Table C8. Percentage of 2009 9th-grade students who applied to or registered at a college by February 2016, by students' most influential person on thinking about postsecondary education in 2012 and 2013 (HSLS:09)

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

Characteristic	Applied to or registered at a college by February 2016	Never applied to or registered at a college by February 2016
Total	87.0	13.0

Most influential person on thinking about education after high school in 2012
Coach or scout	92.5	7.5	!
Self	90.3	9.7
Parents	88.8	11.2
Teacher	84.9	15.1
Another family member	84.1	15.9
High school counselor	83.5	16.5
Friends	80.5	19.5
Counselor hired to help prepare for college admission	68.2	‡
Military recruiter	49.1	50.9
Employer	72.6	27.4	!

Most influential person on thinking about education after high school in 2013
Coach or scout	93.7	6.3	!!
Self	87.5	12.5
Parents	90.9	9.1
Teacher	87.2	12.8
Another family member	81.1	18.9
High school counselor	88.2	11.8
Friends	77.1	22.9
Counselor hired to help prepare for college admission	98.5	‡
Military recruiter	46.8	53.2
Employer	‡	‡
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Students who responded they did not know who or no one in particular was the most influential person to their thinking about postsecondary were excluded. The names of the variables used in this table are: S2CLGINFLU, S3CLGINFLU and X4EVRAPPCLG. Wording for the question can be viewed here: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/hsls09/pdf/2012_student.pdf. The weight variable used in this table is W4W1W2W3STU.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) Second Follow-Up.

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