Table 136. | Reasons given by twelfth graders for taking current mathematics and science classes, by selected student and school characteristics: 1992 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of 12th graders who answered, "somewhat important" or "very important" |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Class subject | All | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic status |Control of school attended and opinion | 12th | |______________________________________| quartile\1\ |__________________________ |graders|_____________| | | | |American|____________________________| | | Other | | Male |Female|White |Black |Hispanic|Asian | Indian |Lowest|Second|Third |Highest|Public|Catholic | private ______________________________|_______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|_______|______|_________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 ______________________________|_______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|_______|______|_________|_________ Mathematics class | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I am interested in mathematics| 74.5 | 77.4 | 71.3 | 72.9 | 74.6 | 80.4 | 81.9 | 87.7 | 78.0 | 74.6 | 73.1 | 74.2 | 73.8 | 78.4 | 81.7 I do well in mathematics......| 77.1 | 80.2 | 73.7 | 76.4 | 76.1 | 79.7 | 83.6 | 76.8 | 79.5 | 77.8 | 76.3 | 76.1 | 76.7 | 78.4 | 82.1 I need it for college or trade| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | school......................| 87.2 | 86.6 | 87.8 | 86.5 | 89.8 | 86.5 | 90.8 | 90.5 | 83.3 | 85.4 | 88.9 | 88.6 | 87.1 | 87.9 | 87.5 I need it for a job after | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | high school ................| 64.7 | 65.9 | 63.4 | 62.5 | 69.7 | 70.9 | 66.3 | 83.9 | 71.2 | 68.5 | 65.5 | 57.8 | 65.9 | 58.1 | 51.9 I need it for advanced | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | placement...................| 53.6 | 53.3 | 54.0 | 49.6 | 58.4 | 62.5 | 72.6 | 56.9 | 59.8 | 46.7 | 52.2 | 55.7 | 54.1 | 47.2 | 53.9 Advised to take class by: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Teacher.....................| 65.9 | 63.3 | 68.8 | 63.6 | 74.8 | 71.1 | 66.7 | 70.6 | 69.2 | 65.1 | 66.3 | 64.7 | 65.7 | 66.2 | 70.0 Guidance counselor..........| 64.8 | 62.9 | 66.8 | 60.7 | 77.8 | 76.2 | 64.2 | 83.0 | 76.4 | 67.5 | 62.6 | 58.6 | 65.8 | 55.1 | 59.6 Parent......................| 71.6 | 69.1 | 74.2 | 70.5 | 74.6 | 74.4 | 73.3 | 79.8 | 66.3 | 67.2 | 70.3 | 76.6 | 71.8 | 68.4 | 71.4 Friend......................| 42.2 | 41.4 | 43.2 | 39.8 | 51.2 | 43.7 | 50.8 | 56.2 | 46.1 | 43.2 | 41.7 | 40.7 | 42.5 | 40.6 | 39.1 Sibling.....................| 30.9 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 26.3 | 37.2 | 43.1 | 46.2 | 51.5 | 40.4 | 29.7 | 27.7 | 29.4 | 31.8 | 21.9 | 28.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Science class | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I am interested in science....| 78.8 | 82.7 | 74.4 | 78.5 | 77.4 | 78.9 | 83.6 | 74.9 | 74.5 | 76.7 | 76.9 | 82.7 | 77.9 | 81.1 | 89.9 I do well in science..........| 80.6 | 83.9 | 77.0 | 80.1 | 76.7 | 86.1 | 84.2 | 86.6 | 78.1 | 80.1 | 77.1 | 84.0 | 80.1 | 79.8 | 90.2 I need it for college or trade| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | school......................| 83.3 | 81.7 | 85.0 | 82.4 | 86.4 | 83.5 | 88.4 | 88.8 | 78.5 | 81.9 | 84.6 | 84.8 | 83.3 | 85.3 | 80.7 I need it for a job after | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | high school ................| 47.0 | 47.9 | 45.9 | 44.5 | 53.2 | 57.6 | 51.3 | 55.9 | 53.4 | 47.6 | 50.4 | 41.6 | 47.8 | 45.7 | 35.7 I need it for advanced | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | placement...................| 50.2 | 49.7 | 50.9 | 47.1 | 51.6 | 59.0 | 66.8 | 59.6 | 48.9 | 47.9 | 46.8 | 53.9 | 49.2 | 53.5 | 60.3 Advised to take class by: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Teacher.....................| 58.9 | 56.2 | 61.9 | 57.6 | 61.7 | 63.7 | 61.0 | 67.2 | 61.3 | 57.7 | 58.3 | 59.0 | 57.8 | 60.3 | 74.1 Guidance counselor..........| 59.4 | 57.8 | 61.2 | 56.2 | 71.4 | 70.9 | 59.7 | 57.9 | 74.0 | 59.5 | 55.8 | 55.5 | 60.3 | 44.1 | 67.3 Parent......................| 66.3 | 63.4 | 69.4 | 65.7 | 69.1 | 70.5 | 64.1 | 73.8 | 61.9 | 59.9 | 66.4 | 70.6 | 67.0 | 58.7 | 67.4 Friend......................| 43.5 | 43.4 | 43.6 | 42.9 | 40.9 | 44.6 | 49.7 | 62.9 | 45.6 | 41.6 | 41.0 | 45.0 | 43.6 | 36.6 | 52.5 Sibling.....................| 28.7 | 26.8 | 31.0 | 25.3 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 44.3 | 57.6 | 36.1 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 29.6 | 29.4 | 21.0 | 30.5 ______________________________|_______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|_______|______|_________|_________ |
\1\Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Second Followup survey. (This table was prepared February 1994.) |