Table A2. Percentage distribution of parents' educational expectations for their ninth–graders in academic year 2009–10, by family characteristics: 2009
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| Total | 9.7 | |
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10.1 |
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28.8 |
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39.9 |
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11.5 |
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| Parent's or guardian's race/ethnicity5
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| White, non-Hispanic |
9.2 |
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10.8 |
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33.9 |
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37.0 |
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9.3 |
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| Black, non-Hispanic |
9.1 |
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8.5 |
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20.8 |
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49.0 |
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12.6 |
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| Hispanic |
11.7 |
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9.6 |
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20.2 |
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41.5 |
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17.1 |
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| Asian, non-Hispanic |
1.6 |
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5.2 |
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30.3 |
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52.9 |
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10.0 |
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| All other races, non-Hispanic |
10.7 |
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13.6 |
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26.3 |
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36.7 |
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12.6 |
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| Parent's marital status6 |
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| Married |
8.2 |
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9.2 |
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31.2 |
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41.5 |
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10.0 |
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| Not married |
13.2 |
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12.4 |
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23.0 |
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36.4 |
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14.9 |
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| Family income in 2008 |
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| $0 - $35,000 |
16.9 |
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12.2 |
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19.7 |
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34.3 |
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17.0 |
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| $35,001 - $75,000 |
9.1 |
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12.0 |
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30.7 |
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36.8 |
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11.4 |
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| $75,001 - $115,000 |
4.9 |
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8.4 |
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36.4 |
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43.1 |
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7.3 |
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| $115,001 or more |
1.9 |
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4.1 |
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35.4 |
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53.5 |
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5.1 |
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| Parent's or guardian's education7 |
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| High school, GED, or less |
16.6 |
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12.8 |
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21.2 |
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32.4 |
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17.0 |
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| Associate's degree |
5.8 |
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13.8 |
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34.5 |
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37.2 |
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8.8 |
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| Bachelor's degree |
3.1 |
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5.7 |
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42.4 |
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43.6 |
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5.3 |
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| Graduate/professional degree |
1.9 |
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4.0 |
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27.2 |
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60.9 |
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6.0 |
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| Home language8 |
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| English |
9.3 |
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10.8 |
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31.2 |
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38.4 |
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10.3 |
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| Non-English |
9.6 |
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7.8 |
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21.6 |
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45.8 |
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15.2 |
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| ! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate. |
| 1 High school or less includes high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED). GED is an alternative path to attaining a high school credential. |
| 2 Some college includes the start or completion of an Associate's degree, or the start but not completion of a Bachelor's degree. |
| 3 Bachelor's degree also includes the start but not completion of a Master's degree. |
| 4 Graduate/professional degree includes completion of a Master's degree, as well as the start or completion of a Ph.D., M.D., law degree, or other high level professional degree. |
| 5 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. Parent's or guardian's race/ethnicity is the race/ethnicity of the interviewed parent or guardian. |
| 6 The marital status of the interviewed parent/guardian only. Not married includes divorced, separated, never married, or widowed. |
| 7 Parent's or guardian's education is the highest level of education attained by either the student’s mother, father, or guardian; if data are available for only one parent or guardian, the educational attainment of that parent or guardian. |
| 8 Home language asks whether there is a language other than English regularly spoken in the student's home. Responses of "yes" are coded as non-English. |
| NOTE: All estimates are weighted by W1PARENT. 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), Base-Year. |
