Percent of public school teachers who think about leaving: 1985 and 1995

Table 75.

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                                        |            1985             |        1995
                                        |-----------------------------|-----------------------
                                        |             |Teachers with  |         |Teachers with
                  Item                  |    Total    |fewer than     |  Total  |fewer than
                                        |  Teachers   |five years     |Teachers |five years
                                        |             |experience     |         |experience
----------------------------------------|-------------|---------------|---------|-------------
                   1                    |      2      |       3       |    4    |      5
----------------------------------------|-------------|---------------|---------|-------------
                                        |             |               |         |
                                        |             |               |         |
Ever seriously considered leaving       |             |               |         |
  Yes, considered ......................|          51 |            38 |      41 |          42
  No, not considered ...................|          49 |            62 |      59 |          58
                                        |             |               |         |
Likely to leave within the next 5 years |             |               |         |
  Very likely ..........................|          12 |            10 |      12 |          13
  Fairly likely ........................|          14 |             9 |      12 |          23
  Not too likely .......................|          26 |            29 |      24 |          21
  Not at all likely ....................|          47 |            50 |      51 |          43
----------------------------------------|-------------|---------------|---------|-------------

SOURCE: Metropolitan Life/Louis Harris Associates, Inc., The Metropolitan Life Survey of The American Teacher, 1984-1995. (This table was prepared April 1996.)

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