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      Characteristics of teachers     |  Total  |   Non-   |  Voca-  | Characteristics of teachers  |  Total  |  Non-  |  Voca-
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    Total ............................|   100.0 |    100.0 |   100.0 |                              |         |        |
                                      |_________|__________|_________|Major field of study          |         |        |
                                      |         |          |         |  Business and management  ...|     1.1 |    0.7 |     6.5
 Sex                                  |         |          |         |  Education ..................|    52.4 |   50.3 |    75.2
   Male ..............................|    48.3 |     46.2 |    63.2 |    Academic area  ...........|    26.7 |   28.6 |     5.3
   Female ............................|    51.7 |     53.8 |    36.8 |      English education  .....|     5.2 |    5.7 |     0.3
                                      |         |          |         |      Music education  .......|     3.4 |    3.7 |     0.2
                                      |         |          |         |      Physical education  ....|     9.1 |    9.5 |     3.8
 Race/ethnicity                       |         |          |         |      Other academic area  ...|     9.0 |    9.7 |     1.0
   White .............................|    88.8 |     88.9 |    88.5 |    Administration  ..........|     5.3 |    5.1 |     7.0
   Black .............................|     6.0 |      5.9 |     7.1 |    General ..................|     4.5 |    4.6 |     3.3
   Hispanic ..........................|     3.4 |      3.5 |     2.8 |    Special education ........|     6.8 |    7.3 |     1.3
   Asian .............................|     0.9 |      0.9 |     0.8 |    Vocational education .....|     6.5 |    3.7 |    37.2
   American Indian or Alaskan Native .|     0.8 |      0.8 |     0.8 |    Other education  .........|     7.9 |    6.7 |    21.5
                                      |         |          |         |  English  ...................|     4.1 |    4.4 |     0.3
                                      |         |          |         |  Foreign language  ..........|     4.7 |    5.1 |     0.1
 Age                                  |         |          |         |  Mathematics  ...............|     3.2 |    3.5 |     0.6
   Under 30 years ....................|     9.8 |     10.3 |     6.4 |  Sciences  ..................|     7.8 |    8.1 |     4.3
   30 to 39 years ....................|    22.1 |     22.3 |    20.8 |  Social sciences and history |    10.0 |   10.7 |     1.8
   40 to 49 years ....................|    40.7 |     40.7 |    40.6 |  Visual and performing arts  |     2.6 |    2.7 |     1.0
   50 years and over .................|    27.5 |     26.8 |    32.2 |  Other ......................|     6.1 |    6.2 |     5.5
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 Highest college degree               |         |          |         |Age at which first began to   |         |        |
   Less than a bachelor's degree......|     1.7 |      0.5 |    10.3 |  teach full-time or part-time|         |        |
   Bachelor's degree .................|    46.6 |     47.0 |    43.5 |    25 or under ..............|    75.7 |   75.6 |    76.5
   Master's degree ...................|    45.4 |     46.2 |    39.8 |    26 to 35 .................|    22.1 |   22.1 |    21.7
   Education specialist\1\ ...........|     5.3 |      5.2 |     5.6 |    36 to 45 .................|     2.2 |    2.2 |     1.9
   Doctorate or first professional ...|     1.1 |      1.1 |     0.7 |    46 to 55 .................|     0.1 |    0.1 |     0.0
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