| Table 75. | Percent of public school teachers who think about leaving: 1985 and 1995 |
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| 1985 | 1995
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| |Teachers with | |Teachers with
Item | Total |fewer than | Total |fewer than
| Teachers |five years |Teachers |five years
| |experience | |experience
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
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| | | |
| | | |
Ever seriously considered leaving | | | |
Yes, considered ......................| 51 | 38 | 41 | 42
No, not considered ...................| 49 | 62 | 59 | 58
| | | |
Likely to leave within the next 5 years | | | |
Very likely ..........................| 12 | 10 | 12 | 13
Fairly likely ........................| 14 | 9 | 12 | 23
Not too likely .......................| 26 | 29 | 24 | 21
Not at all likely ....................| 47 | 50 | 51 | 43
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SOURCE: Metropolitan Life/Louis Harris Associates, Inc., The Metropolitan Life Survey of
The American Teacher, 1984-1995. (This table was prepared April 1996.)
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