(36KB)| Table 145. | Tenth-graders' attendance patterns, by selected student and school characteristics: 1990 and 2002 |
| Attendance pattern | All students | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic status1 | Control of school attended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | Female | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Low | Middle | High | Public | Catholic | Other private | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Percentage of 10th-graders in 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of days missed in first half of current school year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| None | 13.5 | (0.44) | 16.1 | (0.66) | 10.7 | (0.53) | 12.4 | (0.48) | 19.5 | (1.75) | 10.4 | (0.90) | 22.3 | (1.74) | 10.2 | (2.11) | 12.3 | (0.95) | 14.0 | (0.61) | 15.0 | (0.82) | 13.4 | (0.47) | 18.0 | (2.16) | 15.5 | (2.14) |
| 1 or 2 days | 21.6 | (0.46) | 23.0 | (0.72) | 20.2 | (0.59) | 21.5 | (0.56) | 23.7 | (1.41) | 19.1 | (1.17) | 27.4 | (1.97) | 13.5 | (4.21) | 16.9 | (0.75) | 22.2 | (0.68) | 26.0 | (0.98) | 21.3 | (0.46) | 26.0 | (2.45) | 34.0 | (3.92) |
| 3 or 4 days | 26.1 | (0.52) | 25.4 | (0.71) | 26.8 | (0.76) | 27.3 | (0.60) | 23.7 | (1.51) | 23.3 | (1.15) | 22.7 | (2.07) | 26.8 | (3.39) | 22.6 | (0.89) | 26.4 | (0.73) | 29.1 | (0.99) | 26.5 | (0.56) | 27.3 | (2.23) | 26.9 | (2.93) |
| 5 or more days | 38.8 | (0.63) | 35.5 | (0.87) | 42.2 | (0.84) | 38.8 | (0.72) | 33.2 | (1.98) | 47.2 | (1.71) | 27.7 | (2.22) | 49.4 | (3.32) | 48.2 | (1.18) | 37.4 | (0.85) | 29.9 | (1.20) | 38.8 | (0.65) | 28.6 | (2.35) | 23.6 | (3.14) |
| Number of times late in first half of current school year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Never | 24.7 | (0.60) | 24.8 | (0.80) | 24.6 | (0.77) | 27.4 | (0.70) | 18.1 | (1.33) | 17.3 | (1.48) | 23.0 | (1.94) | 16.0 | (3.20) | 24.4 | (1.17) | 25.0 | (0.78) | 25.9 | (0.95) | 24.9 | (0.61) | 27.5 | (2.70) | 18.3 | (2.76) |
| 1 or 2 days | 38.2 | (0.62) | 38.0 | (0.88) | 38.4 | (0.83) | 38.1 | (0.69) | 40.4 | (2.02) | 36.7 | (1.54) | 38.0 | (2.22) | 35.4 | (3.64) | 37.5 | (1.10) | 38.6 | (0.84) | 38.4 | (1.16) | 37.8 | (0.63) | 40.4 | (2.26) | 44.6 | (3.87) |
| 3 or more days | 37.1 | (0.72) | 37.1 | (0.96) | 37.0 | (0.88) | 34.5 | (0.77) | 41.5 | (2.16) | 46.0 | (2.07) | 39.0 | (2.35) | 48.6 | (3.51) | 38.1 | (1.30) | 36.4 | (0.88) | 35.7 | (1.23) | 37.3 | (0.75) | 32.1 | (2.68) | 37.1 | (4.07) |
| Number of times cut classes in first half of current school year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Never | 62.4 | (0.71) | 60.6 | (0.90) | 64.2 | (0.91) | 64.0 | (0.80) | 63.5 | (2.12) | 50.5 | (1.69) | 66.4 | (2.36) | 48.8 | (3.91) | 59.0 | (1.30) | 62.4 | (0.91) | 65.9 | (1.24) | 61.0 | (0.77) | 78.6 | (2.36) | 70.3 | (3.66) |
| 1 or 2 times | 22.0 | (0.49) | 22.3 | (0.71) | 21.7 | (0.67) | 21.3 | (0.54) | 22.5 | (1.82) | 24.6 | (1.44) | 20.3 | (2.01) | 35.1 | (3.97) | 23.4 | (1.09) | 21.5 | (0.68) | 22.2 | (1.05) | 22.3 | (0.52) | 16.6 | (1.92) | 19.9 | (3.44) |
| 3 to 6 times | 8.4 | (0.33) | 9.2 | (0.45) | 7.7 | (0.48) | 8.1 | (0.40) | 7.5 | (0.81) | 12.6 | (1.02) | 5.7 | (0.87) | 8.3 | (3.25) | 9.6 | (0.73) | 8.2 | (0.44) | 7.3 | (0.56) | 8.8 | (0.35) | 3.2 | (0.87) | 6.9 | (1.28) |
| More than 6 times | 7.2 | (0.35) | 8.0 | (0.49) | 6.5 | (0.44) | 6.5 | (0.38) | 6.4 | (1.03) | 12.2 | (1.23) | 7.6 | (1.21) | 7.8 | (2.04) | 8.1 | (0.64) | 7.9 | (0.50) | 4.6 | (0.43) | 7.9 | (0.39) | 1.6 | (0.55) | 2.9 | (1.03) |
| Percentage of 10th-graders in 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of days missed in first half of current school year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| None | 14.3 | (0.38) | 16.1 | (0.51) | 12.5 | (0.47) | 13.0 | (0.48) | 16.5 | (0.84) | 14.2 | (0.88) | 28.3 | (1.59) | 12.1 | (0.14) | 13.5 | (0.67) | 13.9 | (0.48) | 16.0 | (0.79) | 14.0 | (0.40) | 16.1 | (1.23) | 19.2 | (2.22) |
| 1 or 2 days | 35.4 | (0.52) | 36.1 | (0.69) | 34.8 | (0.68) | 35.5 | (0.66) | 38.4 | (1.17) | 33.5 | (1.46) | 35.7 | (1.58) | 25.0 | (0.92) | 32.8 | (0.97) | 35.3 | (0.72) | 38.2 | (0.96) | 35.0 | (0.56) | 41.0 | (1.62) | 39.8 | (1.71) |
| 3 to 6 days | 33.0 | (0.53) | 31.9 | (0.69) | 34.3 | (0.69) | 34.4 | (0.69) | 30.7 | (1.08) | 32.7 | (1.01) | 24.3 | (1.23) | 35.5 | (1.38) | 33.1 | (0.87) | 32.7 | (0.74) | 33.8 | (0.97) | 33.2 | (0.56) | 33.1 | (1.51) | 29.9 | (2.04) |
| More than 6 days | 17.2 | (0.41) | 16.0 | (0.56) | 18.5 | (0.59) | 17.1 | (0.49) | 14.3 | (0.95) | 19.6 | (1.09) | 11.7 | (1.16) | 27.4 | (0.32) | 20.6 | (0.90) | 18.1 | (0.53) | 12.0 | (0.65) | 17.8 | (0.44) | 9.8 | (0.77) | 11.1 | (1.21) |
| Number of times late in first half of current school year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Never | 26.0 | (0.54) | 26.0 | (0.73) | 26.0 | (0.68) | 29.8 | (0.67) | 17.4 | (0.86) | 20.4 | (1.18) | 27.4 | (1.41) | 19.8 | (0.65) | 24.6 | (0.87) | 25.8 | (0.66) | 28.1 | (0.94) | 25.7 | (0.58) | 33.3 | (1.79) | 25.1 | (2.28) |
| 1 or 2 days | 37.4 | (0.54) | 36.5 | (0.75) | 38.4 | (0.71) | 38.7 | (0.66) | 36.5 | (1.33) | 34.9 | (1.17) | 36.2 | (1.52) | 35.8 | (2.42) | 36.9 | (0.98) | 36.7 | (0.72) | 39.4 | (0.91) | 37.3 | (0.57) | 40.4 | (1.32) | 38.3 | (1.39) |
| 3 or more days | 36.5 | (0.62) | 37.4 | (0.82) | 35.6 | (0.77) | 31.5 | (0.71) | 46.1 | (1.48) | 44.8 | (1.45) | 36.4 | (1.58) | 44.4 | (1.89) | 38.5 | (1.01) | 37.5 | (0.79) | 32.5 | (1.05) | 37.0 | (0.67) | 26.3 | (1.54) | 36.7 | (2.11) |
| Number of times cut classes in first half of current school year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Never | 68.4 | (0.70) | 68.1 | (0.87) | 68.8 | (0.83) | 72.9 | (0.75) | 64.6 | (1.64) | 56.3 | (1.48) | 68.9 | (1.76) | 70.3 | (3.43) | 62.4 | (1.10) | 67.1 | (0.86) | 77.0 | (1.04) | 67.1 | (0.75) | 86.1 | (1.39) | 80.7 | (1.90) |
| 1 or 2 times | 18.7 | (0.46) | 18.8 | (0.65) | 18.5 | (0.58) | 16.7 | (0.55) | 20.2 | (1.15) | 23.9 | (1.01) | 17.5 | (1.25) | 22.2 | (3.43) | 21.3 | (0.79) | 19.6 | (0.63) | 14.2 | (0.81) | 19.2 | (0.49) | 11.0 | (1.12) | 13.7 | (1.38) |
| 3 to 6 times | 6.8 | (0.32) | 6.8 | (0.40) | 6.9 | (0.41) | 5.7 | (0.34) | 9.0 | (0.76) | 9.0 | (0.83) | 8.2 | (1.08) | 4.7 | (0.29) | 7.9 | (0.65) | 7.1 | (0.40) | 5.2 | (0.47) | 7.2 | (0.34) | 1.8 | (0.40) | 3.9 | (0.57) |
| More than 6 times | 6.1 | (0.30) | 6.3 | (0.40) | 5.9 | (0.40) | 4.7 | (0.31) | 6.2 | (0.67) | 10.9 | (0.97) | 5.3 | (0.65) | 2.7 | (0.32) | 8.4 | (0.62) | 6.2 | (0.39) | 3.7 | (0.38) | 6.5 | (0.32) | 1.0 | (0.26) | 1.7 | (0.47) |
| 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. Data for 2002 for persons reporting more than one race are not shown separately, but are included in totals. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 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 November 2005.) |