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Table G2. Percentage distribution of academic year 2009-10 ninth-graders who are occupational concentrators, by race/ethnicity: 2009

         
                          Occupational1
Characteristic No   Yes  
Total 84.3   15.7  
Race/ethnicity        
White 81.9   18.1  
Black 85.7   14.3  
Hispanic2 87.4   12.6  
Asian 90.1   9.9  
American Indian/Pacific Islander3 91.7   8.3 !
Asian 85.5   14.5  
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
1Occupational concentrator indicates whether the sample member has at least 3 credits in a particular occupational concentrator. An occupational concentrator is defined as courses where the T3SSCED code value begins with the same first two digits and the values range from 10-21.
2Hispanic includes both Hispanic, no race specified and Hispanic, race specified.
3American Indiana/Pacific Islander includes Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian.
NOTE: Totals are weighted by W3HSTRANS. Totals may not fall within the range of categorical values due to missing data. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), First Follow-Up and High School Transcripts.