Percentage of high school seniors reporting various values as very important, by sex, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES): 1972, 1980, 1992, and 2004

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Table 53.	Percentage of high school seniors reporting various values as very important, by sex, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES): 1972, 1980, 1992, and 2004

Sex, race/ethnicity, and SES	Giving children better opportunity				Living close to parents
Sex, race/ethnicity, and SES	1972	1980	1992	2004	1972	1980	1992	2004
Total	66.8	66.9	75.5	82.5	7.7	14.0	16.9	24.5
Sex
Male	66.8	67.3	74.5	82.1	7.2	13.0	15.2	22.3
Female	66.9	66.5	76.5	82.9	8.3	14.8	18.7	26.6
Race/ethnicity
White	63.7	63.2	71.0	78.7	7.1	13.0	15.2	21.8
Black	88.7	85.6	91.2	92.0	10.0	14.2	16.5	26.0
Hispanic	84.1	79.2	86.7	89.7	14.1	21.8	25.4	32.7
Asian	69.6	75.0	79.1	84.7	13.8	24.4	26.6	31.8
Two or more races	—	—	—	81.1	—	—	—	21.7
SES quartile
Lowest	78.6	75.8	85.0	88.0	9.0	15.1	19.1	30.1
Middle two	67.5	67.3	76.5	84.3	8.1	14.1	16.7	25.0
Highest	56.4	56.0	64.8	73.5	5.8	12.0	15.3	17.6
Sex, race/ethnicity, and SES	Making money				Working to correct social problems
Sex, race/ethnicity, and SES	1972	1980	1992	2004	1972	1980	1992	2004
Total	17.8	31.4	37.4	35.1	26.9	13.0	20.3	19.7
Sex
Male	25.9	40.5	45.3	42.7	22.4	12.3	17.0	18.1
Female	9.8	23.1	29.4	27.6	31.3	13.6	23.6	21.2
Race/ethnicity
White	16.4	29.4	33.7	28.9	24.7	10.6	16.7	15.0
Black	29.9	44.8	51.8	55.4	46.5	25.3	33.8	31.6
Hispanic	18.8	34.6	40.5	40.3	32.5	18.3	27.0	28.1
Asian	18.7	40.1	47.9	41.9	24.6	17.4	25.3	23.1
Two or more races	—	—	—	36.4	—	—	—	19.0
SES quartile
Lowest	19.2	31.5	43.6	41.1	28.9	15.0	24.3	24.0
Middle two	17.3	31.1	37.6	34.8	25.4	11.7	18.8	18.0
Highest	17.6	32.0	31.2	29.6	27.8	13.3	19.4	18.7

— Not available.
NOTE: Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Asian category includes Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS:72), "Base Year"; High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Seniors (HS&B-Sr:80), "Third Follow-up, 1986"; National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), "Second Follow-up, Student Survey, 1992"; and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), "First Follow-up, 2004."