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Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
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Table A10.Percentage of public and private school principals by benefits received, by community type,
school level, sex, and race-ethnicity: 1987-88, 1990-91, and 1993-94
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1987-88 1990-91
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Benefits Benefits
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Medical Dental Life Retirement In-kind Medical Dental Life Retirement In-kind
Principal/school characteristics insurance insurance insurance plan benefits1 insurance insurance insurance plan benefits\1
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PUBLIC
Total 86.0 60.9 67.0 58.4 41.1 86.1 63.7 67.9 60.9 44.5
Sex
Male 86.6 60.3 67.1 59.0 41.9 86.1 62.3 67.5 61.8 45.5
Female 83.8 62.5 66.8 56.5 38.5 86.2 66.9 68.8 58.7 42.2
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native 85.1 64.8 65.4 65.0 41.5 63.6 55.7 62.3 53.7 38.9
Asian/Pacific Islander 77.0 62.6 56.7 62.9 41.2 93.6 88.5 80.2 73.1 32.4
Black non-Hispanic 76.7 57.9 67.2 55.6 26.8 78.1 66.8 71.2 59.3 29.6
White non-Hispanic 86.9 61.2 67.6 59.2 42.7 87.1 63.0 67.6 61.2 46.4
Hispanic 85.4 58.7 53.5 42.0 35.0 87.2 69.8 66.2 57.9 39.7
Total minority 79.5 58.9 63.3 53.4 30.5 80.5 68.0 69.7 59.2 33.1
Community type
Central city 89.5 69.9 75.6 64.3 37.0 87.3 71.7 75.6 66.8 38.0
Urban fringe/large town 89.3 72.1 75.0 63.3 45.3 91.0 77.4 78.4 67.7 50.0
Rural/small town 81.9 48.8 57.2 52.0 41.0 83.0 52.7 58.8 54.6 44.7
School level
Elementary 86.1 61.6 68.3 58.0 40.2 86.8 64.8 69.2 61.8 43.6
Secondary 86.4 60.9 65.6 60.0 42.6 85.3 62.0 65.9 58.8 47.0
Combined 82.5 51.5 57.5 56.6 45.7 78.3 52.5 58.4 56.3 46.3
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See footnotes at end of table.
Table A10.Percentage of public and private school principals by benefits received,
by community type, school level, sex, and race-ethnicity: 1987-88,
1990-91, and 1993-94 (continued)
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1993-94
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Benefits
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Medical Dental Life Retirement In-kind
Principal/school characteristics insurance insurance insurance plan benefits\1
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PUBLIC
Total 91.8 66.1 70.7 70.4 46.2
Sex
Male 92.3 64.6 70.6 71.1 47.7
Female 90.7 69.1 70.7 69.2 43.6
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native 79.3 51.9 60.7 57.1 49.0
Asian/Pacific Islander 97.7 90.8 84.7 73.6 39.0
Black non-Hispanic 88.6 71.6 71.3 74.8 34.7
White non-Hispanic 92.1 65.1 70.5 70.0 48.4
Hispanic 94.6 71.6 71.1 69.8 31.8
Total minority 90.1 71.5 71.4 72.5 34.9
Community type
Central city 94.2 73.2 76.0 75.9 37.8
Urban fringe/large town 95.4 81.2 80.3 76.6 48.8
Rural/small town 88.7 54.3 62.6 64.3 49.1
School level
Elementary 92.3 67.0 72.0 70.9 44.7
Secondary 90.6 63.3 68.3 68.5 49.1
Combined 87.0 56.7 62.6 66.8 48.5
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See footnotes at end of table.
Table A10.Percentage of public and private school principals by benefits received, by community type,
school level, sex, and race-ethnicity: 1987-88, 1990-91, and 1993-94 (continued)
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1987-88 1990-91
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Benefits Benefits
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Medical Dental Life Retirement In-kind Medical Dental Life Retirement In-kind
Principal/school characteristics insurance insurance insurance plan benefits1 insurance insurance insurance plan benefits\1
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PRIVATE
Total 68.5 32.5 33.6 41.8 64.3 65.3 32.3 34.5 43.8 60.2
Sex
Male 72.1 35.9 40.7 45.1 62.3 67.5 33.6 37.0 46.7 63.2
Female 65.2 29.3 27.0 38.8 62.5 63.2 31.0 32.1 41.1 57.3
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native
Asian/Pacific Islander
Black non-Hispanic 50.8 37.4 28.1 25.0 47.8 39.6 29.5 24.3 33.8 49.4
White non-Hispanic 69.0 32.5 34.1 42.9 65.6 65.7 31.9 35.0 44.3 60.4
Hispanic 76.1 28.9 29.1 33.9 45.4 80.5 45.9 37.7 40.5 61.4
Total minority 63.4 33.2 27.0 28.1 48.9 59.1 37.7 27.4 36.1 56.2
Community type
Central city 70.3 34.7 37.5 43.4 59.6 72.1 37.4 39.2 49.6 59.7
Urban fringe/large town 71.8 36.6 34.6 45.0 67.6 69.1 35.9 38.6 46.9 63.4
Rural/small town 61.6 24.0 25.9 35.5 68.5 52.2 21.7 24.2 33.0 57.3
School level
Elementary 69.4 33.8 31.1 45.9 63.6 66.4 33.4 32.4 47.3 57.6
Secondary 82.2 42.7 44.4 50.0 66.9 86.3 49.2 50.8 62.4 70.1
Combined 61.8 26.1 35.6 29.8 65.2 56.6 23.9 34.2 29.9 64.3
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See footnotes at end of table.
Table A10.Percentage of public and private school principals by benefits received,
by community type, school level, sex, and race-ethnicity: 1987-88,
1990-91, and 1993-94 (continued)
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1993-94
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Benefits
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Medical Dental Life Retirement In-kind
Principal/school characteristics insurance insurance insurance plan benefits\1
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Total 64.0 35.0 35.2 46.3 55.1
Sex
Male 65.0 35.4 37.4 46.4 58.8
Female 63.2 34.5 33.3 46.3 52.0
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native 60.4 21.4 57.2 32.7 36.9
Asian/Pacific Islander 54.9 42.2 25.4 34.1 54.9
Black non-Hispanic 51.6 38.9 23.7 32.9 43.6
White non-Hispanic 64.3 34.3 35.3 47.1 55.4
Hispanic 81.3 55.6 52.7 46.8 70.1
Total minority 60.7 42.6 34.3 36.9 51.5
Community type
Central city 67.5 36.1 37.3 49.1 53.4
Urban fringe/large town 71.7 42.1 39.9 48.6 56.1
Rural/small town 49.6 24.4 26.6 39.6 56.4
School level
Elementary 66.9 36.6 34.3 52.0 51.4
Secondary 85.2 58.0 55.2 68.3 65.3
Combined 50.8 24.0 30.5 28.7 58.5
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1/In-kind benefits include housing, meals, tuition, and transportation.
Too few cases for a reliable estimate.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and
Staffing Survey: 1987-88 (School Administrator and Public and Private School Questionnaires),
1990-91 (Public and Private School Administrator and School Questionnaires), and 1993-94
(Public and Private School Principal and School Questionnaires).
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