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Table 391. | Percent of 1972 high school seniors, 1992 high school seniors, and 2002 high school sophomores who felt that certain life values were "very important," by sex: Selected years, 1972 to 2002 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of 1972 seniors | Percent of 1992 seniors | Percent of 2002 sophomores |___________________________________|_____________________________| Life value | | 1974 (2 | 1976 (4 | | 1994 (2 years | | 1972 |years after|years after| 1992 | after high | | |high school|high school| | school) | |___________|___________|___________|___________|_________________|________________________________ |Male|Female|Male|Female|Male|Female|Male|Female|Total|Male|Female| Total | Male | Female ____________________________|____|______|____|______|____|______|____|______|_____|____|______|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13| 14| 15 ____________________________|____|______|____|______|____|______|____|______|_____|____|______|__________|__________|__________ Being successful in work ...|86.5| 83.0|81.2| 74.9|80.3| 69.7|89.0| 89.6| 90.1|89.9| 90.3|86.3(0.34)|84.1(0.52)|88.5(0.44) Finding steady work ........|82.3| 73.7|74.7| 59.9|79.3| 62.1|87.1| 88.6| 89.7|88.7| 90.7|84.3(0.36)|81.9(0.55)|86.7(0.47) Having lots of money .......|26.0| 9.8|17.8| 9.1|17.7| 9.4|45.3| 29.4| 35.2|39.5| 30.9|42.1(0.49)|51.0(0.70)|33.3(0.65) Being a leader in the | | | | | | | | | | | | | | community\1\ ............|14.9| 8.0| 8.5| 4.4| 9.2| 4.2|--- | --- | --- |--- | --- |36.2(0.47)|29.9(0.64)|42.6(0.68) Correcting inequalities ....|22.5| 31.1|16.6| 18.2|16.2| 17.1|17.0| 23.6| --- |--- | --- |19.3(0.39)|18.7(0.56)|20.0(0.55) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Having children ............| --| --- |--- | --- | --| --- |39.0| 49.2| --- |--- | --- |47.4(0.50)|45.1(0.70)|49.7(0.69) Having a happy family life .|78.6| 85.7|83.1| 86.7|84.2| 86.4|--- | --- | --- |--- | --- |76.4(0.42)|73.4(0.63)|79.3(0.56) Providing better opportu- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | nities for my children ..|66.6| 66.2|59.5| 61.6|59.8| 58.8|74.5| 76.5| 90.5|90.3| 90.8|80.3(0.40)|78.9(0.58)|81.6(0.53) Living closer to parents | | | | | | | | | | | | | | or relatives ............| 6.8| 8.2| 8.3| 12.4| 7.7| 11.9|15.2| 18.7| --- |--- | --- |29.7(0.45)|28.0(0.63)|31.3(0.64) Moving from area ...........|14.3| 14.6| 8.3| 7.4| 6.7| 6.4|20.7| 20.1| --- |--- | --- |21.3(0.41)|21.5(0.58)|21.1(0.56) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Having strong friendships ..|81.2| 78.7|76.5| 74.7|76.1| 72.1|79.8| 80.0| 87.6|88.1| 87.0|82.8(0.37)|79.3(0.58)|86.2(0.47) Having leisure time ........| --| --- |60.9| 55.1|65.4| 60.1|65.3| 62.0| --- |--- | --- |67.7(0.46)|68.4(0.66)|67.1(0.65) ____________________________|____|______|____|______|____|______|____|______|_____|____|______|__________|__________|__________ |
---Not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, "Base Year (NLS:72)," "Second Follow-up (NLS:72/74)," and "Third Follow-up (NLS:72/76);" The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/92) and (NELS:88/94), "Second Follow-up, Student Survey, 1992" and "Third Follow-up, 1994;" and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, "Base Year (ELS:02)." (This table was prepared May 2005.)
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