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| Table 141. | Tenth-graders' attendance patterns, by selected student and school characteristics: 1990 and 2002 |
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| | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic status\1\ | Control of school attended
Attendance pattern | All |_________________________|_________________________________________________________________|______________________________________|______________________________________
| stu- | | | White, non-| Black, non-| Hispanic| Asian/| American| | | | | | Other
| dents | Male | Female | Hispanic| Hispanic| | Pacific| Indian/| Low | Middle | High | Public | Catholic| private
| | | | | | | Islander|Alaska Native| | | | | |
____________________________|____________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
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Percentage of 10th-graders | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
in 1990 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of days missed | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
first half of | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
current school year | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
None .....................|13.2 (0.54)|16.0 (0.95)| 10.4 (0.54)|12.5 (0.55)|20.2 (2.92)| 8.8 (0.99)|26.1 (2.93)| 4.5 (1.82)|12.2 (1.02)|13.7 (0.82)|13.0 (0.99)|13.0 (0.59)|19.4 (2.02)|10.8 (1.89)
1 or 2 days ..............|23.0 (0.83)|25.2 (1.45)| 20.9 (0.78)|22.2 (0.62)|30.1 (5.01)|20.9 (2.35)|26.2 (3.17)|19.6 (6.52)|17.9 (1.16)|24.2 (1.50)|24.5 (1.23)|22.8 (0.91)|28.1 (2.54)|22.3 (2.53)
3 or 4 days ..............|26.1 (0.66)|25.4 (0.99)| 26.8 (0.86)|27.3 (0.70)|20.7 (2.42)|23.2 (1.95)|26.6 (3.23)|28.6 (9.68)|22.5 (1.25)|26.6 (0.98)|27.3 (1.20)|26.1 (0.71)|25.5 (2.25)|25.8 (2.78)
5 or more days ...........|37.7 (0.83)|33.5 (1.25)| 42.0 (1.04)|38.0 (0.85)|29.0 (3.24)|47.2 (2.71)|21.2 (2.87)|47.3 (8.25)|47.3 (1.77)|35.4 (1.21)|35.2 (1.40)|38.1 (0.90)|27.0 (2.32)|41.0 (3.13)
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Number of times late | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
first half of | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
current school year | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
None .....................|18.8 (0.58)|17.4 (0.87)| 20.3 (0.75)|20.6 (0.65)|11.0 (1.79)|14.8 (1.59)|16.7 (2.16)|26.3 (7.52)|19.5 (1.23)|19.5 (0.86)|17.8 (1.00)|19.2 (0.63)|18.6 (1.91)|15.2 (2.33)
1 or 2 days ..............|33.4 (0.91)|32.3 (1.55)| 34.4 (0.95)|33.5 (0.77)|36.7 (5.50)|29.2 (2.44)|35.6 (3.19)|26.2 (5.82)|31.7 (1.47)|35.3 (1.55)|31.9 (1.34)|33.1 (1.00)|33.9 (2.64)|35.9 (3.27)
3 or more days ...........|47.8 (0.87)|50.3 (1.44)| 45.3 (0.99)|45.9 (0.83)|52.3 (4.88)|56.0 (2.62)|47.7 (3.47)|47.5 (8.00)|48.9 (1.89)|45.2 (1.31)|50.3 (1.40)|47.7 (0.94)|47.5 (2.66)|48.9 (3.32)
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Cut classes | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 3 times ........|75.4 (0.71)|73.1 (1.16)| 77.7 (0.83)|76.3 (0.72)|77.1 (3.37)|68.6 (2.31)|69.9 (3.42)|82.4 (4.39)|73.2 (2.06)|77.1 (0.91)|74.4 (1.20)|74.5 (0.79)|84.4 (1.88)|78.3 (2.27)
3 to 6 times .............|12.4 (0.50)|12.9 (0.72)| 11.8 (0.69)|11.9 (0.49)|11.2 (2.30)|15.5 (1.81)|16.8 (2.92)|12.3 (3.66)|13.5 (1.34)|11.9 (0.67)|12.3 (0.84)|12.7 (0.55)|10.3 (1.60)|10.5 (1.53)
More than 6 times ........|24.6 (0.71)|26.9 (1.16)| 22.3 (0.83)|23.7 (0.72)|22.9 (3.37)|31.4 (2.31)|30.1 (3.42)|17.6 (4.4)|26.8 (2.1)|22.9 (0.91)|25.6 (1.20)|25.5 (0.79)|15.6 (1.88)|21.7 (2.27)
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Percentage of 10th-graders | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
in 2002 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of days missed | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
first half of | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
current school year | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
None .....................|14.3 (0.34)|16.1 (0.51)| 12.5 (0.46)|13.1 (0.39)|16.5 (0.96)|14.4 (1.16)|28.3 (1.59)|12.1 (3.18)|13.5 (0.67)|13.9 (0.48)|16.0 (0.71)|14.0 (0.37)|16.1 (0.94)|19.2 (1.32)
1 or 2 days ..............|35.4 (0.47)|36.1 (0.68)| 34.8 (0.66)|35.3 (0.56)|38.4 (1.26)|32.8 (1.56)|35.7 (1.65)|25.0 (3.60)|32.8 (0.93)|35.3 (0.67)|38.2 (0.96)|35.0 (0.51)|41.0 (1.25)|39.8 (1.62)
3 to 6 days ..............|33.0 (0.47)|31.9 (0.67)| 34.3 (0.67)|34.0 (0.56)|30.7 (1.20)|32.5 (1.56)|24.3 (1.50)|35.5 (3.93)|33.1 (0.93)|32.7 (0.67)|33.8 (0.95)|33.2 (0.50)|33.1 (1.20)|29.9 (1.50)
7 or more days ...........|17.2 (0.38)|16.0 (0.53)| 18.5 (0.55)|17.6 (0.46)|14.3 (0.92)|20.3 (1.35)|11.7 (1.23)|27.4 (3.50)|20.6 (0.81)|18.1 (0.56)|12.0 (0.67)|17.8 (0.41)| 9.8 (0.75)|11.1 (1.08)
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Number of times late | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
first half of | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
current school year | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
None .....................|26.0 (0.42)|26.0 (0.60)| 26.0 (0.59)|28.4 (0.52)|17.4 (0.96)|21.2 (1.34)|27.4 (1.42)|19.8 (3.33)|24.6 (0.83)|25.8 (0.60)|28.1 (0.87)|25.7 (0.45)|33.3 (1.16)|25.1 (1.44)
1 or 2 days ..............|37.4 (0.48)|36.5 (0.68)| 38.4 (0.68)|38.0 (0.57)|36.5 (1.21)|35.0 (1.57)|36.2 (1.75)|35.8 (3.83)|36.9 (0.94)|36.7 (0.68)|39.4 (0.95)|37.3 (0.51)|40.4 (1.25)|38.3 (1.61)
3 or more days ...........|36.5 (0.47)|37.4 (0.67)| 35.6 (0.66)|33.6 (0.55)|46.1 (1.24)|43.8 (1.63)|36.4 (1.66)|44.4 (4.14)|38.5 (0.95)|37.5 (0.67)|32.5 (0.92)|37.0 (0.51)|26.3 (1.10)|36.7 (1.57)
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Cut classes | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Never or almost never ....|87.1 (0.34)|86.9 (0.49)| 87.2 (0.47)|88.2 (0.39)|84.8 (0.92)|80.8 (1.31)|86.4 (1.16)|92.6 (1.75)|83.7 (0.72)|86.7 (0.49)|91.2 (0.59)|86.3 (0.37)|97.1 (0.41)|94.4 (0.72)
At least sometimes .......| 6.8 (0.26)| 6.8 (0.37)| 6.9 (0.36)| 6.1 (0.30)| 9.0 (0.77)| 8.9 (0.95)| 8.2 (1.02)| 4.7 (1.05)| 7.9 (0.53)| 7.1 (0.38)| 5.2 (0.47)| 7.2 (0.28)| 1.8 (0.32)| 3.9 (0.63)
More than 6 times ........| 6.1 (0.25)| 6.3 (0.36)| 5.9 (0.35)| 5.7 (0.29)| 6.2 (0.63)|10.3 (1.08)| 5.3 (0.69)| 2.7 (1.39)| 8.4 (0.57)| 6.2 (0.36)| 3.7 (0.40)| 6.5 (0.27)| 1.0 (0.25)| 1.7 (0.37)
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\1\ Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. The "low" SES group is the lowest quartile; the "middle" SES group is the middle two quartiles; and the "high" SES group is the upper quartile. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/90), "First Follow-up Student Survey, 1990;" and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, Base Year (ELS:02). (This table was prepared May 2005.)
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