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Table H162. Percentage of fall 2009 public school ninth-graders in 2012 who agree with the statement "Studying in high school rarely pays off later with good jobs," by student, family, and school characteristics: 2012
Characteristic Number of
students
    Percent1  
           
Total 3,811,000     31.5  
           
Student sex          
Male 1,930,000     33.1  
Female 1,881,000     29.8  
           
Student race/ethnicity          
White 1,933,000     24.3  
Black or African American 541,000     42.5  
Hispanic or Latino 870,000     41.0  
Asian 135,000     26.4  
All other races2 332,000     33.1  
           
Student mathematics achievement (quintile rank)          
Lowest fifth 785,000     49.3  
Middle three-fifths 2,305,000     30.6  
Highest fifth 720,000     15.6  
           
Student main activity for fall of 20133          
Postsecondary education 2,832,000     27.0  
Work 743,000     42.3  
Other 235,000     47.4  
           
Parent's highest education          
High school diploma, GED, or less 1,881,000     36.8  
Associate's degree 653,000     30.7  
Bachelor's degree 785,000     26.6  
Graduate/professional degree 492,000     20.3  
           
Family socioeconomic status (quintile rank)          
Lowest fifth 791,000     42.2  
Middle three-fifths 2,345,000     31.2  
Highest fifth 674,000     20.2  
           
School locale          
City 1,159,000     37.1  
Suburb 1,269,000     28.5  
Town 469,000     32.6  
Rural 914,000     28.1  
1 Percent of students who responded "agree" or "strongly agree" to the statement "Studying in high school rarely pays off later with good jobs."
2 "All other races" includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and persons of two or more races.
3 Indicates the one activity that students expect will be their main focus in fall 2013. "Work" includes military service; "Other" includes starting a family, caring for own children, or attending high school or a GED completion course.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) First Follow-up Restricted-Use Data File.

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