Percentage of spring 2002 high school sophomores, by timing of first postsecondary enrollment and selected student characteristics: 2006

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Table 55.	Percentage of spring 2002 high school sophomores, by timing of first postsecondary enrollment and selected student characteristics: 2006

Characteristic	Ever attended a postsecondary institution	Immediate enrollment in postsecondary education¹	Delayed enrollment in postsecondary education²		Nonenrollee, or still enrolled in high school
Total	70.1	60.3	9.8		29.9
Sex
Male	65.4	55.8	9.6		34.6
Female	74.8	64.9	9.9		25.2
Race/ethnicity
White	75.1	66.9	8.2		24.9
Black	62.3	48.6	13.6		37.7
Hispanic	58.5	45.0	13.5		41.5
Asian/Pacific Islander	82.3	76.6	5.7		17.7
American Indian/Alaska Native	51.0	37.8	13.2		49.0
Two or more races	63.6	55.7	7.9		36.4
Family income
$0-20,000	52.3	40.4	11.9		47.7
$20,001-50,000	63.1	52.1	11.0		36.9
$50,001-100,000	78.2	69.5	8.7		21.8
$100,001 or more	90.7	84.0	6.7		9.3
Parental education³
High school or less	53.1	41.7	11.4		46.9
Some college	68.0	56.7	11.3		32.0
Bachelor's degree	82.4	74.6	7.8		17.6
Graduate/professional degree	87.2	80.6	6.6		12.8
Educational expectation in 10th grade
High school or less	26.3	16.9	9.5		73.7
Some college	48.8	36.5	12.3		51.2
Bachelor's degree	75.2	64.4	10.8		24.8
Graduate/professional degree	85.8	78.4	7.3		14.2
Don't know	55.4	43.0	12.4		44.6
Highest math course taken in school
No math	20.2	13.1	7.1	!	79.8
Basic math or pre-algebra	30.4	20.6	9.9		69.6
Algebra I, geometry, or algebra II	61.5	48.0	13.5		38.5
Trigonometry, statistics, or precalculus	89.3	82.1	7.3		10.7
Calculus	97.3	95.4	1.9		2.7
No transcript collected	57.2	47.5	9.7		42.8

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.
1 Respondents are considered to have immediate enrollment if their postsecondary attendance began by October of the year they left high school (if the month they left high school was between January and July), or by the following February (if the month they left high school was between August and December).
2 Respondents are considered to have delayed enrollment if their postsecondary attendance began later than October of the year they left high school (if the month they left high school was between January and July), or later than the following February (if the month they left high school was between August and December).
³Parental education is the highest education level attained by any parent.
NOTE: Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), "Second Follow-up, 2006."