Table 1. Percentage distribution of 2002 high school sophomores reporting main reason for attending their first postsecondary institution, by selected student, family, and high school characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Characteristic	Single and never married	Married or previously married¹
Total	94.8	5.2

Sex
Female	92.6	7.4
Male	96.8	3.2

Race/ethnicity²
White, non-Hispanic	94.8	5.2
Black, non-Hispanic	97.7	2.6
Hispanic	91.8	8.2
Asian, non-Hispanic	97.3	2.7
All other races, non-Hispanic	9.37	6.3

Family income in 2001
$0-20,000	91.2	8.8
$20,001-50,000	93.9	6.1
$50,001-100,000	95.8	4.2
$100,001 or more	98.0	2.0

Parental education³
High school or less	91.9	8.1
Some college	93.9	6.1
Bachelor's degree	97.2	2.8
Graduate/professional degree	97.8	2.2

Native language⁴
English	95.1	4.9
Non-English	92.2	7.8

¹ Previously married includes separated, divorced, or widowed.
² Black, non-Hispanic includes African American. Hispanic includes Latino. All other races, non-Hispanic includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and Two or more races.
³ Parental education is the highest level of education attained by either the student’s mother or father (including guardians); or, if data are available for only one parent or guardian, the educational attainment of that parent (or guardian).
⁴ The first language the student learned to speak.
NOTE: Totals are weighted by F2QWT and other estimates are weighted by F2BYWT. The flag variable G10COHRT was used to produce data that are based on 2002 high school sophomores interviewed in both 2002 and 2006. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) Second Follow-up, 2006."

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