Table 5. Percentage distribution of 2003–2004 high school seniors, by enrollment in a postsecondary institution in 2006 and selected student and family characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Characteristic	Enrolled in a postsecondary institution in 2006	Not enrolled in a postsecondary institution in 2006
Total	61.1	38.9

Sex
Female	66.6	33.4
Male	56.9	43.1

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	66.5	33.5
Black, non-Hispanic	52.4	47.6
Hispanic	49.5	50.5
Asian, non-Hispanic	78.2	21.8
All other races, non-Hispanic	52.5	47.5

Family socio-economic status
Lowest quartile	41.7	58.3
Second quartile	52.2	47.8
Third quartile	66.1	33.9
Highest quartile	82.8	17.2

Native language²
English	62.7	37.3
Non-English	56.4	43.6

¹ Black, non-Hispanic includes African American. Hispanic includes Latino. All other races, non-Hispanic includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and Two or more races..
² The first language the student learned to speak.
NOTE: Totals are weighted by F2QWT and other estimates are weighted by F2F1WT. The flag variable G12COHRT was used to produce data that are based on 2003-2004 high school seniors interviewed in both 2004 and 2006. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) Second Follow-up, 2006."

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