Total number of public school teachers and the percentage distribution of public city school teachers' attitudes, by total years of full-time teaching experience: 2007

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Total number of public school teachers and the percentage distribution of public city school teachers' attitudes, by total years of full-time teaching experience: 2007–08

Teacher's attitude		Public city schools
	Total number of public school teachers	Total number of teachers		Full-time teaching experience
	Total number of public school teachers	Total number of teachers		10 years or fewer	11 years or more
Total	3,404,500	882,400		100.0	100.0

If you could go back to your college days and start over again, would you become a teacher or not?
Certainly would become a teacher	1,529,600	391,000		45.0	43.5
Probably would become a teacher	865,500	200,300		23.9	21.4
Chances about even for and against	538,000	146,100		18.3	14.7
Probably would not become a teacher	349,600	105,300		9.5	14.6
Certainly would not become a teacher	121,700	39,700		3.3	5.8

How long do you plan to remain in teaching?
As long as I am able	1,597,400	418,300		50.7	43.9
Until I am eligible for retirement benefits from this job	936,400	212,400		15.4	33.5
Until I am eligible for retirement benefits from a previous job	4,100	1,300	!	‡	‡
Until I am eligible for Social Security benefits	66,000	18,400		0.9	3.4
Until a specific life event occurs (e.g., parenthood, marriage)	107,900	26,700		5.0	0.8
Until a more desirable job opportunity comes along	138,500	45,100		7.5	2.6
Definitely plan to leave as soon as I can	40,100	12,700		1.5	1.4
Undecided at this time	514,100	147,700		19.0	14.3
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. Full-time teaching experience includes both public and private school teaching experience. City includes the urban-centric school locale codes of large, mid-size, and small cities. A large city is defined as a territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population of 250,000 or more. A mid-size city is defined as a territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000. A small city is defined as a territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population less than 100,000. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because data are not shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2007–08.

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