Table D17. Percentage distribution of academic year 2009-10 ninth-grade male and female students, by years of planned high school science and students' perceptions of gender abilities: 2009

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

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	Males							Females
		Years of planned high school science							Years of planned high school science
Students' perceptions of gender abilities	Percent of all males	One year		Two years	Three years	Four or more years		Percent of all females	One year		Two years		Three years	Four or more years
Total	100.0	7.1		16.8	33.3	42.9		100.0	5.2		15.3		32.0	47.5

How do males and females compare in. . .


English or language arts
Females are much better	17.6	9.6		17.9	33.3	39.2		17.3	6.7		18.1		31.3	43.9
Females are somewhat better	21.7	4.2		15.3	33.2	47.3		24.2	4.4		11.0		32.4	52.2
Females and males are the same	54.0	6.4		16.9	33.6	43.1		56.6	4.8		16.0		32.0	47.2
Males are somewhat better	3.3	16.9	!	19.1	27.9	36.1		1.5	8.6	!	15.9	!	33.5	42.0
Males are much better	3.4	9.8		14.1	38.1	38.0	!	0.4	16.8	!	26.9	!	30.9	25.3

Math
Females are much better	9.7	14.2		23.6	29.6	32.6		9.4	8.8		15.8		31.8	43.6
Females are somewhat better	11.4	6.6		17.5	35.0	40.9		13.5	5.4		17.7		33.3	43.6
Females and males are the same	55.7	5.7		15.7	33.7	45.0		62.4	4.7		14.5		31.8	49.1
Males are somewhat better	14.7	5.9		15.9	33.3	44.9		11.9	4.3		14.0		32.8	48.9
Males are much better	8.6	8.8		15.3	34.0	41.9		2.9	8.1		19.5		28.6	43.7

Science
Females are much better	7.6	13.3		24.8	29.6	32.3		7.1	8.7		16.2		29.3	45.8
Females are somewhat better	7.3	11.1		19.8	30.5	38.6		9.6	4.3		15.0		34.4	46.3
Females and males are the same	61.8	6.0		15.7	34.0	44.3		66.3	4.4		14.6		31.5	49.5
Males are somewhat better	14.7	4.6		14.9	33.1	47.4		13.8	5.9	!	14.4		35.7	44.1
Males are much better	8.5	7.2		15.7	35.4	41.6		3.2	12.6		27.2		26.5	33.6
! 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).
NOTE:All estimates are weighted by W1STUDENT. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. The survey item on planned high school science does not include a response option for less than one year. The question on planned years of high school science includes the student's current year.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Base-Year.

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