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| Table 134. | Percent of 17-year-old students taking science courses for 1 year or more, by selected student characteristics: 1982, 1986, 1990, and 1992 |
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Selected | | | | |Earth and| |
characteristics | Biology |General |Chemistry|Physical| space | Life | Physics
of students | |science | |science | science | science |
_______________________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
_______________________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
1982 | | | | | | |
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All students ..........| 76 | 61 | 31 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 11
Male ................| 74 | 63 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 14
Female ..............| 78 | 59 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 26 | 9
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White, non-Hispanic .| 78 | 61 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 11
Black, non-Hispanic .| 66 | 66 | 19 | 34 | 28 | 27 | 12
Hispanic ............| 62 | 58 | 13 | 35 | 20 | 31 | 9
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1986 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
All students ..........| 83 | 78 | 37 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 10
Male ................| 87 | 84 | 42 | 43 | 41 | 45 | 14
Female ..............| 88 | 82 | 39 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 8
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White, non-Hispanic .| 89 | 84 | 42 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 10
Black, non-Hispanic .| 84 | 83 | 29 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 18
Hispanic ............| 84 | 82 | 24 | 37 | 23 | 41 | 13
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1990 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
All students ..........| 85 | 78 | 42 | 41 | 35 | 30 | 13
Male ................| 87 | 84 | 45 | 42 | 35 | 32 | 16
Female ..............| 91 | 81 | 45 | 40 | 34 | 28 | 13
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White, non-Hispanic .| 90 | 84 | 46 | 39 | 34 | 28 | 13
Black, non-Hispanic .| 87 | 76 | 46 | 47 | 35 | 35 | 15
Hispanic ............| 79 | 82 | 31 | 55 | 38 | 44 | 17
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1992 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
All students ..........| 89 | 81 | 46 | --- | --- | --- | 12
Male ................| 91 | 86 | 47 | --- | --- | --- | 15
Female ..............| 93 | 83 | 51 | --- | --- | --- | 12
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White, non-Hispanic .| 93 | 86 | 52 | --- | --- | --- | 13
Black, non-Hispanic .| 92 | 78 | 36 | --- | --- | --- | 14
Hispanic ............| 87 | 79 | 36 | --- | --- | --- | 13
_______________________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
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---Data not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared March 1994.) |
