Private School Universe Survey (PSS) - Standard errors for Number and percentage distribution of private school teachers (headcount), by work status and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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Standard errors for number and percentage distribution of private school teachers (headcount), by work status and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table)
Selected characteristics	Total		Full time		3/4 time but less than 100%		1/2 time but less than 3/4		1/4 time but less than 1/2		Less than 1/4 time
Selected characteristics	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent
Total	3,900.4	†	2,382.4	0.36	274.2	0.05	784.1	0.12	1,476.3	0.29	242.1	0.05

NCES typology
Catholic	853.0	†	776.1	0.05	36.0	0.02	46.8	0.02	28.2	0.02	39.0	0.02
Parochial	401.6	†	375.8	0.06	15.5	0.01	27.2	0.04	3.5	0.02	3.5	0.01
Diocesan	403.5	†	358.9	0.05	22.4	0.04	37.9	0.02	2.5	0.02	13.5	0.02
Private	304.4	†	261.4	0.13	11.2	0.03	3.5	0.06	27.4	0.07	36.4	0.11

Other religious	2,966.1	†	1,015.9	0.79	143.0	0.10	759.9	0.25	1,469.3	0.69	212.8	0.13
Conservative Christian	665.4	†	450.2	0.23	33.3	0.05	95.1	0.12	66.9	0.09	232.6	0.28
Affiliated	2,571.9	†	388.7	2.36	12.6	0.23	734.7	0.65	1,466.2	2.12	25.0	0.18
Unaffiliated	930.6	†	760.8	0.32	136.1	0.22	168.1	0.26	71.7	0.13	42.8	0.10

Nonsectarian	1,928.4	†	1,686.0	0.25	215.4	0.15	129.6	0.11	121.2	0.11	108.6	0.10
Regular	1,621.1	†	1,445.4	0.24	153.0	0.15	103.8	0.15	92.7	0.15	21.8	0.04
Special emphasis	594.3	†	385.8	0.54	150.5	0.54	54.4	0.18	71.2	0.24	106.4	0.40
Special education	267.9	†	246.4	0.24	10.2	0.05	28.1	0.15	9.4	0.05	#	0.02

School level
Elementary	1,213.8	†	971.5	0.08	207.4	0.1	129.9	0.05	72.0	0.04	208.9	0.09
Secondary	419.5	†	298.6	0.19	31.2	#	136.4	0.16	64.5	0.07	46.3	0.07
Combined	3,304.2	†	1,657.3	0.96	166.4	0.1	755.0	0.32	1,471.1	0.77	103.3	0.08

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/ secondary	3,560.1	†	1,965.1	0.40	221.2	0.05	774.1	0.13	1,474.0	0.32	216.5	0.06
Montessori	354.2	†	286.0	0.61	64.7	0.51	38.4	0.25	10.3	0.14	29.3	0.25
Special program emphasis	387.1	†	317.9	0.85	13.7	0.11	38.3	0.24	57.7	0.30	89.0	0.54
Special education	416.2	†	393.0	0.23	15.2	0.05	28.4	0.14	9.4	0.06	#	0.03
Vocational/ technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Alternative	502.0	†	406.9	1.07	136.0	1.14	12.7	0.46	18.4	0.32	18.7	0.34
Early childhood	23.4	†	11.7	0.71	11.7	1.46	#	0.46	#	0.16	#	0.13

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	790.1	†	644.5	0.63	113.9	0.25	185.7	0.45	91.7	0.23	53.4	0.17
50-149	2,771.0	†	871.7	1.59	180.0	0.22	739.2	0.53	1,471.9	1.36	239.6	0.28
150-299	610.9	†	489.3	0.11	94.0	0.07	59.6	0.05	50.7	0.04	82.7	0.07
300-499	504.3	†	415.4	0.05	55.7	0.04	48.6	0.03	11.6	0.01	3.3	0.01
500-749	447.1	†	348.1	0.06	3.5	0.03	91.8	0.10	7.7	0.01	#	0.01
750 or more	1,503.8	†	1,360.9	0.09	105.8	0.11	66.2	0.13	37.8	0.05	#	0.03

Region
Northeast	577.1	†	406.4	0.07	105.8	0.07	81.6	0.03	22.9	0.03	32.5	0.02
Midwest	1,018.7	†	753.0	0.18	45.5	0.03	184.6	0.11	69.6	0.05	109.3	0.09
South	3,468.6	†	1,898.8	1.09	236.9	0.14	741.8	0.36	1,472.8	0.86	207.3	0.14
West	1,345.8	†	1,156.9	0.24	76.0	0.04	154.3	0.18	71.6	0.06	51.6	0.07

Community type
Central city	2,582.5	†	2,286.7	0.14	226.5	0.09	122.6	0.09	130.4	0.07	47.6	0.04
Urban fringe/large town	1,042.1	†	769.6	0.10	97.1	0.05	182.7	0.08	89.7	0.04	233.5	0.11
Rural/small town	2,885.8	†	837.1	1.83	109.6	0.18	743.5	0.59	1,467.7	1.54	39.2	0.16
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001-2002.

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