| Table 150. | Tenth graders who agree or strongly agree with statements on why they go to school: 1990 |
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| Percent of 10th graders
Reason for |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
going to school | All | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic |Control of school attended
| 10th | |______________________________________| status1/ |__________________________
|graders|_____________| | | | |American|____________________| | | Other
| | Male |Female|White |Black |Hispanic|Asian | Indian | Low |Middle| High |Public|Catholic | private
___________________________|_______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|_________|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
___________________________|_______|______|______|______|______|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|_________|_________
Think subjects are | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
interesting..............| 71.0 | 70.1 | 71.9 | 68.8 | 79.1 | 74.5 | 77.3 | 81.2 | 72.8 | 68.7 | 74.9 | 70.7 | 75.5 | 71.4
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Get a feeling of | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
satisfaction............ | 76.9 | 74.2 | 79.6 | 74.8 | 85.8 | 81.3 | 79.6 | 81.6 | 78.2 | 75.3 | 79.1 | 76.3 | 81.7 | 81.3
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Nothing else to do.........| 30.3 | 33.4 | 27.3 | 30.1 | 29.0 | 31.1 | 32.4 | 31.3 | 33.2 | 30.8 | 26.5 | 30.8 | 24.2 | 28.4
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Need education to get a job| 96.6 | 95.3 | 97.8 | 96.5 | 96.7 | 96.8 | 97.1 | 93.4 | 95.4 | 96.5 | 97.7 | 96.4 | 97.8 | 98.2
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To meet friends............| 82.7 | 83.0 | 82.4 | 85.5 | 66.1 | 80.1 | 84.9 | 80.8 | 76.8 | 82.5 | 87.4 | 82.8 | 83.5 | 78.6
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Play on a team or belong | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to a club............... | 53.6 | 58.4 | 49.0 | 55.3 | 49.3 | 45.3 | 56.3 | 46.2 | 40.4 | 54.3 | 64.1 | 53.1 | 59.1 | 58.8
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Teachers care and expect | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
student to succeed...... | 74.0 | 72.6 | 75.4 | 72.4 | 81.6 | 76.0 | 74.6 | 79.4 | 75.2 | 72.8 | 75.5 | 73.2 | 80.6 | 79.6
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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 First Followup" survey. (This table was prepared February 1993.) |
