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| Table 145. | Percent of high school seniors who plan to go to college after graduation, by student characteristics: 1982 and 1992 |
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| No college |Right after high | After a year |After more than| Don't know
Student characteristics | | school | | a year |
|_________________|_________________|_________________|_______________|_______________
| 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992
_____________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
_____________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______
All seniors..................| 18.3 | 4.0 | 58.3 | 76.6 | 7.1 | 10.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 12.3 | 4.6
Male ......................| 22.8 | 5.7 | 53.4 | 73.0 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 13.1 | 5.5
Female ....................| 14.0 | 2.3 | 63.0 | 80.1 | 7.6 | 11.1 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 11.6 | 3.8
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | |
White .....................| 18.2 | 3.9 | 60.2 | 76.6 | 7.0 | 10.6 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 11.3 | 4.5
Black .....................| 14.6 | 5.4 | 57.5 | 75.2 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 14.1 | 5.2
Hispanic ..................| 24.1 | 3.5 | 45.6 | 75.4 | 7.5 | 11.6 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 17.0 | 5.9
Asian .....................| 5.6 | 2.6 | 81.7 | 83.4 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 3.1
American Indian............| 22.2 | 5.8 | 48.5 | 65.7 | 9.0 | 15.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 17.1 | 7.7
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Test performance quartile | | | | | | | | | |
Lowest test quartile.......| 32.3 | 11.4 | 32.8 | 59.3 | 9.1 | 15.1 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 21.3 | 10.9
Second test quartile.......| 26.5 | 3.9 | 45.2 | 71.2 | 7.8 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 15.8 | 6.3
Third test quartile........| 15.6 | 2.0 | 61.9 | 81.2 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 10.8 | 2.8
Highest test quartile......| 3.8 | 0.6 | 85.4 | 90.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.2
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Socioeconomic status\1\ | | | | | | | | | |
Low quartile ..............| 29.1 | 8.1 | 38.3 | 60.3 | 7.6 | 16.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 19.2 | 9.4
Middle 2 quartiles ........| 18.3 | 4.1 | 56.6 | 74.6 | 8.1 | 11.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 12.9 | 4.8
High quartile .............| 6.6 | 1.1 | 82.8 | 91.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 1.5
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Control of school | | | | | | | | | |
Public.....................| 19.4 | 4.4 | 56.0 | 74.8 | 7.3 | 11.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 13.1 | 4.9
Catholic...................| 8.2 | 0.5 | 80.0 | 93.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 1.6
Other private..............| 9.9 | 0.7 | 77.3 | 92.0 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 3.7
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Location of school | | | | | | | | | |
Urban .....................| 16.6 | 3.0 | 59.3 | 79.5 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 11.8 | 4.4
Suburban ..................| 15.5 | 3.3 | 62.3 | 78.6 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 11.3 | 4.0
Rural/nonmetropolitan area.| 24.0 | 5.9 | 51.4 | 71.2 | 6.9 | 12.3 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 14.2 | 5.8
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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, "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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