Digest of Education Statistics
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Table A1. 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 17,295 5,180 7,285 5,057 7,194 5,246
Black 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
—Not available.
1 The 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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
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).

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