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Table 206.Percent of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions, by disability status and student characteristics: 1992-93

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                                |                                 |        Graduate and
                                |         Undergraduate           |     first-professional\1\
        Selected student        |---------------------------------|----------------------------------
        characteristics         |   All   | Disabled  |Nondisabled|   All   | Disabled  |Nondisabled
                                |students |students\2\| students  |students |students\2\|  students
--------------------------------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|-----------|------------
               1                |    2    |     3     |     4     |    5    |     6     |     7
--------------------------------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|-----------|------------
  Total ........................|   100.0 |       6.3 |      93.7 |   100.0 |       4.0 |       96.0
                                |---------|-----------|-----------|---------|-----------|------------
Sex ............................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Male .........................|    44.5 |      53.0 |      44.0 |    46.4 |      51.0 |       46.2
  Female .......................|    55.5 |      47.0 |      56.0 |    53.6 |      49.0 |       53.8
                                |         |           |           |         |           |
Race/ethnicity .................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ..........|    76.8 |      80.8 |      76.6 |    81.4 |      85.3 |       81.3
  Black, non-Hispanic ..........|    10.3 |       9.3 |      10.3 |     6.4 |       4.4 |        6.4
  Hispanic .....................|     8.0 |       6.3 |       8.1 |     4.0 |       5.1 |        3.9
  Asian American ...............|     4.0 |       1.7 |       4.1 |     7.5 |       3.8 |        7.6
  American Indian ..............|     1.0 |       1.8 |       0.9 |     0.8 |       1.3 |        0.7
                                |         |           |           |         |           |
Age ............................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  15 to 23 .....................|    55.1 |      37.8 |      56.1 |    11.4 |       6.7 |       11.6
  24 to 29 .....................|    17.1 |      15.2 |      17.2 |    34.7 |      20.4 |       35.2
  30 or older ..................|    27.7 |      47.0 |      26.7 |    53.9 |      72.9 |       53.2
                                |         |           |           |         |           |
Veteran status .................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Veteran ......................|     7.5 |      17.5 |       6.8 |     6.1 |      16.4 |        5.7
  Not a veteran ................|    92.5 |      82.5 |      93.2 |    93.9 |      83.6 |       94.3
                                |         |           |           |         |           |
Dependency status ..............|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Dependent ....................|    47.9 |      32.9 |      48.7 |     8.5 |       4.9 |        8.7
  Independent ..................|    32.9 |      37.0 |      32.7 |    66.2 |      52.5 |       66.6
  Independent with dependents ..|    19.2 |      30.1 |      18.6 |    25.3 |      42.6 |       24.7
                                |         |           |           |         |           |
Housing status .................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  School-owned .................|    12.8 |       7.4 |      13.1 |     5.9 |       6.1 |        5.8
  Off-campus, not with parents .|    58.8 |      69.7 |      58.2 |    84.2 |      84.1 |       84.2
  With parents .................|    25.9 |      20.1 |      26.3 |     7.5 |       5.2 |        7.6
  With relatives ...............|     2.2 |       2.7 |       2.2 |     2.3 |       4.3 |        2.2
  Other ........................|     0.2 |       0.2 |       0.2 |     0.1 |       0.3 |        0.1
                                |         |           |           |         |           |
Attendance status ..............|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Full-time ....................|    52.6 |      46.3 |      52.9 |    37.1 |      33.8 |       37.2
  Part-time ....................|    47.4 |      53.7 |      47.1 |    62.9 |      66.2 |       62.8
                                |         |           |           |         |           |
Field of study .................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Business .....................|    22.8 |      21.9 |      22.8 |    16.0 |      11.5 |       16.2
  Computer science .............|     4.6 |       6.2 |       4.5 |     3.0 |       2.6 |        3.0
  Education ....................|    10.3 |       9.4 |      10.3 |    25.7 |      33.3 |       25.5
  Engineering ..................|     6.9 |       6.9 |       6.9 |     6.5 |       6.0 |        6.6
  Health .......................|    13.4 |      12.4 |      13.5 |    11.5 |       7.4 |       11.6
  Humanities ...................|    11.3 |      11.9 |      11.3 |     8.5 |       8.8 |        8.5
  Life sciences ................|     5.4 |       4.8 |       5.4 |     5.1 |       6.6 |        5.0
  Mathematics ..................|     0.9 |       0.6 |       0.9 |     1.4 |       2.4 |        1.4
  Physical sciences ............|     1.1 |       1.2 |       1.1 |     2.6 |       2.6 |        2.6
  Social sciences ..............|     8.0 |       7.2 |       8.0 |     9.1 |       9.2 |        9.1
  Vocational ...................|     5.3 |       6.4 |       5.2 |     0.8 |       0.7 |        0.8
  Other technical/professional .|    10.0 |      11.0 |      10.0 |     9.8 |       8.9 |        9.8
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\1\Includes chiropractic medicine, medicine, dentistry, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, and veterinary medicine.

\2\Disabled students are those who reported that they had one or more of the following conditions: a specific learning disability, a visual handicap, hard of hearing, deafness, a speech disability, an orthopedic handicap, or a health impairment.

NOTE.--Because of rounding and survey item nonresponse, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "The 1992-93 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study." (This table was prepared October 1996.)


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