Private School Universe Survey (PSS) - Standard errors for Percentage distribution of students, by racial/ethnic background, and percentage minority students in private schools, by selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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Standard errors for percentage distribution of students, by racial/ethnic background, and percentage minority students in private schools, by selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table)
Selected characteristics	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander	Minority
Total	0.20	0.17	0.03	0.02	0.09	0.20

NCES typology
Catholic	0.12	0.12	0.03	#	0.01	0.12
Parochial	0.17	0.19	0.07	#	0.01	0.17
Diocesan	0.11	0.07	0.05	#	0.02	0.11
Private	0.31	0.37	0.07	0.01	0.03	0.31

Other religious	0.19	0.15	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.19
Conservative Christian	0.25	0.24	0.06	0.04	0.06	0.25
Affiliated	0.20	0.12	0.04	0.01	0.07	0.20
Unaffiliated	0.49	0.19	0.06	0.13	0.32	0.49

Nonsectarian	0.76	0.65	0.12	0.02	0.45	0.76
Regular	0.92	0.77	0.17	0.01	0.47	0.92
Special emphasis	0.75	0.48	0.23	0.03	0.68	0.75
Special education	1.61	1.70	0.19	0.08	0.07	1.61

School level
Elementary	0.14	0.11	0.04	0.01	0.07	0.14
Secondary	0.24	0.26	0.05	#	0.02	0.24
Combined	0.44	0.37	0.07	0.06	0.18	0.44

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/secondary	0.17	0.13	0.04	0.02	0.08	0.17
Montessori	0.85	0.93	0.30	0.04	0.21	0.85
Special program emphasis	1.40	1.61	0.17	0.03	0.21	1.40
Special education	1.86	2.05	0.24	0.07	0.07	1.86
Vocational/technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Alternative	1.82	0.88	0.48	0.06	1.51	1.82
Early childhood	0.69	0.29	0.21	0.03	0.15	0.69

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	0.67	0.44	0.22	0.35	0.18	0.67
50-149	0.44	0.38	0.10	0.05	0.09	0.44
150-299	0.23	0.16	0.07	0.02	0.12	0.23
300-499	0.20	0.17	0.03	#	0.13	0.20
500-749	0.18	0.20	0.03	#	0.02	0.18
750 or more	0.59	0.51	0.11	#	0.27	0.59

Region
Northeast	0.14	0.15	0.02	#	0.03	0.14
Midwest	0.19	0.18	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.19
South	0.57	0.50	0.09	0.02	0.12	0.57
West	0.34	0.07	0.15	0.09	0.38	0.34

Community type
Central city	0.39	0.36	0.06	0.01	0.20	0.39
Urban fringe/large town	0.11	0.10	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.11
Rural/small town	0.22	0.06	0.03	0.10	0.21	0.22
# Rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001-2002.

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