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Table H5. Percentage of public and private schools with a 10th grade that offered occupational programs either on- or off-site, by school sector and program area: 2002
Program Area School sector
Public   Private
Any program area 88.1 29.2
Agriculture 48.9   8.3!
Business 75.8   19.5
Child care and education 53.8   16.9!
Communications technology 42.0   12.3!
Computer technology 71.2   24.7
Other technology 43.9   3.2!
Construction 58.1   16.2!
Food service and hospitality 44.4   14.9!
Health care 51.5   15.2!
Marketing 45.5   11.8!
Mechanics and repair 64.5   14.8!
Personal services 37.8   15.9!
Precision production 61.2   13.9!
Public and protective services 20.2   0.6!
Transportation 22.6   3.9!
Other occupational program 36.1   8.9!
! Interpret data with caution. Due to relatively large starndard errors, estimates are unstable.
NOTE: Area CTE schools were not inlcuded in the data collection and thus are not included in this table. Area CTE schools are described in tables H8 and H9.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), "School Administrator Questionnaire Base Year."

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