| Table 135. | Percent of high school seniors reporting they were in general, college preparatory, and vocational programs, by student characteristics: 1982 and 1992 |
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| | College |
| General\1\ | preparatory | Vocational
Student characteristics | | or academic |
|_________________|___________________|_________________
| 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
______________________________|________|________|_________|_________|________|________
All seniors...................| 35.2 | 45.3 | 37.9 | 43.0 | 26.9 | 11.7
Males......................| 38.1 | 46.3 | 36.8 | 41.8 | 25.1 | 11.9
Females....................| 32.4 | 44.2 | 38.9 | 44.2 | 28.7 | 11.6
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | |
White ......................| 34.8 | 43.3 | 40.6 | 45.7 | 24.6 | 11.0
Black ......................| 35.1 | 48.9 | 33.3 | 35.6 | 31.6 | 15.4
Hispanic ...................| 37.4 | 56.4 | 24.9 | 30.6 | 37.7 | 13.1
Asian ......................| 27.5 | 40.3 | 55.9 | 50.9 | 16.6 | 8.8
American Indian.............| 55.3 | 60.8 | 19.1 | 22.6 | 25.6 | 16.7
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Test performance quartile | | | | | |
Lowest test quartile........| 42.0 | 61.5 | 12.3 | 15.2 | 45.6 | 23.3
Second test quartile........| 44.6 | 53.9 | 20.5 | 30.0 | 34.9 | 16.1
Third test quartile.........| 37.9 | 39.7 | 37.6 | 50.0 | 24.5 | 10.4
Highest test quartile.......| 18.9 | 25.4 | 73.1 | 72.0 | 8.0 | 2.6
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Socioeconomic status\2\ | | | | | |
Low quartile ...............| 40.3 | 55.6 | 20.5 | 23.2 | 39.2 | 21.2
Middle 2 quartiles .........| 36.2 | 46.0 | 36.4 | 40.9 | 27.4 | 13.1
High quartile ..............| 27.4 | 36.2 | 60.1 | 60.8 | 12.5 | 3.0
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Control of school | | | | | |
Public......................| 36.7 | 47.1 | 34.5 | 40.0 | 28.8 | 12.9
Catholic....................| 21.9 | 24.4 | 67.4 | 73.5 | 10.7 | 2.2
Other private...............| 22.1 | 33.1 | 67.6 | 65.9 | 10.3 | 1.0
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Location of school | | | | | |
Urban.......................| 32.2 | 43.3 | 37.4 | 45.5 | 30.4 | 11.2
Suburban....................| 33.6 | 45.5 | 41.4 | 44.6 | 25.0 | 9.8
Rural/nonmetropolitan area..| 39.6 | 46.5 | 32.6 | 38.6 | 27.9 | 14.9
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\1\Includes special education, ``other,'' and ``don't know.''
\2\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, "High School and Beyond," First Followup survey; and "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Second Followup Student survey. (This table was prepared April 1995.)
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