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| Table 166. | 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 |
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| Number of days missed in first half of current school year |
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| None | 14.9 | (0.44) | 18.0 | (0.69) | 11.8 | (0.47) | 23.2 | (1.82) | 12.7 | (1.09) | 23.9 | (1.98) | 13.3 | (0.44) | 12.4 | (3.02) | 14.4 | (0.85) | 15.1 | (0.65) | 14.8 | (0.68) | 14.8 | (0.46) | 18.8 | (2.19) | 14.2 | (1.66) |
| 1 or 2 days | 25.0 | (0.50) | 26.3 | (0.78) | 23.7 | (0.65) | 30.6 | (2.06) | 24.4 | (1.56) | 27.7 | (1.55) | 24.4 | (0.61) | 20.4 | (5.38) | 21.9 | (0.97) | 25.4 | (0.71) | 26.7 | (0.96) | 24.3 | (0.51) | 27.0 | (2.37) | 37.5 | (3.92) |
| 3 or 4 days | 28.0 | (0.53) | 27.4 | (0.77) | 28.7 | (0.73) | 23.7 | (1.96) | 24.9 | (1.34) | 23.8 | (1.51) | 29.4 | (0.64) | 28.6 | (3.55) | 26.0 | (0.99) | 27.6 | (0.71) | 30.2 | (1.00) | 28.4 | (0.56) | 27.0 | (2.07) | 25.4 | (2.71) |
| 5 or more days | 32.1 | (0.61) | 28.3 | (0.85) | 35.8 | (0.83) | 22.5 | (2.07) | 38.0 | (2.08) | 24.6 | (1.96) | 32.9 | (0.69) | 38.6 | (4.34) | 37.7 | (1.33) | 32.0 | (0.82) | 28.3 | (1.12) | 32.5 | (0.64) | 27.2 | (2.23) | 22.8 | (2.96) |
| Number of times late in first half of current school year |
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| Never | 26.9 | (0.63) | 27.6 | (0.87) | 26.1 | (0.78) | 23.4 | (1.98) | 18.9 | (1.65) | 21.0 | (1.51) | 29.1 | (0.72) | 19.1 | (3.73) | 26.5 | (1.16) | 27.5 | (0.82) | 26.4 | (0.96) | 27.1 | (0.65) | 28.7 | (2.66) | 19.2 | (2.74) |
| 1 or 2 days | 39.1 | (0.62) | 39.0 | (0.92) | 39.1 | (0.82) | 41.2 | (2.20) | 39.0 | (1.92) | 41.3 | (1.98) | 38.6 | (0.70) | 38.3 | (4.16) | 39.2 | (1.25) | 39.1 | (0.84) | 39.3 | (1.23) | 38.7 | (0.63) | 39.3 | (2.17) | 48.0 | (3.67) |
| 3 or more days | 34.0 | (0.73) | 33.4 | (0.98) | 34.7 | (0.88) | 35.3 | (2.36) | 42.1 | (2.67) | 37.7 | (2.20) | 32.2 | (0.77) | 42.6 | (3.68) | 34.3 | (1.54) | 33.4 | (0.85) | 34.3 | (1.21) | 34.2 | (0.75) | 31.9 | (2.63) | 32.8 | (3.80) |
| Number of times cut classes in first half of current school year |
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| Never | 66.5 | (0.70) | 65.7 | (0.87) | 67.2 | (0.91) | 69.8 | (2.45) | 55.9 | (1.90) | 66.6 | (2.21) | 67.8 | (0.80) | 56.6 | (4.19) | 64.2 | (1.39) | 66.6 | (0.89) | 68.0 | (1.20) | 65.2 | (0.76) | 78.2 | (2.43) | 73.2 | (3.65) |
| 1 or 2 times | 21.2 | (0.50) | 21.2 | (0.68) | 21.3 | (0.69) | 20.2 | (1.89) | 24.4 | (1.40) | 21.3 | (1.79) | 20.8 | (0.55) | 28.8 | (3.74) | 22.5 | (1.17) | 20.6 | (0.63) | 21.5 | (1.04) | 21.8 | (0.52) | 16.8 | (1.95) | 18.0 | (3.49) |
| 3 to 6 times | 7.2 | (0.33) | 7.7 | (0.43) | 6.8 | (0.47) | 4.7 | (0.89) | 10.8 | (1.09) | 7.0 | (0.82) | 6.9 | (0.39) | 6.9 | (2.50) | 7.7 | (0.73) | 7.3 | (0.48) | 6.6 | (0.53) | 7.5 | (0.34) | 3.4 | (0.94) | 6.9 | (1.18) |
| More than 6 times | 5.1 | (0.31) | 5.4 | (0.48) | 4.8 | (0.36) | 5.4 | (1.00) | 9.0 | (0.94) | 5.2 | (1.22) | 4.5 | (0.33) | 7.8 | (2.61) | 5.5 | (0.56) | 5.5 | (0.46) | 3.9 | (0.41) | 5.6 | (0.35) | 1.7 | (0.59) | 1.9 | (0.63) |
| Percentage of 10th- graders in 2002 |
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| Number of days missed in first half of current school year |
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| None | 14.3 | (0.38) | 16.1 | (0.51) | 12.5 | (0.47) | 12.1 | (0.14) | 28.3 | (1.59) | 16.5 | (0.84) | 14.2 | (0.88) | 13.0 | (0.48) | 13.4 | (0.68) | 14.0 | (0.48) | 15.8 | (0.80) | 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) | 25.0 | (0.92) | 35.7 | (1.58) | 38.4 | (1.17) | 33.5 | (1.46) | 35.5 | (0.66) | 32.7 | (0.97) | 35.5 | (0.72) | 38.3 | (0.97) | 35.0 | (0.56) | 41.0 | (1.62) | 39.9 | (1.72) |
| 3 to 6 days | 33.0 | (0.53) | 31.9 | (0.69) | 34.2 | (0.69) | 35.5 | (1.38) | 24.3 | (1.23) | 30.7 | (1.08) | 32.7 | (1.01) | 34.4 | (0.69) | 33.4 | (0.86) | 32.4 | (0.73) | 34.0 | (1.01) | 33.2 | (0.56) | 33.1 | (1.51) | 29.8 | (2.05) |
| More than 6 days | 17.2 | (0.41) | 16.0 | (0.56) | 18.5 | (0.59) | 27.4 | (0.32) | 11.7 | (1.16) | 14.3 | (0.95) | 19.6 | (1.09) | 17.1 | (0.49) | 20.5 | (0.88) | 18.1 | (0.54) | 11.9 | (0.66) | 17.8 | (0.44) | 9.8 | (0.77) | 11.1 | (1.21) |
| Number of times late in first half of current school year |
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| Never | 26.0 | (0.54) | 26.0 | (0.73) | 26.0 | (0.68) | 19.8 | (0.65) | 27.4 | (1.41) | 17.4 | (0.86) | 20.4 | (1.18) | 29.8 | (0.67) | 24.5 | (0.87) | 25.9 | (0.66) | 28.0 | (0.95) | 25.7 | (0.58) | 33.3 | (1.79) | 25.1 | (2.22) |
| 1 or 2 days | 37.4 | (0.54) | 36.5 | (0.75) | 38.4 | (0.71) | 35.8 | (2.42) | 36.2 | (1.52) | 36.5 | (1.33) | 34.9 | (1.17) | 38.7 | (0.66) | 36.9 | (0.98) | 36.7 | (0.71) | 39.4 | (0.89) | 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) | 44.4 | (1.89) | 36.4 | (1.58) | 46.1 | (1.48) | 44.8 | (1.45) | 31.5 | (0.71) | 38.6 | (1.01) | 37.4 | (0.78) | 32.6 | (1.03) | 37.0 | (0.67) | 26.3 | (1.54) | 36.5 | (2.08) |
| Number of times cut classes in first half of current school year |
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| Never | 68.4 | (0.70) | 68.1 | (0.87) | 68.7 | (0.83) | 70.3 | (3.43) | 68.9 | (1.76) | 64.6 | (1.64) | 56.3 | (1.48) | 72.9 | (0.75) | 62.2 | (1.10) | 67.3 | (0.85) | 77.0 | (1.02) | 67.1 | (0.75) | 86.1 | (1.39) | 80.8 | (1.89) |
| 1 or 2 times | 18.7 | (0.46) | 18.8 | (0.65) | 18.5 | (0.58) | 22.2 | (3.43) | 17.5 | (1.25) | 20.2 | (1.15) | 23.9 | (1.01) | 16.7 | (0.55) | 21.4 | (0.78) | 19.5 | (0.64) | 14.3 | (0.82) | 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) | 4.7 | (0.29) | 8.2 | (1.08) | 9.0 | (0.76) | 9.0 | (0.83) | 5.7 | (0.34) | 8.0 | (0.68) | 7.1 | (0.38) | 5.1 | (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) | 2.7 | (0.32) | 5.3 | (0.65) | 6.2 | (0.67) | 10.9 | (0.97) | 4.7 | (0.31) | 8.4 | (0.63) | 6.1 | (0.39) | 3.6 | (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 quarter; the "middle" SES group is the middle two quarters; and the "high" SES group is the upper quarter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Data for 2002 for persons reporting two or more races are not shown separately, but are included in totals. 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 (ELS:2002), Base Year. (This table was prepared December 2009.) |
