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(25 KB) | Table 309. | Percentage distribution of 1980 high school sophomores, by highest level of education completed through 1992 and selected student characteristics: 1980, 1982, and 1992 |
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|All 1980|Less than| | | |Bache- | |Profes-|
Student characteristic | soph- | high | High |Certifi-|Associate| lor's |Master's|sional |Doctor's
| omores | school |school | cate | degree |degree | degree |degree | degree
__________________________|________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
__________________________|________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|_________
Total ..................| 100.0| 5.8| 51.5| 11.0| 7.9| 20.0| 2.7| 0.9| 0.2
|________|_________|_______|________|_________|_______|________|_______|_________
Sex | | | | | | | | |
Male......................| 100.0| 6.5| 53.5| 9.7| 6.7| 19.5| 2.6| 1.3| 0.2
Female.............. .....| 100.0| 5.0| 49.5| 12.4| 9.1| 20.5| 2.8| 0.5| 0.1
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic.......| 100.0| 4.9| 49.1| 10.1| 8.4| 23.1| 3.2| 1.0| 0.2
Black, non-Hispanic.......| 100.0| 6.9| 59.6| 16.3| 5.2| 10.0| 1.5| 0.5| 0.2
Hispanic..................| 100.0| 11.9| 59.6| 11.2| 7.3| 9.0| 0.6| 0.3| ---
Asian/Pacific Islander....| 100.0| 0.6| 40.9| 6.9| 6.2| 32.7| 4.7| 7.5| 0.7
American Indian/Alaska | | | | | | | | |
Native...................| 100.0| 17.8| 58.2| 11.8| 5.0| 6.7| 0.5| --- | ---
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Socioeconomic status | | | | | | | | |
(1980) | | | | | | | | |
Low quartile..............| 100.0| 9.0| 64.6| 12.3| 6.9| 6.4| 0.7| 0.1| ---
Middle two quartiles......| 100.0| 3.9| 53.8| 11.5| 9.1| 19.0| 2.0| 0.5| 0.1
High quartile.............| 100.0| 1.4| 32.7| 7.0| 7.6| 41.2| 6.9| 2.7| 0.5
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Test score composite | | | | | | | | |
(1982) | | | | | | | | |
Low quartile..............| 100.0| 15.6| 64.0| 13.0| 4.1| 3.0| 0.2| --- | 0.1
Middle two quartiles......| 100.0| 3.1| 56.2| 12.8| 10.1| 16.1| 1.5| 0.3| ---
High quartile.............| 100.0| 0.1| 26.5| 4.8| 7.2| 49.2| 8.7| 3.0| 0.6
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Parents' educational | | | | | | | | |
attainment in 1980 | | | | | | | | |
No high school diploma....| 100.0| 6.5| 59.8| 12.8| 8.6| 10.8| 1.2| 0.3| 0.1
High school graduate......| 100.0| 5.2| 59.1| 12.4| 6.0| 16.6| 0.3| 0.4| ---
Vocational/technical......| 100.0| 3.0| 49.2| 15.4| 10.2| 19.1| 2.4| 0.5| 0.1
Some college..............| 100.0| 2.1| 43.7| 8.4| 8.4| 32.0| 4.3| 1.0| 0.2
Bachelor's degree.........| 100.0| 1.4| 32.6| 4.9| 8.1| 42.4| 6.9| 3.1| 0.5
Advanced degree...........| 100.0| 3.5| 23.9| 8.6| 4.9| 44.1| 10.0| 4.3| 0.7
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High school diploma status| | | | | | | | |
Regular diploma in 1982...| 100.0| 0.3| 51.9| 10.8| 8.7| 23.9| 3.2| 1.1| 0.2
Returned for diploma......| 100.0| 6.8| 68.3| 14.4| 7.0| 3.4| 0.1| 0.1| ---
Returned but no diploma...| 100.0| 27.1| 47.7| 19.9| 3.4| 1.9| --- | --- | ---
Never returned............| 100.0| 51.5| 35.7| 9.5| 2.1| 0.9| 0.3| --- | ---
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Postsecondary expectations| | | | | | | | |
in 1982 | | | | | | | | |
None..................... | 100.0| 15.5| 71.1| 9.3| 3.0| 1.0| 0.1| --- | 0.1
Vocational/technical......| 100.0| 4.6| 61.6| 19.8| 10.7| 3.3| 0.1| --- | ---
Less-than-4-year degree...| 100.0| 1.6| 53.2| 13.3| 15.6| 15.0| 1.1| 0.2| ---
Bachelor's degree.........| 100.0| 0.9| 35.3| 6.8| 6.3| 44.9| 5.0| 0.8| 0.1
Advanced degree...........| 100.0| 0.8| 28.9| 5.2| 5.7| 45.1| 9.0| 4.4| 0.8
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Type of start in | | | | | | | | |
postsecondary education | | | | | | | | |
Fall 1982 full-time | | | | | | | | |
4-year..................| 100.0| --- | 21.2| 3.5| 4.6| 57.8| 9.0| 3.4| 0.5
Fall 1982 full-time | | | | | | | | |
public 2-year...........| 100.0| 0.3| 36.5| 11.9| 24.4| 24.6| 2.1| 0.2| ---
Fall 1982 part-time | | | | | | | | |
4-year..................| 100.0| --- | 52.2| 6.7| 10.0| 27.2| 3.5| 0.1| 0.4
Fall 1982 part-time | | | | | | | | |
public 2-year...........| 100.0| 1.6| 59.5| 13.4| 9.4| 14.4| 0.9| 0.8| ---
Fall 1982 other...........| 100.0| 0.2| 23.0| 34.3| 24.5| 15.7| 1.9| 0.4| ---
Delayed 4-year............| 100.0| 0.4| 55.6| 8.1| 7.4| 24.0| 3.7| 0.4| 0.4
Delayed public 2-year.....| 100.0| 1.7| 63.0| 16.9| 12.0| 6.2| 0.2| --- | ---
Delayed other.............| 100.0| 1.9| 31.4| 48.4| 14.4| 3.8| 0.1| 0.1| ---
Other enrollment..........| 100.0| --- | --- | 86.5| 5.1| 6.0| 1.1| 0.4| 0.8
Never enrolled............| 100.0| 16.1| 83.9| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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| ---Not available. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond, Educational Attainment of High School Sophomores by 1992. (This table was prepared May 1995.)
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