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Table H167. Percentage distribution of fall 2009 public school ninth-graders in 2012 according to who most influenced their thinking about education after high school, by student, family, and school characteristics: 2012
Characteristic Number of
students
    High school
counselor
or personal
college
counselor
  Teacher   Parents or
family
member
  Friends   Employer,
military
recruiter,
coach, or
scout
  Either self or no
one in particular
Don't know  
              Total   Self   No one in
particular
   
                                           
Total 3,811,000     3.3   4.6   48.6   3.9   2.9   33.9   27.8   6.1   2.8  
                                           
Student sex                                          
Male 1,930,000     3.2   4.9   46.4   4.6   4.4   32.8   26.4   6.4   3.6  
Female 1,881,000     3.4   4.3   50.9   3.1   1.3   35.0   29.2   5.8   2.0  
                                           
Student race/ethnicity                                          
White 1,933,000     2.2   4.3   46.7   4.0   3.0   37.7   30.5   7.1   2.1  
Black or African American 541,000     4.9   3.5   56.2   2.5   2.5   28.1   23.9   4.2   2.3  
Hispanic or Latino 870,000     4.1   6.0   48.6   3.5   2.9   30.3   24.1   6.2   4.7  
Asian 135,000     2.2 ! 5.6   50.6   7.8   1.4 ! 29.5   25.4   4.1   2.8  
All other races1 332,000     4.9 ! 4.6   47.3   4.6   3.2   33.0   28.8   4.2   2.4 !
                                           
Student mathematics achievement (quintile rank)                                          
Lowest fifth 785,000     5.2   5.1   50.4   4.2   3.7   27.6   20.4   7.2   3.9  
Middle three-fifths 2,305,000     3.2   4.6   48.6   3.9   2.8   34.0   28.3   5.7   2.8  
Highest fifth 720,000     1.4   4.1   46.9   3.3   2.2   40.7   34.4   6.3   1.5  
                                           
Student main activity for fall of 20132                                          
Postsecondary education 2,832,000     3.2   4.4   50.7   3.4   2.0   34.5   29.7   4.8   1.6  
Work 743,000     2.8   5.5   41.8   5.0   6.8   32.9   24.4   8.6   5.2  
Other 235,000     5.7   3.9   50.3   5.2   1.8   27.4   17.0   10.4   5.6  
                                           
Parent's highest education                                          
High school diploma, GED, or less 1,881,000     4.2   5.9   46.8   4.0   3.0   32.4   26.5   6.0   3.7  
Associate's degree 653,000     3.9   3.2   48.4   4.7   2.8   35.3   28.8   6.5   1.6  
Bachelor's degree 785,000     1.6   3.8   50.7   3.6   2.8   35.7   29.0   6.7   1.8  
Graduate/professional degree 492,000     1.5   2.9   52.6   2.8   2.9   35.0   29.6   5.4   2.3  
                                           
Family socioeconomic status (quintile rank)                                          
Lowest fifth 791,000     5.5   6.5   47.3   4.0   3.1   29.3   23.9   5.4   4.3  
Middle three-fifths 2,345,000     3.2   4.5   48.0   3.9   3.0   35.0   28.3   6.7   2.4  
Highest fifth 674,000     1.2   2.8   52.3   3.4   2.3   35.7   30.6   5.1   2.3  
                                           
School locale                                          
City 1,159,000     4.0   5.0   49.9   4.4   2.2   31.4   26.0   5.4   3.1  
Suburb 1,269,000     3.6   3.9   49.2   3.0   2.8   34.9   28.7   6.2   2.6  
Town 469,000     2.4   5.5   47.5   3.8   3.2   34.3   26.5   7.8   3.3  
Rural 914,000     2.4   4.6   46.8   4.4   3.8   35.6   29.5   6.2   2.3  
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is between30 and50.
1 "All other races" includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and persons of two or more races.
2 Indicates the one activity that students expect will be their main focus in fall 2013. "Work" includes military service; "Other" includes starting a family, caring for own children, or attending high school or a GED completion course.
NOTE: 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.

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