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Postsecondary Attainment of 1988 8th-Graders | |
Table 22-1b Percentage distribution of 1988 8th-graders according to their educational attainment, by selected student characteristics: 2000—Continued |
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#Rounds to zero. 1American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. 2The SES variable has five equally weighted, standardized components: father's education, mother's education, family income, father's occupation, and mother's occupation. 3Risk factors, measured in 8th grade, were living in a single-parent household; having a low-income family; having parents who had not graduated from high school; having an older sibling who dropped out of school; spending 3 or more hours alone at home after school per day; and having limited English proficiency. 4Quartile rankings are based on the student's mathematics achievement test score in 8th grade. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/2000), "Fourth Follow-up, 2000." |
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