Table 8. Percentage of 2002 high school sophomores who delayed postsecondary enrollment and percentage distribution of their main reason for delaying enrollment, by selected student, family, and school characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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		Not enrolled in 2006
			Main reason not employed
Characteristic	Percent not enrolled in postsecondary institutions in 2006	Percent not employed	Have not found a job you want yet		Unable to find a job		Do not need to work		Family respon- sibilities		Personal health reasons		Other reason¹
Total	44.9	27.5	25.7		19.6		3.6		20.7		6.7		23.7

Sex
Female	39.8	33.4	19.9		16.6		4.3		30.3		8.6		20.3
Male	50.4	22.2	32.0		23.1		3.4		8.6		4.4		28.4

Race/ethnicity²
White, non-Hispanic	38.8	22.3	23.1		16.3		5.9		20.7		7.2		26.7
Black, non-Hispanic	56.1	35.0	31.0		27.7		1.7	!	15.2		5.7		18.6
Hispanic	58.7	28.3	26.6		14.3		2.4	!	25.1		6.3		25.4
Asian, non-Hispanic	24.9	38.1	39.9		13.1	!	‡		18.8		‡		23.9
All other races, non-Hispanic	56.5	32.3	19.0		25.9		4.4!		22.9		‡		23.6

Family income in 2001
$0-20,000	65.0	32.7	27.7		20.5		3.0	!	21.0		5.3		22.4
$20,001-50,000	53.7	26.7	25.4		20.5		4.0		22.7		6.9		20.6
$50,001-100,000	36.5	25.5	22.9		16.1		3.5		19.7		7.6		30.1
$100,001 or more	18.5	20.9	29.0		18.2	!	4.8	!	13.9	!	6.9	!	27.3

Parental education³
High school or less	62.8	27.9	27.3		20.5		3.1		21.7		8.1		19.2
Some college	50.8	26.4	21.3		18.7		5.1		22.0		6.4		26.5
Bachelor's degree	31.5	24.9	27.3		20.2		2.8	!	17.9		2.7	!	29.0
Graduate/professional degree	20.5	29.5	35.3		17.2		4.6		10.9		4.5	!	27.5

Native language⁴
English	43.8	26.5	24.9		19.7		4.3		20.4		6.6		24.1
Non-English	51.1	28.3	30.2		16.8		2.2	!	21.5		4.2		25.2

High school sector
Public	47.3	27.5	25.6		19.4		3.4		21.4		6.7		23.5
Catholic	15.2	20.1	25.4		22.7		6.1		3.6	!	‡		34.2
Other Private	21.6	25.0	20.7		9.5	!	16.5		15.5	!	4.6		33.3

Highest math course taken in high school⁵
No math	89.5	37.8	28.0		27.4		‡		9.3	!	17.5	!	16.4
Basic math/pre-algebra	85.5	31.6	30.8		17.7		‡		23.6		6.7		20.5
Algebra I, geometry, or algebra II	58.6	26.3	23.0		21.9		4.0		23.0		5.6		22.5
Trigonometry, statistics, pre-calculus	23.8	24.9	26.2		17.6		6.6		16.3		7.9		25.5
Calculus	8.1	29.9	8.2	!	1.3	!	11.6	!	13.3	!	‡		61.0

! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error represents 30 percent or more of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards are not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error represents 50 percent or more of the estimate).
¹ Other reason includes (1) "volunteering instead of working," (2) "traumatic experience (accident, victim of crime, grieving a death)," or (3) "another reason."
² 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.
³ Parental education is the highest level of education attained by either the student’s mother or father (including guardians); or, if data are available for only one parent or guardian, the educational attainment of that parent (or guardian).
⁴ The first language the student learned to speak.
⁵ Sample members for whom no high school transcript was received are not included in the estimates.
NOTE: Totals are weighted by F2QWT and other estimates are weighted by F2BYWT. The flag variable G10COHRT was used to produce data that are based on 2002 high school sophomores interviewed in both 2002 and 2006.
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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