Table E-27-2.  Percentage of 9th-graders planning different activities during their first year after high school, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2009

Sex and race/ethnicity	License/certificate, associate's, or bachelor's program								Apprenticeship		Join armed services		Get a job		Start a family		Travel		Do volunteer or missionary work		Don't know
	At least one program		License or certificate		Associate's program		Bachelor's program
Total	65.1		12.8		16.4		49.5		2.9		8.4		42.6		6.8		12.0		8.4		12.8
Sex
Male	59.0		12.1		15.0		44.7		2.7		13.0		43.0		7.5		10.1		5.9		13.2
Female	71.1		13.4		17.9		54.4		3.1		3.8		42.3		6.1		14.0		10.8		12.4
Race/ethnicity
White	66.5		9.9		14.9		52.1		2.5		9.1		39.3		5.9		11.3		8.5		12.2
Black	66.1		18.6		16.6		47.5		2.3		6.8		46.4		7.7		11.0		7.0		10.6
Hispanic	60.0		13.9		19.4		42.9		2.8		7.6		47.3		7.8		12.3		7.8		15.2
Asian	70.4		14.0		14.4		63.0		5.3		4.3		38.9		3.6		12.6		10.6		17.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	46.7		8.8		16.3		36.0		‡		13.4		38.2		9.3	!	23.5		‡		23.6
Two or more races	67.7		18.3		18.6		50.5		5.0		10.4		47.6		9.5		16.4		10.7		10.1
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	60.4		9.9		13.1		46.9		2.5		14.4		39.0		6.4		9.1		6.2		12.4
Black	60.8		14.6		16.4		43.6		1.9		9.8		46.3		7.7		10.9		4.4		10.6
Hispanic	53.3		14.3		17.4		37.2		2.3		11.5		48.5		9.0		9.5		4.9		16.8
Asian	67.0		17.0		16.5		56.9		5.1		6.7		38.6		4.0	!	8.5		6.9		17.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	45.4		11.5	!	15.8	!	39.2		‡		13.3	!	43.2		14.0	!	30.8	!	‡		21.8	!
Two or more races	62.2		14.9		17.2		49.5		5.1		16.0		49.6		11.2		15.1		9.0		10.3
Female
White	73.0		10.0		16.8		57.6		2.6		3.5		39.5		5.4		13.6		10.9		12.1
Black	70.6		21.9		16.8		50.8		2.7		4.3		46.4		7.7		11.1		9.1		10.6
Hispanic	67.0		13.5		21.4		48.9		3.3		3.7		46.1		6.5		15.1		10.8		13.6
Asian	73.9		11.1		12.2		69.1		5.6		‡		39.2		3.3	!	16.7		14.3		17.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	48.3		‡		16.9	!	32.4	!	‡		13.5	!	32.6		‡		15.6		‡		25.6	!
Two or more races	73.1		21.6		19.9		51.6		5.0		4.9		45.6		7.9		17.7		12.4		10.0

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

NOTE: Students could select more than one activity; therefore, detail may not sum to totals. Data weighted by W1STUDENT. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, Base-Year Public-Use Data File.