Average number of Carnegie units earned by public school graduates in vocational education courses, by student characteristics: 1982 to 1998

Table 139.

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                 |      |General |Consumer |                  Specific labor market preparation
                 |      | labor  |   and   |_________________________________________________________________________________
     Student     |Total | market |  home-  |        |       |        |         |      |  Occupa-  | Trade  |Technical/|
 characteristics |      |prepara-| making  |Total\1\| Agri- |Business|Marketing|Health|tional home|and in- | communi- |Other
                 |      |  tion  |education|        |culture|        |         |      | economics |dustrial| cations  |
_________________|______|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|______|___________|________|__________|______
        1        |  2   |   3    |    4    |   5    |   6   |   7    |    8    |  9   |    10     |   11   |    12    |  13
_________________|______|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|______|___________|________|__________|______
1982 graduates ..| 4.62 |   0.94 |    0.68 |   3.00 |  0.22 |   1.03 |    0.16 | 0.05 |      0.11 |   1.04 |     0.21 | 0.10
                 |______|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|______|___________|________|__________|______
  Male ..........| 4.60 |   0.93 |    0.30 |   3.36 |  0.36 |   0.47 |    0.14 | 0.02 |      0.06 |   1.96 |     0.24 | 0.01
  Female ........| 4.64 |   0.95 |    1.03 |   2.67 |  0.08 |   1.55 |    0.18 | 0.08 |      0.15 |   0.20 |     0.18 | 0.18
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Race/ethnicity |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    White .......| 4.53 |   0.92 |    0.63 |   2.97 |  0.24 |   1.06 |    0.15 | 0.04 |      0.10 |   0.99 |     0.22 | 0.09
    Black .......| 4.75 |   0.97 |    0.90 |   2.88 |  0.09 |   1.00 |    0.22 | 0.11 |      0.14 |   0.95 |     0.15 | 0.12
    Hispanic ....| 5.22 |   1.01 |    0.85 |   3.36 |  0.23 |   1.00 |    0.17 | 0.07 |      0.13 |   1.38 |     0.15 | 0.12
    Asian .......| 3.34 |   1.01 |    0.30 |   2.03 |  0.03 |   0.58 |    0.04 | 0.03 |      0.06 |   0.88 |     0.30 | 0.02
    American     |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
      Indian ....| 4.77 |   0.90 |    0.47 |   3.40 |  0.25 |   0.74 |    0.14 | 0.08 |      0.06 |   1.88 |     0.13 | 0.03
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Academic track |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    Academic\2\ .| 2.55 |   0.84 |    0.60 |   1.12 |  0.04 |   0.48 |    0.03 | 0.02 |      0.06 |   0.28 |     0.17 | 0.02
    Vocational\3\| 7.74 |   1.02 |    0.78 |   5.94 |  0.58 |   1.68 |    0.33 | 0.08 |      0.17 |   2.43 |     0.21 | 0.24
    Both\4\ .....| 6.03 |   0.86 |    0.57 |   4.60 |  0.29 |   1.66 |    0.29 | 0.09 |      0.15 |   1.57 |     0.29 | 0.14
    Neither\5\ ..| 5.23 |   1.92 |    1.62 |   1.68 |  0.11 |   0.74 |    0.09 | 0.05 |      0.13 |   0.37 |     0.10 | 0.07
                 |======|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|======|===========|========|==========|======
1987 graduates ..| 4.55 |   0.83 |    0.61 |   3.11 |  0.19 |   0.96 |    0.16 | 0.08 |      0.11 |   0.96 |     0.43 | 0.11
                 |______|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|______|___________|________|__________|______
  Male ..........| 4.64 |   0.83 |    0.45 |   3.35 |  0.33 |   0.56 |    0.13 | 0.02 |      0.08 |   1.73 |     0.47 | 0.03
  Female ........| 4.47 |   0.83 |    0.86 |   2.77 |  0.07 |   1.34 |    0.19 | 0.12 |      0.14 |   0.23 |     0.39 | 0.18
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Race/ethnicity |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    White .......| 4.65 |   0.84 |    0.60 |   3.20 |  0.24 |   0.97 |    0.16 | 0.07 |      0.11 |   1.00 |     0.47 | 0.10
    Black .......| 4.52 |   0.86 |    0.73 |   2.92 |  0.10 |   1.00 |    0.17 | 0.14 |      0.14 |   0.76 |     0.28 | 0.14
    Hispanic ....| 4.49 |   0.93 |    0.62 |   2.95 |  0.06 |   0.97 |    0.16 | 0.08 |      0.11 |   1.00 |     0.32 | 0.11
    Asian .......| 3.11 |   0.63 |    0.35 |   2.13 |  0.01 |   0.63 |    0.13 | 0.09 |      0.08 |   0.47 |     0.56 | 0.04
    American     |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
      Indian ....| 4.92 |   0.82 |    0.65 |   3.45 |  0.20 |   1.04 |    0.08 | 0.09 |      0.11 |   1.32 |     0.44 | 0.03
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Academic track |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    Academic\2\ .| 2.57 |   0.76 |    0.57 |   1.23 |  0.02 |   0.45 |    0.04 | 0.02 |      0.04 |   0.24 |     0.37 | 0.02
    Vocational\3\| 8.07 |   0.90 |    0.77 |   6.39 |  0.59 |   1.40 |    0.38 | 0.18 |      0.25 |   2.60 |     0.35 | 0.34
    Both\4\ .....| 6.09 |   0.86 |    0.55 |   4.69 |  0.30 |   1.54 |    0.27 | 0.11 |      0.17 |   1.43 |     0.56 | 0.15
    Neither\5\ ..| 5.10 |   1.77 |    1.72 |   1.62 |  0.07 |   0.60 |    0.09 | 0.05 |      0.11 |   0.37 |     0.13 | 0.10
                 |======|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|======|===========|========|==========|======
1990 graduates ..| 4.19 |   0.73 |    0.57 |   2.89 |  0.20 |   0.88 |    0.16 | 0.04 |      0.10 |   0.87 |     0.41 | 0.10
                 |______|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|______|___________|________|__________|______
  Male ..........| 4.32 |   0.70 |    0.33 |   3.28 |  0.31 |   0.57 |    0.14 | 0.02 |      0.07 |   1.59 |     0.43 | 0.02
  Female ........| 4.08 |   0.76 |    0.79 |   2.53 |  0.09 |   1.16 |    0.18 | 0.06 |      0.13 |   0.22 |     0.39 | 0.17
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Race/ethnicity |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    White .......| 4.22 |   0.71 |    0.55 |   2.97 |  0.24 |   0.85 |    0.16 | 0.04 |      0.09 |   0.95 |     0.40 | 0.09
    Black .......| 4.41 |   0.82 |    0.80 |   2.79 |  0.06 |   1.05 |    0.17 | 0.04 |      0.15 |   0.64 |     0.40 | 0.16
    Hispanic ....| 4.12 |   0.75 |    0.53 |   2.85 |  0.15 |   0.93 |    0.19 | 0.02 |      0.11 |   0.75 |     0.41 | 0.18
    Asian .......| 3.07 |   0.69 |    0.31 |   2.07 |  0.04 |   0.65 |    0.05 | 0.01 |      0.03 |   0.72 |     0.48 | 0.03
    American     |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
      Indian ....| 4.62 |   0.74 |    0.72 |   3.16 |  0.36 |   0.95 |    0.15 | 0.02 |      0.07 |   0.95 |     0.44 | 0.02
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Academic track |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    Academic\2\ .| 2.41 |   0.67 |    0.55 |   1.19 |  0.03 |   0.46 |    0.04 | 0.01 |      0.04 |   0.22 |     0.34 | 0.02
    Vocational\3\| 8.68 |   1.00 |    0.74 |   6.95 |  0.86 |   1.22 |    0.28 | 0.10 |      0.26 |   3.10 |     0.28 | 0.30
    Both\4\ .....| 6.10 |   0.72 |    0.57 |   4.81 |  0.35 |   1.47 |    0.33 | 0.08 |      0.16 |   1.50 |     0.53 | 0.19
    Neither\5\ ..| 5.81 |   2.81 |    1.26 |   1.74 |  0.10 |   0.46 |    0.04 | 0.04 |      0.08 |   0.54 |     0.32 | 0.04
                 |======|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|======|===========|========|==========|======
1994 graduates ..| 3.96 |   0.64 |    0.52 |   2.79 |  0.24 |   0.88 |    0.18 | 0.08 |      0.13 |   0.70 |     0.35 | 0.09
                 |______|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|______|___________|________|__________|______
  Male ..........| 4.13 |   0.70 |    0.35 |   3.08 |  0.37 |   0.66 |    0.14 | 0.03 |      0.08 |   1.25 |     0.36 | 0.03
  Female ........| 3.80 |   0.58 |    0.69 |   2.52 |  0.11 |   1.09 |    0.22 | 0.12 |      0.18 |   0.17 |     0.34 | 0.15
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Race/ethnicity |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    White .......| 3.96 |   0.63 |    0.51 |   2.81 |  0.27 |   0.87 |    0.19 | 0.08 |      0.11 |   0.72 |     0.35 | 0.07
    Black .......| 4.29 |   0.72 |    0.62 |   2.94 |  0.13 |   1.01 |    0.20 | 0.11 |      0.23 |   0.60 |     0.29 | 0.18
    Hispanic ....| 3.87 |   0.64 |    0.48 |   2.75 |  0.13 |   0.93 |    0.15 | 0.07 |      0.14 |   0.65 |     0.36 | 0.17
    Asian .......| 3.01 |   0.51 |    0.36 |   2.13 |  0.14 |   0.70 |    0.11 | 0.06 |      0.10 |   0.50 |     0.46 | 0.03
    American     |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
      Indian ....| 4.27 |   0.85 |    0.65 |   2.77 |  0.41 |   0.75 |    0.06 | 0.18 |      0.15 |   0.53 |     0.41 | 0.06
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Academic track |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    Academic\2\ .| 2.28 |   0.58 |    0.49 |   1.20 |  0.04 |   0.51 |    0.05 | 0.03 |      0.05 |   0.20 |     0.28 | 0.02
    Vocational\3\| 8.64 |   1.00 |    0.78 |   6.86 |  0.90 |   1.17 |    0.34 | 0.08 |      0.26 |   2.89 |     0.26 | 0.29
    Both\4\ .....| 6.01 |   0.66 |    0.54 |   4.82 |  0.48 |   1.41 |    0.37 | 0.16 |      0.23 |   1.25 |     0.46 | 0.18
    Neither\5\ ..| 6.51 |   3.91 |    1.08 |   1.52 |  0.05 |   0.48 |    0.08 | 0.02 |      0.07 |   0.46 |     0.16 | 0.06
                 |======|========|=========|========|=======|========|=========|======|===========|========|==========|======
1998 graduates ..| 3.99 |   0.61 |    0.51 |   2.87 |  0.20 |   0.70 |    0.16 | 0.14 |      0.16 |   0.78 |     0.51 | 0.07
                 |______|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|______|___________|________|__________|______
  Male ..........| 4.25 |   0.67 |    0.35 |   3.23 |  0.27 |   0.59 |    0.15 | 0.06 |      0.10 |   1.37 |     0.53 | 0.02
  Female ........| 3.77 |   0.57 |    0.66 |   2.54 |  0.14 |   0.80 |    0.18 | 0.22 |      0.21 |   0.23 |     0.49 | 0.12
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Race/ethnicity |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    White .......| 3.97 |   0.58 |    0.49 |   2.90 |  0.24 |   0.69 |    0.15 | 0.11 |      0.14 |   0.83 |     0.51 | 0.06
    Black .......| 4.33 |   0.70 |    0.68 |   2.95 |  0.09 |   0.83 |    0.24 | 0.29 |      0.23 |   0.56 |     0.47 | 0.11
    Hispanic ....| 3.97 |   0.66 |    0.49 |   2.82 |  0.16 |   0.64 |    0.18 | 0.16 |      0.17 |   0.75 |     0.51 | 0.10
    Asian .......| 3.15 |   0.58 |    0.27 |   2.30 |  0.09 |   0.64 |    0.13 | 0.15 |      0.14 |   0.57 |     0.49 | 0.02
    American     |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
      Indian ....| 4.02 |   0.54 |    0.55 |   2.92 |  0.19 |   0.70 |    0.14 | 0.06 |      0.14 |   0.98 |     0.51 | 0.03
                 |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
  Academic track |      |        |         |        |       |        |         |      |           |        |          |
    Academic\2\ .| 2.22 |   0.54 |    0.49 |   1.19 |  0.03 |   0.41 |    0.05 | 0.03 |      0.07 |   0.22 |     0.33 | 0.02
    Vocational\3\| 9.12 |   1.40 |    0.75 |   6.97 |  0.62 |   0.64 |    0.29 | 0.11 |      0.36 |   3.36 |     0.66 | 0.29
    Both\4\ .....| 6.06 |   0.62 |    0.52 |   4.92 |  0.41 |   1.10 |    0.31 | 0.29 |      0.27 |   1.39 |     0.74 | 0.14
    Neither\5\ ..| 5.64 |   2.91 |    1.20 |   1.53 |  0.10 |   0.43 |    0.06 | 0.02 |      0.07 |   0.31 |     0.19 | 0.06
_________________|______|________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|______|___________|________|__________|______

\1\Includes unclassified courses not shown separately.
\2\Includes students who complete at least 12 Carnegie units in academic courses, but less than 3 Carnegie units in any specific labor market preparation field.
\3\Includes students who complete at least 3 Carnegie units in a specific labor market preparation field, but less than 12 Carnegie units in academic courses.
\4\Includes students who complete at least 12 Carnegie units in academic courses and at least 3 Carnegie units in a specific labor market preparation field.
\5\Includes students who complete less than 12 Carnegie units in academic courses and less than 3 Carnegie units in a specific labor market preparation field. NOTE: The Carnegie unit is a standard of measurement that represents one credit for the completion of a 1-year course.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "High School and Beyond," First Followup survey; "1990 High School Transcript Study," "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Second Followup survey; "1994 High School Transcript Study;" and "1998 High School Transcript Study." (This table was prepared February 2000.)

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