| Table 71. | Percent of vocational and nonvocational public school teachersof grades 9 to 12, by selected demographic and educationalcharacteristics: 1993-94 |
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Characteristics of teachers | Total | Non- | Voca- | Characteristics of teachers | Total | Non- | Voca-
| | voca- | tional | | | voca- | tional
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
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Total ............................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | | | |
|_________|__________|_________|Major field of study | | |
| | | | Business and management ...| 1.1 | 0.7 | 6.5
Sex | | | | Education ..................| 52.4 | 50.3 | 75.2
Male ..............................| 48.3 | 46.2 | 63.2 | Academic area ...........| 26.7 | 28.6 | 5.3
Female ............................| 51.7 | 53.8 | 36.8 | English education .....| 5.2 | 5.7 | 0.3
| | | | Music education .......| 3.4 | 3.7 | 0.2
| | | | Physical education ....| 9.1 | 9.5 | 3.8
Race/ethnicity | | | | Other academic area ...| 9.0 | 9.7 | 1.0
White .............................| 88.8 | 88.9 | 88.5 | Administration ..........| 5.3 | 5.1 | 7.0
Black .............................| 6.0 | 5.9 | 7.1 | General ..................| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.3
Hispanic ..........................| 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Special education ........| 6.8 | 7.3 | 1.3
Asian .............................| 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | Vocational education .....| 6.5 | 3.7 | 37.2
American Indian or Alaskan Native .| 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Other education .........| 7.9 | 6.7 | 21.5
| | | | English ...................| 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.3
| | | | Foreign language ..........| 4.7 | 5.1 | 0.1
Age | | | | Mathematics ...............| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0.6
Under 30 years ....................| 9.8 | 10.3 | 6.4 | Sciences ..................| 7.8 | 8.1 | 4.3
30 to 39 years ....................| 22.1 | 22.3 | 20.8 | Social sciences and history | 10.0 | 10.7 | 1.8
40 to 49 years ....................| 40.7 | 40.7 | 40.6 | Visual and performing arts | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.0
50 years and over .................| 27.5 | 26.8 | 32.2 | Other ......................| 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.5
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Highest college degree | | | |Age at which first began to | | |
Less than a bachelor's degree......| 1.7 | 0.5 | 10.3 | teach full-time or part-time| | |
Bachelor's degree .................| 46.6 | 47.0 | 43.5 | 25 or under ..............| 75.7 | 75.6 | 76.5
Master's degree ...................| 45.4 | 46.2 | 39.8 | 26 to 35 .................| 22.1 | 22.1 | 21.7
Education specialist\1\ ...........| 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 36 to 45 .................| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.9
Doctorate or first professional ...| 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 46 to 55 .................| 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0
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\1\Education specialist degrees or certificates are generally awarded for one year's work beyond the master's level. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared September 1996.)
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