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| Table 383. | Percentage of 1972 high school seniors, 1992 high school seniors, and 2004 high school seniors who felt that certain life values were "very important," by sex: Selected years, 1972 through 2004 |
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| Percent of 1972 seniors | Percent of 1992 seniors |
|___________________________________________|_____________________________|
| | 1974 | 1976 | | 1994 |
| |(2 years after |(4 years after | | (2 years after |
| 1972 | high school) | high school) | 1992 | high school) | Percent of 2004 seniors
|___________|_______________|_______________|__________ |_________________|________________________________
Life value |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|91.3(0.33)|89.7(0.49)|92.9(0.40)
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|87.3(0.40)|85.6(0.55)|89.0(0.49)
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|35.1(0.58)|42.7(0.80)|27.6(0.69)
Being a leader in the | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
community\1\ ............|14.9| 8.0| 8.5| 4.4| 9.2| 4.2|--- | --- | --- |--- | --- |41.7(0.57)|35.2(0.77)|48.1(0.74)
Correcting inequalities ....|22.5| 31.1| 16.6| 18.2| 16.2| 17.1|17.0| 23.6| --- |--- | --- |19.7(0.46)|18.1(0.60)|21.2(0.67)
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Having children ............|--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |39.0| 49.2| --- |--- | --- |49.3(0.55)|45.4(0.75)|53.2(0.78)
Having a happy family life .|78.6| 85.7| 83.1| 86.7| 84.2| 86.4|--- | --- | --- |--- | --- |81.0(0.46)|80.1(0.63)|81.9(0.64)
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|82.5(0.45)|82.1(0.64)|82.9(0.58)
Living closer to parents | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
or relatives ............| 6.8| 8.2| 8.3| 12.4| 7.7| 11.9|15.2| 18.7| --- |--- | --- |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
Moving from area ...........|14.3| 14.6| 8.3| 7.4| 6.7| 6.4|20.7| 20.1| --- |--- | --- |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
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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|85.5(0.41)|84.9(0.56)|86.1(0.57)
Having leisure time ........|--- | --- | 60.9| 55.1| 65.4| 60.1|65.3| 62.0| --- |--- | --- |69.0(0.55)|70.2(0.69)|67.8(0.74)
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---Not available. †Not applicable. \1\In 2002 and 2004 the question was "Importance of helping others in the community." NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. 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, "Second Follow-up, Student Survey, 1992" (NELS:88/92) and "Third Follow-up, 1994" (NELS:88/94); and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, "First Follow-up" (ELS:02/04). (This table was prepared November 2005.)
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