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Table 38. Percentage distribution of spending patterns of employed high school seniors on selected activities or expenses, by sex, race, and college plans: Various years, 1991 to 2001 | ||||||||||
Percent of 2001 seniors | ||||||||||
Sex | Race | |||||||||
Spending pattern and portion of earnings spent | Percent of 1991 seniors | Percent of 1995 seniors | Percent of 2000 seniors | Total | Male | Female | White non-Hispanic | Black non-Hispanic | Planning to go to a 4-year college | Not Planning to go to a 4-year college |
Savings for education | ||||||||||
72.4 | 71.9 | 73.1 | 70.6 | 73.6 | 68.5 | 70.7 | 65.5 | 68.0 | 79.8 | |
Some | 10.6 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 8.2 |
About half | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 6.2 |
Most | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 3.4 |
4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 2.4 | |
Car expenses | ||||||||||
None or only a little | 57.0 | 58.8 | 54.2 | 54.9 | 46.8 | 62.3 | 51.9 | 60.6 | 56.6 | 47.9 |
Some | 16.1 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 17.8 | 22.8 | 13.6 | 19.3 | 14.3 | 17.5 | 19.7 |
About half | 11.0 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 10.8 | 13.5 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 14.6 |
Most | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
All or almost all | 6.9 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 9.7 |
Long-range savings | ||||||||||
None or only a little | 71.2 | 71.1 | 67.8 | 66.6 | 66.1 | 67.7 | 66.7 | 60.9 | 66.3 | 68.4 |
Some | 15.3 | 12.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 12.3 |
About half | 5.9 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 10.9 |
Most | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
All or almost all | 3.4 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
Personal items | ||||||||||
None or only a little | 23.1 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 23.8 | 25.3 | 22.6 | 24.5 | 18.6 | 22.0 | 31.1 |
Some | 20.3 | 18.7 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 18.1 | 15.1 | 17.9 | 12.2 | 16.9 | 14.9 |
About half | 16.5 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 18.3 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 12.2 | 18.2 | 19.0 |
Most | 16.5 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 18.9 | 18.6 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 14.6 |
All or almost all | 23.5 | 23.5 | 24.4 | 22.4 | 20.1 | 24.7 | 19.7 | 37.1 | 23.2 | 20.3 |
Family expenses | ||||||||||
None or only a little | 80.7 | 80.8 | 75.9 | 75.8 | 80.6 | 72.1 | 83.9 | 54.1 | 77.2 | 70.7 |
Some | 8.4 | 8.6 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 7.2 | 14.0 | 8.6 | 16.4 | 10.7 | 11.8 |
About half | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 13.0 | 5.5 | 7.3 |
Most | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4.6 |
All or almost all | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 12.9 | 4.0 | 5.5 |
NOTE: Portions of earnings spent were defined as follows: a little (1-20%), some (21-40%), about half (41-60%), most (61-80%), and almost all (81-99%). The response rate for this survey does not meet NCES statistical standards. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||
SOURCE: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Monitoring the Future, various years. |
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