(27KB)| Table A-1. | Respondent counts for selected High School and Beyond surveys: 1982, 1984, and 1986 |
| Classification variable and subgroup | Follow-up survey of 1980 sophomores in 1982 | Follow-up survey of 1980 seniors in 1982 | Follow-up survey of 1980 sophomores in 1984 | Follow-up survey of 1980 seniors in 1984 | Follow-up survey of 1980 sophomores in 1986 | Follow-up survey of 1980 seniors in 1986 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total respondents (unweighted) | 25,830 | 11,227 | 11,463 | 10,925 | 11,248 | 10,536 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 12,717 | 5,213 | 5,514 | 5,058 | 5,391 | 4,832 |
| Female | 13,113 | 6,014 | 5,949 | 5,867 | 5,857 | 5,704 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 17,295 | 5,180 | 7,285 | 5,057 | 7,194 | 5,246 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 3,338 | 2,724 | 1,651 | 2,625 | 1,585 | 2,726 |
| Hispanic | 4,439 | 2,749 | 1,795 | 2,654 | 1,745 | 1,950 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 413 | 367 | 425 | 355 | 413 | 356 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 248 | 191 | 253 | 185 | 246 | 200 |
| Other or unclassified | 97 | 16 | 54 | 49 | 65 | 58 |
| Socioeconomic status composite (SES)1 | ||||||
| Low | 6,752 | 3,940 | 2,831 | 3,857 | 2,751 | 3,668 |
| Low-middle | 6,234 | 2,390 | 2,624 | 2,314 | 2,559 | 2,289 |
| High-middle | 6,134 | 2,168 | 2,849 | 2,107 | 2,817 | 1,995 |
| High | 6,341 | 1,988 | 3,086 | 1,936 | 3,044 | 1,900 |
| Unclassified | 369 | 741 | 73 | 711 | 77 | 684 |
| Father's highest level of education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 5,179 | — | — | — | — | — |
| High school completion2 | 11,961 | — | — | — | — | — |
| College graduate3 | 5,169 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Don't know/missing | 3,521 | — | — | — | — | — |
| High school program (self-reported) | ||||||
| Academic | 10,152 | 4,145 | 6,547 | 4,007 | — | 3,899 |
| General | 8,789 | 3,829 | 3,468 | 3,764 | — | 3,602 |
| Vocational | 6,664 | 2,660 | 3,611 | 2,581 | — | 2,481 |
| Unclassified | 225 | 593 | 56 | 573 | — | 554 |
| High school type | ||||||
| Public | — | 9,969 | 8,647 | 9,727 | — | 9,385 |
| Catholic | — | 964 | 2,479 | 911 | — | 876 |
| Other private | — | 294 | 337 | 287 | — | 275 |
| Postsecondary education status4 | ||||||
| Full-time | — | — | 4,466 | — | — | — |
| Part-time | — | — | 3,275 | — | — | — |
| Never enrolled | — | — | 3,678 | — | — | — |
| Missing/unclassified | — | — | 44 | — | — | — |
| October 1980 postsecondary education | ||||||
| attendance status | ||||||
| Part-time 2-year public institution | — | — | — | — | — | 352 |
| Part-time 4-year public institution | — | — | — | — | — | 152 |
| Full-time 2-year public institution | — | — | — | — | — | 1,312 |
| Full-time 4-year public institution | — | — | — | — | — | 1,986 |
| Full-time 4-year private institution | — | — | — | — | — | 1,015 |
| Not a student | — | — | — | — | — | 4,523 |
| Other and missing | — | — | — | — | — | 1,196 |
| Postsecondary education plans | ||||||
| No plans | — | — | — | — | — | 1,623 |
| Attend vocational/technical school | — | — | — | — | — | 1,835 |
| Attend college less than 4 years | — | — | — | — | — | 1,528 |
| Earn bachelor's degree | — | — | — | — | — | 2,631 |
| Earn advanced degree | — | — | — | — | — | 2,265 |
| Missing | — | — | — | — | — | 654 |
| Participation in high school | ||||||
| extracurricular activities5 | ||||||
| Never participated | — | — | — | — | — | 1,024 |
| Participated as a member | — | — | — | — | — | 4,104 |
| Participated as a leader | — | — | — | — | — | 4,457 |
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— Not available. 1 SES index is a composite of five equally weighted measures: father's education, mother's education, family income, father's occupation, and presence of certain items in the respondent's household. 2 Includes attendance at a vocational, trade, or business school, or 2-year college; or attendance at a 4-year college resulting in less than a bachelor's degree. 3 Includes those with a bachelor's or higher level degree. 4 Postsecondary education status was determined by students' enrollment in academic or vocational study during the four semesters—fall 1982, spring 1983, fall 1983, and spring 1984—following their scheduled high school graduation. Students who enrolled in full-time study in each of the four semesters were classified as full time. Students who were enrolled in part-time study in any of the four semesters and those who were enrolled in full-time study in fewer than four semesters were classified as part time. Students who had neither enrolled on a full-time nor part-time basis in each of the four semesters were classified as never enrolled. 5 Responses to questions concerning participation in each of 15 different extracurricular activity areas (i.e., varsity sports, debate, band, subject-matter clubs, etc.) were used to classify students' overall level of participation in extracurricular activities. The difference between the sum of the three category respondent counts and the total sample size is due to missing data. NOTE: Data from students who dropped out of school between the 10th and 12th grades were not used in analyses of sophomore samples. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Study of 1980 Sophomores (HS&B-So:80/82, HS&B-So:80/84, and HS&B-So:80/86); and High School and Beyond Study of 1980 Seniors (HS&B-Sr:80/82, HS&B-Sr:80/84, and HS&B-SR:80/86). |