Table A4. Percentage distribution of parents' educational expectations for their ninth–graders in academic year 2009–10, by family structure: 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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| Size of household | |
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| Two or three |
10.8 |
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12.6 |
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26.6 |
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37.4 |
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12.6 |
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| Four or five |
8.8 |
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8.8 |
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29.9 |
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41.9 |
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10.6 |
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| Six or more |
11.5 |
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10.7 |
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28.3 |
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36.7 |
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12.8 |
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| Parent's marital status |
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| Two-parent household5 |
6.7 |
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8.5 |
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31.6 |
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43.3 |
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9.9 |
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| One-parent household6 |
12.7 |
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11.9 |
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25.3 |
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36.6 |
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13.5 |
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| No-parent household7 |
1.2 |
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14.2 |
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25.3 |
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25.8 |
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13.4 |
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| Two-parent household5 |
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| One child |
7.3 |
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9.5 |
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31.1 |
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42.9 |
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9.2 |
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| Two children |
5.7 |
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8.3 |
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32.2 |
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45.1 |
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8.9 |
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| Three or four children |
6.2 |
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7.4 |
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31.2 |
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43.2 |
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11.9 |
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| Five or more children |
7.9 |
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10.1 |
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32.4 |
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36.1 |
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13.4 |
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| One-parent household6 |
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| One child |
13.4 |
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12.8 |
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27.0 |
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34.5 |
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12.4 |
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| Two children |
11.2 |
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12.3 |
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24.8 |
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36.8 |
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14.9 |
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| Three or four children |
12.5 |
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10.5 |
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24.0 |
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39.8 |
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13.1 |
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| Five or more children |
16.3 |
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12.8 |
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23.4 |
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31.5 |
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15.9 |
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| No-parent household7 |
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| One child |
17.0 |
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15.8 |
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27.4 |
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26.6 |
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13.2 |
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| Two children |
20.9 |
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12.5 |
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20.0 |
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33.9 |
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12.6 |
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| Three or four children |
21.9 |
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15.8 |
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26.5 |
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21.8 |
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14.0 |
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| Five or more children |
37.8 |
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8.3 |
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34.0 |
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10.4 |
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9.5 |
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| Number of older siblings |
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| None |
7.8 |
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9.7 |
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28.3 |
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43.2 |
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11.1 |
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| One or more |
10.4 |
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10.2 |
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29.3 |
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38.6 |
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11.6 |
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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 Student lives with two biological or adoptive parents. |
| 6 Student lives with only one biological or adoptive parent, with or without a partner or guardian. |
| 7 Student does not live with a biological or adoptive parent. |
| 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. |
