Table E-34-1. Percentage of academic year 2004 high school graduates, by the timing of first postsecondary enrollment, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2006

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Sex and race/ethnicity	Ever attended a postsecondary institution	Immediate enrollment in postsecondary education¹	Delayed enrollment in postsecondary education²		Nonenrollee, or still enrolled in high school
Total	79.8	70.6	9.2		20.2
Sex
Male	76.4	66.9	9.5		23.6
Female	83.0	74.0	8.9		17.0

Race/ethnicity
White	81.9	74.4	7.5		18.1
Black	76.3	62.5	13.8		23.7
Hispanic	72.6	58.4	14.1		27.4
Asian	90.0	85.2	4.8		10.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	74.4	66.5	6.8		25.6	!
American Indian/Alaska Native	69.6	52.1	17.5	!	30.4
Two or more races	74.0	67.2	6.8		26.0

Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	78.3	69.9	8.4		21.7
Black	73.7	61.1	12.6		26.3
Hispanic	68.2	53.9	14.3		31.8
Asian	87.9	82.0	5.8		12.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	65.1	62.0	3.1		34.9	!
American Indian/Alaska Native	62.5	45.3	17.3	!	37.5	!
Two or more races	72.4	67.8	4.6	!	27.6

Female
White	85.4	78.7	6.7		14.6
Black	78.6	63.7	14.9		21.4
Hispanic	76.2	62.2	14.0		23.8
Asian	92.3	88.6	3.7		7.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	89.2	74.4	13.4		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	76.4	58.6	17.8		23.6	!
Two or more races	75.7	66.7	8.9		24.3

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
¹Students reporting that they enrolled in their first postsecondary institution by December 2004 or earlier.
²Students reporting that they enrolled in their first postsecondary institution by January 2005 or later.
NOTE: Estimates were weighted by F2F1WT. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), "Second Follow-up, 2006."