| Table SH118. Standard errors for table H118. Average age of grade 9 through 12 public school teachers and percentage distribution of teachers' age, by school type and main teaching assignment: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Percentage distribution of age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School type and main teaching assignment | Average age | Younger than 30 | 30–49 | 50–54 | 55 or older | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0.1 | 0.40 | 0.62 | 0.32 | 0.48 | |||||||||||||||||||
| School type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular | 0.2 | 0.40 | 0.62 | 0.33 | 0.55 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career or technical | 0.7 | 1.95 | 3.32 | 2.80 | 2.57 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 0.7 | 2.07 | 2.59 | 1.62 | 2.36 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Main teaching assignment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career and technical education (CTE), total | 0.3 | 0.80 | 1.66 | 0.97 | 1.25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nonoccupational CTE | 0.5 | 1.15 | 2.22 | 1.46 | 2.03 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Occupational education | 0.4 | 1.11 | 2.03 | 1.39 | 1.51 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Agriculture and natural resources | 1.4 | 4.25 | 4.39 | 3.77 | 4.28 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Business | 0.8 | 2.06 | 3.84 | 2.75 | 3.35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Communications and design | 1.5 | 5.51 | 6.60 | 5.41 | 4.87 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 1.5 | † | 6.35 | 4.67 | 5.12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction, architecture, and engineering technologies | 1.1 | 2.74 | 4.55 | 3.44 | 4.41 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer, culinary, and public services | 1.3 | † | 8.04 | 7.10 | 6.07 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Health sciences | 2.0 | † | 7.09 | 5.05 | 7.62 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 1.7 | 3.63 | 8.32 | 6.47 | 7.39 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marketing | 1.9 | 3.99 | 8.52 | 5.29 | 7.59 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Repair and transportation | 1.2 | † | 5.29 | 4.40 | 6.20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Academic education | 0.2 | 0.51 | 0.83 | 0.44 | 0.59 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 0.3 | 0.83 | 1.34 | 0.83 | 1.03 | |||||||||||||||||||
| † Not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public School Teacher Questionnaire,” 2007–08. |
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