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| Table 150. | Tenth and twelfth graders' attendance patterns, by selected student and school characteristics: 1990 and 1992 |
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| All | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic |Control of school attended
Attendance pattern | stu- | |--------------------------------------| status\1\ |--------------------------
| dents |-------------| | | | |American|--------------------| | | Other
| | Male |Female|White |Black |Hispanic|Asian | Indian | Low |Middle| High | Public |Catholic|private
---------------------------|-------|------|------|------|------|--------|------|--------|------|------|------|--------|--------|--------
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
---------------------------|-------|------|------|------|------|--------|------|--------|------|------|------|--------|--------|--------
| Percent of 10th graders in 1990
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Number of days missed first| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
half of current school year| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
None.....................| 14.3 | 17.1 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 21.2 | 12.5 | 23.1 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.0 | 18.3 | 15.1
1 or 2 days..............| 23.2 | 24.9 | 21.5 | 22.8 | 27.2 | 20.6 | 28.6 | 12.5 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 26.6 | 22.6 | 26.4 | 33.6
3 or 4 days..............| 27.7 | 27.1 | 28.3 | 28.8 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 23.9 | 33.7 | 25.3 | 27.6 | 29.5 | 27.9 | 26.6 | 27.7
5 or more days...........| 34.8 | 30.9 | 38.7 | 35.4 | 27.1 | 41.9 | 24.4 | 41.9 | 41.6 | 34.3 | 29.0 | 35.4 | 28.8 | 23.5
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Number of times late first | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
half of current school year| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
None.....................| 25.2 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 27.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 22.0 | 18.6 | 23.9 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 25.3 | 27.7 | 17.9
1 or 2 days..............| 38.2 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 38.0 | 41.1 | 36.7 | 39.7 | 31.3 | 37.4 | 38.6 | 38.2 | 37.8 | 39.8 | 44.6
3 or more days...........| 36.7 | 36.6 | 36.8 | 34.2 | 41.1 | 45.5 | 38.3 | 50.1 | 38.7 | 35.7 | 35.2 | 36.9 | 32.4 | 37.5
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Cut classes | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Never or almost | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
never..................| 84.8 | 83.5 | 86.2 | 85.8 | 86.5 | 75.8 | 87.1 | 81.4 | 82.3 | 84.5 | 89.0 | 84.0 | 95.2 | 90.9
At least sometimes.......| 15.2 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 24.2 | 12.9 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 11.0 | 16.0 | 4.8 | 9.1
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| Percent of 12th graders in 1992
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Number of days missed first| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
half of current school year| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
None.....................| 8.7 | 10.5 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 15.8 | 6.9 | 15.6 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 9.1
1 or 2 days..............| 30.3 | 30.8 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 31.0 | 31.6 | 34.3 | 22.4 | 27.5 | 30.8 | 31.7 | 30.2 | 31.2 | 32.7
3 to 6 days..............| 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.1 | 36.2 | 31.2 | 34.4 | 27.4 | 37.8 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 37.7 | 34.8 | 37.5 | 37.8
7 or more days...........| 25.9 | 23.7 | 28.2 | 26.5 | 22.1 | 27.1 | 22.7 | 28.6 | 29.8 | 26.6 | 21.8 | 26.4 | 21.1 | 20.5
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Number of times late first | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
half of current school year| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
None.....................| 19.0 | 17.7 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 16.2 | 19.1 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 19.2 | 19.5 | 12.3
1 or 2 days..............| 33.5 | 32.4 | 34.5 | 34.4 | 32.1 | 28.7 | 33.8 | 25.3 | 32.8 | 34.2 | 33.1 | 33.0 | 36.4 | 37.6
3 or more days...........| 47.6 | 49.9 | 45.2 | 45.0 | 53.9 | 56.6 | 50.0 | 55.6 | 47.5 | 46.8 | 48.2 | 47.8 | 44.1 | 50.1
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Cut classes | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Never or almost | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
never..................| 75.6 | 72.8 | 78.4 | 76.5 | 77.7 | 67.9 | 72.7 | 73.7 | 76.2 | 75.6 | 75.4 | 74.3 | 87.1 | 86.3
At least sometimes.......| 24.4 | 27.2 | 21.6 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 32.1 | 27.3 | 26.3 | 23.8 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 25.7 | 12.9 | 13.7
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\1\Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. The "Low" SES
group is the lowest quartile; the "Middle" SES group is the middle two quartiles; and the "High" SES group is the upper quartile.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," First and Second Followup surveys. (This table was prepared March 1994.)
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