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Findings: Secondary/High School

Students' expectation for postsecondary education increases as family SES increases, and their expectation for working decreases as SES increases.

Figure 2. Percentage distribution of fall 2009 public school ninth-graders as of spring 2012 according to their primary plan for fall 2013, by socioeconomic status (SES): 2012

Figure 2.  Percentage distribution of fall 2009 public school ninth-graders as of spring 2012 according to their primary plan for fall 2013, by socioeconomic status (SES): 2012

NOTE: Standard errors for estimates can be found at https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/tables/h159.asp. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), First Follow-up Restricted-Use Data File. This figure was first published in the NCES Data Point The Education and Work Plans of Public High School Students.


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