Table 8. Percentage of 2004–05 private school teacher movers who rated various reasons as very important or extremely important in their decision to move from their 2003–04 base year school, by selected teacher and school characteristics in the base year

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Table 8. Percentage of 2004–05 private school teacher movers who rated various reasons as very important or extremely important in their decision to move from their 2003–04 base year school, by selected teacher and school characteristics in the base year

Teacher or school characteristic in base year	New school is closer to home		Better salary or bene- fits		Higher job security		Oppor- tunity for a better teaching assign- ment (subject area or grade level)		Dissatis- faction with work- place cond- itions at previous school		Dissatis- faction with support from admin- istrators at previous school		Dissatis- faction with changes in job descrip- tion or responsi- bilities		Laid off or involun- tarily trans- ferred		Did not have enough auto- nomy over classroom at previous school		Dissatis- faction with oppor- tunities for pro- fessional develop- ment at previous school
Total¹	22.8		46.4		33.4		33.1		21.4		27.0		17.5		19.2		7.6		19.7

Teaching experience
1–3 years	27.3		52.6		31.9		34.1		26.6		31.3		20.0		15.8		10.8		21.6
4–9 years	27.0		57.1		40.8		35.6		20.0		27.2		19.1		15.3		7.8		24.3
10–19 years	18.8		32.4		35.6		36.4		19.1		27.6		15.5		29.0		3.9	!	16.1
20 years or more	6.5	!	26.1		20.1	!	20.8	!	12.0		12.9		9.7		22.9		3.0	!	9.9	!

Age
Less than 30 years	32.6		54.6		32.5		29.8		23.6		24.9		15.1		12.0		7.1		18.5
30–39 years	21.0		52.3		38.1		32.1		20.1		30.3		22.2		16.7		11.3		24.4
40–49 years	20.0		40.3		38.1		41.8		28.0		40.2		20.1		26.6		6.4		19.4
50 or more years	9.6	!	32.1		26.1		31.7		12.3		15.0		15.0		27.0		6.2	!	17.8

Base salary
Less than $30,000	23.7		51.6		31.1		32.6		21.3		22.9		16.3		16.4		6.9		21.6
$30,000–$39,999	22.5		37.4		46.3		38.2		25.7		36.3		18.5		27.9		8.8	!	16.6
$40,000 or more	16.0	!	28.2		17.9	!	24.4		11.1		35.8		24.9		18.9	!	10.6	!	12.2

Sex
Male	14.6		56.3		42.2		43.4		16.8		28.3		18.7		23.0		6.9	!	18.4
Female	24.8		43.9		31.2		30.6		22.5		26.7		17.2		18.2		7.8		20.0

Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	22.2		47.0		34.7		35.3		21.0		27.1		17.0		17.8		7.2		18.4
Black, non-Hispanic	36.2		67.1		36.9		29.9		35.3		31.7		31.7		29.8		14.3	!	29.2	!
Hispanic, single or more than one race	11.9	!	25.9		14.7	!	5.8	!	26.1	!	31.9		18.8	!	25.1	!	9.2	!	31.3
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	16.0	!	20.7	!	20.7	!	39.7		15.8	!	35.2		15.8	!	21.3	!	17.8	!	24.2	!
American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	20.6	!	15.3	!	8.1	!	8.1	!	2.1	!	2.1	!	2.1	!	#		#		#
More than one race, non-Hispanic	65.4	!	65.4	!	65.4	!	34.6	!	#		#		#		100.0		#		65.4	!

Teaching status
Full time	23.5		47.4		34.3		31.7		22.3		29.8		18.8		18.8		8.2		19.8
Part time	19.1		41.2		28.9		40.7		16.9		12.6		11.1	!	21.2		4.4		19.3

Community type
Central city	22.4		43.5		33.1		31.9		21.6		26.2		19.4		23.3		8.4		16.7
Urban fringe/large town	24.9		50.4		37.5		33.4		24.1		28.5		16.9		19.5		6.9		23.4
Rural/small town	17.1	!	41.3		21.1		35.6		12.0	!	24.3		14.3	!	7.0	!	7.6	!	16.2	!

School level
Elementary	19.6		45.8		35.7		34.6		21.8		26.4		16.1		20.6		9.1		18.3
Secondary	38.6		58.0		39.3		39.0		27.4		33.8		23.1		10.7		1.3	!	30.3
Combined	24.2		44.2		27.2		28.7		18.8		26.3		18.5		18.9		6.5	!	19.3

School enrollment
Less than 200	18.2		47.6		37.2		32.7		28.1		30.4		21.6		21.7		10.1		24.0
200–499	27.5		43.6		32.3		36.6		17.1		26.9		12.7		17.1		4.8		17.0
500–749	35.9	!	63.2		21.3	!	29.0		7.9	!	11.8	!	13.7	!	4.9	!	4.7	!	10.2	!
750 or more	18.4	!	34.8		24.5	!	22.7		9.2	!	18.4	!	16.7	!	26.3		7.3	!	11.8	!

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
Less than 15	16.9		50.0		29.4		35.1		15.5		23.5		14.1		14.2		6.1	!	12.2
15–49	18.6	!	47.4		34.9		28.1		25.4		20.4		13.9		13.2		4.4	!	14.3	!
50 or more	25.4	!	51.1		41.6		41.6		24.0		33.8		37.3		6.2	!	1.6	!	24.1
School did not parti- cipate in free or reduced-price lunch program	23.7		44.4		32.4		33.1		20.7		26.6		15.1		21.6		8.8		20.3

Percent of K–12 students who were minorities
Less than 10	22.8		43.2		26.7		31.6		15.6		21.3		15.0		18.0		4.4		13.5
10–34	21.4		44.9		39.7		32.3		21.0		29.8		18.1		21.6		9.6		21.0
35 or more	24.6		53.6		35.0		36.8		31.2		32.0		20.6		17.5		9.9		27.7

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

¹ Free or reduced price lunch program data are collected at the school level and placed on the teacher file. In cases where the sampled school did not respond, data were imputed from the Common Core of Data (CCD). In some cases, CCD data were not available for the school's free or reduced price lunch program participation. A very small number of teachers from these schools are missing data for this variable.

NOTE: Movers are teachers who were still teaching in the current school year but had moved to a different school after the base year (2003–04). Respondents were asked to rate the importance of various reasons in their decision to move from their base year school, although some reasons may be involuntary. Response choices were based on a 5-point scale, and included the following: "Not at all important," "Slightly important," "Somewhat important," "Very important," and "Extremely important."

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Private School Teacher Data File," 2003–04; Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), "Current Teacher Data File," 2004–05.

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