.22) 3.7 (2.36) # (†) 3.0 (1.38) 3.5 (1.82)
                                                 
Socioeconomic status quarter/1/                                                
Low 100.0 (†) 11.1 (0.78) 7.5 (0.65) 9.5 (0.74) 11.2 (0.78) 18.1 (0.98) 42.6 (1.19) 14.3 (0.88) 11.9 (0.84) 6.3 (0.61) 7.0 (0.59) 3.1 (0.44)
Middle low 100.0 (†) 10.2 (0.72) 7.0 (0.62) 10.8 (0.82) 13.7 (0.80) 19.7 (0.92) 38.5 (1.18) 14.5 (0.90) 9.6 (0.67) 5.2 (0.52) 6.2 (0.59) 3.0 (0.42)
Middle high 100.0 (†) 10.2 (0.69) 8.0 (0.64) 11.7 (0.75) 15.7 (0.78) 19.8 (0.87) 34.5 (1.09) 14.0 (0.85) 9.4 (0.68) 4.5 (0.53) 4.6 (0.48) 2.2 (0.33)
High 100.0 (†) 15.3 (0.80) 11.8 (0.89) 15.7 (0.86) 18.2 (0.91) 17.3 (0.89) 21.7 (0.97) 9.7 (0.60) 5.5 (0.54) 2.3 (0.32) 2.8 (0.34) 1.3 (0.23)
                                                 
School's locale                                                
Urban 100.0 (†) 13.6 (0.69) 10.2 (0.82) 12.7 (0.87) 14.2 (0.89) 16.6 (0.89) 32.8 (1.38) 12.2 (0.80) 9.7 (0.85) 4.7 (0.55) 4.1 (0.50) 2.2 (0.36)
Suburban 100.0 (†) 10.4 (0.55) 8.8 (0.58) 12.5 (0.61) 16.2 (0.57) 19.6 (0.76) 32.5 (0.89) 13.7 (0.62) 8.4 (0.43) 3.9 (0.34) 4.4 (0.35) 2.1 (0.24)
Rural 100.0 (†) 10.9 (0.78) 8.0 (0.73) 12.8 (1.06) 15.4 (0.81) 19.6 (1.10) 33.2 (1.27) 13.2 (0.90) 8.2 (0.71) 4.0 (0.51) 5.3 (0.62) 2.5 (0.39)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
1 Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured by a composite score of parental education and occupations, and family income.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. 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, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/92), "Second Follow-up, Student Survey, 1992"; and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002/04), "First Follow-up, Student Survey, 2004." (This table was prepared December 2006.)