Table 143. | Expected occupations of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders at age 30, by selected student and school characteristics: 1988, 1990, and 1992 [Percentage distribution] |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | 12th-graders in 1992 | | |________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 8th- | 10th- | | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic | Control of school Expected occupation at |graders| graders | | | | status\1\ | attended age 30 |in 1988| in 1990 |Total |_____________|______________________________________|____________________|_______________________ | | | | Male |Female|White |Black |Hispanic|Asian |American| Low |Middle| High |Public|Catholic| Other | | | | | | | | | | Indian | | | | | |private __________________________|_______|_________|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 __________________________|_______|_________|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______ Total ..................| 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |_______|_________|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______ Craftsperson or operator .| 4.2 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 Farmer or farm manager ...| 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | (\2\) | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 Housewife/homemaker ......| 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | (\2\) | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 Laborer or farm worker ...| 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 Military, police, or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | security officer .......| 9.6 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 2.0 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 1.7 Professional, business, or| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | managerial .............| 34.5 | 45.7 | 50.8 | 45.9 | 55.7 | 50.0 | 55.1 | 47.1 | 61.3 | 43.3 | 38.7 | 48.1 | 63.0 | 49.4 | 66.3 | 59.2 Teacher ..................| (\3\) | 4.1 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 11.1 Business owner ...........| 6.2 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 Technical ................| 6.2 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 Salesperson, clerical, or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | office worker ..........| 2.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 5.8 Service worker ...........| 4.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 Other employment .........| 17.0 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 8.0 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 11.3 Don't know or no plans ...| 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | (\2\) | 0.1 __________________________|_______|_________|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______ |
\1\Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. The "Low" SES group is
the lowest quartile; the "Middle" SES group is the middle two quartiles; and the "High" SES group is the upper quartile.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Base Year and First and Second Followup surveys. (This table was prepared March 1994.)
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