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Table 142.Percent of high school seniors who plan to go to college after graduation, by student characteristics: 1982 and 1992

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                             |   No college    |Right after high |  After a year   |After more than|  Don't know
   Student characteristics   |                 |      school     |                 |    a year     |
                             |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------
                             |  1982  |  1992  |  1982  |  1992  |  1982  |  1992  | 1982  | 1992  | 1982  | 1992
-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------
              1              |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11
-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------
All seniors..................|   18.3 |    4.0 |   58.3 |   76.6 |    7.1 |   10.7 |   3.9 |   4.1 |  12.3 |   4.6
  Male ......................|   22.8 |    5.7 |   53.4 |   73.0 |    6.6 |   10.2 |   4.0 |   5.6 |  13.1 |   5.5
  Female ....................|   14.0 |    2.3 |   63.0 |   80.1 |    7.6 |   11.1 |   3.8 |   2.7 |  11.6 |   3.8
                             |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Race/ethnicity               |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
  White .....................|   18.2 |    3.9 |   60.2 |   76.6 |    7.0 |   10.6 |   3.4 |   4.4 |  11.3 |   4.5
  Black .....................|   14.6 |    5.4 |   57.5 |   75.2 |    8.2 |   11.2 |   5.7 |   3.2 |  14.1 |   5.2
  Hispanic ..................|   24.1 |    3.5 |   45.6 |   75.4 |    7.5 |   11.6 |   5.8 |   3.6 |  17.0 |   5.9
  Asian .....................|    5.6 |    2.6 |   81.7 |   83.4 |    5.6 |    8.6 |   2.1 |   2.4 |   5.1 |   3.1
  American Indian............|   22.2 |    5.8 |   48.5 |   65.7 |    9.0 |   15.5 |   3.3 |   5.3 |  17.1 |   7.7
                             |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Test performance quartile    |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
  Lowest test quartile.......|   32.3 |   11.4 |   32.8 |   59.3 |    9.1 |   15.1 |   4.5 |   3.4 |  21.3 |  10.9
  Second test quartile.......|   26.5 |    3.9 |   45.2 |   71.2 |    7.8 |   14.3 |   4.8 |   4.4 |  15.8 |   6.3
  Third test quartile........|   15.6 |    2.0 |   61.9 |   81.2 |    7.9 |    9.9 |   3.8 |   4.1 |  10.8 |   2.8
  Highest test quartile......|    3.8 |    0.6 |   85.4 |   90.9 |    4.7 |    4.8 |   2.4 |   2.6 |   3.8 |   1.2
                             |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Socioeconomic status\1\      |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
  Low quartile ..............|   29.1 |    8.1 |   38.3 |   60.3 |    7.6 |   16.5 |   5.8 |   5.8 |  19.2 |   9.4
  Middle 2 quartiles ........|   18.3 |    4.1 |   56.6 |   74.6 |    8.1 |   11.8 |   4.1 |   4.7 |  12.9 |   4.8
  High quartile .............|    6.6 |    1.1 |   82.8 |   91.1 |    5.0 |    4.6 |   1.5 |   1.7 |   4.1 |   1.5
                             |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Control of school            |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
  Public.....................|   19.4 |    4.4 |   56.0 |   74.8 |    7.3 |   11.4 |   4.1 |   4.5 |  13.1 |   4.9
  Catholic...................|    8.2 |    0.5 |   80.0 |   93.0 |    5.1 |    4.3 |   1.4 |   0.7 |   5.4 |   1.6
  Other private..............|    9.9 |    0.7 |   77.3 |   92.0 |    6.4 |    3.0 |   2.5 |   0.6 |   3.9 |   3.7
                             |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Location of school           |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
  Urban .....................|   16.6 |    3.0 |   59.3 |   79.5 |    8.2 |   10.1 |   4.0 |   3.0 |  11.8 |   4.4
  Suburban ..................|   15.5 |    3.3 |   62.3 |   78.6 |    6.8 |    9.7 |   4.1 |   4.4 |  11.3 |   4.0
  Rural/nonmetropolitan area.|   24.0 |    5.9 |   51.4 |   71.2 |    6.9 |   12.3 |   3.6 |   4.9 |  14.2 |   5.8
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\1\Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. The "Low" SES group is the lowest quartile; the "Middle" SES group is the middle two quartiles; and the "High" SES group is the upper quartile.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "High School and Beyond," First Followup survey; and "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Second Followup Student survey. (This table was prepared April 1995.)


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