Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table B22.Standard errors for Table A22: Percentage of public secondary school principals
who view certain issues as serious problems in their schools, by sex, age,
experience, and race-ethnicity of principals: 1993-94
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Five most frequently identified problems in public secondary schools
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Lack of parent Students come
Principal characteristics involvement Student apathy Student alcohol use Poverty unprepared to learn
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Total 0.65 0.55 0.48 0.64 0.51
Sex
Male 0.63 0.61 0.51 0.62 0.55
Female 2.29 2.02 1.41 2.17 1.55
Age
Under 35 2.71 3.55 3.19 3.05 1.90
35-39 2.65 1.86 1.91 2.18 2.15
40-44 1.29 1.60 1.27 1.60 1.17
45-49 1.29 0.94 0.88 0.93 1.00
50-54 1.64 1.36 1.35 1.07 1.25
55 and over 1.79 1.80 1.52 1.99 1.42
Experience as a principal
Fewer than 3 years 1.74 1.42 1.13 1.36 1.36
3 to 9 years 0.82 0.91 0.83 1.03 0.83
10 years or more 1.11 0.86 0.84 0.93 0.81
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native 5.61 4.24 4.28 4.96 3.69
Asian/Pacific Islander 6.25 9.55 4.10 3.45 5.12
Black non-Hispanic 2.73 1.77 0.52 2.92 2.09
White non-Hispanic 0.65 0.58 0.53 0.56 0.56
Hispanic 6.18 5.13 2.29 5.08 4.29
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NOTE: Problems listed are the five most frequently identified in secondary schools, in order of frequency.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and Staffing Survey: 1993-94 (Public
School Principal Questionnaire).
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