Table 9. Percentage of 2002 high school sophomores neither enrolled in postsecondary institutions nor employed in 2006 and percentage distribution of their educational expectations in 2006, by selected student, family, and school characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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		Not enrolled in 2006
			Educational expectation in 2006
Characteristic	Percent not enrolled in postsecondary institutions in 2006	Percent not employed	High school or less		Some college	Bachelor's degree		Graduate/ professional degree		Don't know
Total	44.9	27.5	19.7		31.0	26.8		10.6		11.9

Sex
Female	39.8	33.4	21.5		32.4	24.2		10.6		11.3
Male	50.4	22.2	17.2		30.3	29.3		11.1		12.1

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	38.8	22.3	20.2		30.8	26.0		10.6		12.4
Black, non-Hispanic	56.1	35.0	18.3		35.2	26.9		12.6		7.0
Hispanic	58.7	28.3	19.3		32.6	26.8		8.0		13.3
Asian, non-Hispanic	24.9	38.1	5.5	!	34.8	30.9		17.5		11.4
All other races, non-Hispanic	65.5	32.3	19.3		25.5	28.4		12.5		14.3

Family income in 2001
$0-20,000	65.0	32.7	23.3		35.3	24.8		10.1		6.4
$20,001-50,000	53.7	26.7	20.4		31.7	24.4		9.0		14.6
$50,001-100,000	36.5	25.5	16.1		26.4	31.7		12.7		13.2
$100,001 or more	18.5	20.9	10.3	!	30.9	26.5		24.1		8.2

Parental education²
High school or less	62.8	27.9	25.1		32.8	22.0		7.6		12.5
Some college	53.7	26.4	16.1		33.0	28.5		11.1		11.3
Bachelor's degree	36.5	24.9	15.5		26.7	35.9		13.0		8.9
Graduate/professional degree	18.5	29.5	15.7		27.5	24.6		21.2		10.9

Native language³
English	43.8	26.5	18.6		31.9	27.1		11.1		11.3
Non-English	51.1	28.3	21.3		31.5	25.1		9.7		12.4

High school sector
Public	47.3	27.5	19.9		31.6	26.2		10.5		11.8
Catholic	15.5	20.1	4.4	!	21.5	33.0		21.0		20.2
Other Private	21.6	25.0	12.3	!	14.6	40.5		24.5		7.8

Highest math course taken in high school⁴
No math	89.5	37.8	47.5		19.5	15.3	!	‡		12.4
Basic math/pre-algebra	85.5	31.6	28.1		28.4	20.6		6.2	!	16.6
Algebra I, geometry, or algebra II	58.6	26.3	17.6		34.3	28.5		9.1		10.5
Trigonometry, statistics, pre-calculus	23.8	24.9	8.0		30.4	35.4		16.4		9.8
Calculus	8.1	29.9	‡		8.4	37.6		39.2		9.4	!

! 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 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 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).
³ The first language the student learned to speak.
⁴ 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 except for highest math course taken in high school, which is weighted by F2QTSCWT. 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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