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Selected characteristics | | | | | | | | |
of students |1970 |1973 |1977 |1982 |1986 |1990 |1992 |1994 |1996
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| 9-year-olds
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Total ......................|225 (1.2)|220 (1.2)|220 (1.2)|221 (1.8)|224 (1.2)|229 (0.8)|231 (1.0)|231 (1.2)|230 (1.2)
Male .....................|228 (1.3)|223 (1.3)|222 (1.3)|221 (2.3)|227 (1.4)|230 (1.1)|235 (1.2)|232 (1.3)|232 (1.8)
Female ...................|223 (1.2)|218 (1.2)|218 (1.2)|221 (2.0)|221 (1.4)|227 (1.0)|227 (1.0)|230 (1.4)|228 (1.4)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ......|236 (0.9)|231 (0.9)|230 (0.9)|229 (1.9)|232 (1.2)|238 (0.8)|239 (1.0)|240 (1.3)|239 (1.4)
Black, non-Hispanic ......|179 (1.9)|177 (1.9)|175 (1.8)|187 (3.0)|196 (1.9)|196 (2.0)|200 (2.7)|201 (1.7)|201 (2.6)
Hispanic .................| --- ---| --- ---|192 (2.7)|189 (4.2)|199 (3.1)|206 (2.2)|205 (2.8)|201 (2.7)|207 (2.5)
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Parental education | | | | | | | | |
Not high school graduate .| --- ---| --- ---|199 (2.2)|198 (6.0)|204 (2.9)|210 (2.7)|217 (2.6)|211 (3.4)|215 (4.0)
Graduated high school ....| --- ---| --- ---|223 (1.4)|218 (3.3)|220 (1.5)|226 (1.7)|222 (1.9)|225 (1.4)|222 (2.5)
Some college .............| --- ---| --- ---|237 (1.5)|229 (3.2)|236 (2.6)|238 (2.1)|237 (2.4)|239 (2.8)|242 (3.9)
Graduated college ........| --- ---| --- ---|232 (1.4)|231 (2.3)|235 (1.4)|236 (1.3)|239 (1.2)|239 (1.4)|240 (1.5)
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Type of school | | | | | | | | |
Public ...................| --- ---| --- ---|218 (1.4)|220 (2.0)|223 (1.4)|228 (0.9)|229 (1.0)|230 (1.4)|229 (1.3)
Private ..................| --- ---| --- ---|235 (2.2)|232 (3.2)|233 (2.9)|237 (2.4)|240 (2.7)|242 (2.8)|238 (3.8)
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Region | | | | | | | | |
Northeast ................|230 (2.9)|222 (2.9)|224 (1.6)|222 (2.9)|228 (3.5)|231 (2.4)|234 (2.8)|235 (2.5)|235 (2.5)
Southeast ................|206 (1.6)|207 (1.6)|205 (2.9)|214 (3.6)|219 (3.1)|220 (1.9)|223 (1.7)|227 (2.2)|223 (3.4)
Central ..................|233 (3.0)|228 (3.0)|225 (2.2)|226 (3.5)|228 (2.2)|234 (1.7)|238 (1.8)|236 (2.7)|234 (2.1)
West .....................|226 (2.2)|221 (2.2)|221 (2.2)|220 (4.1)|222 (3.2)|230 (1.8)|227 (2.2)|226 (2.7)|228 (2.1)
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| 13-year-olds
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Total ......................|255 (1.1)|250 (1.1)|247 (1.1)|250 (1.3)|251 (1.4)|255 (0.9)|258 (0.8)|257 (1.0)|256 (1.0)
Male .....................|257 (1.3)|252 (1.3)|251 (1.3)|256 (1.5)|256 (1.6)|259 (1.1)|260 (1.2)|259 (1.2)|261 (1.1)
Female ...................|253 (1.2)|247 (1.2)|244 (1.2)|245 (1.3)|247 (1.5)|252 (1.1)|256 (1.0)|254 (1.2)|252 (1.3)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ......|263 (0.8)|259 (0.8)|256 (0.8)|257 (1.1)|259 (1.4)|264 (0.9)|267 (1.0)|267 (1.0)|266 (1.2)
Black, non-Hispanic ......|215 (2.4)|205 (2.4)|208 (2.4)|217 (1.3)|222 (2.5)|226 (3.1)|224 (2.7)|224 (4.2)|226 (2.2)
Hispanic .................| --- ---| --- ---|213 (1.9)|226 (3.9)|226 (3.1)|232 (2.6)|238 (2.6)|232 (2.4)|232 (2.5)
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Parental education | | | | | | | | |
Not high school graduate .| --- ---| --- ---|224 (1.3)|225 (1.9)|229 (2.7)|233 (2.1)|234 (2.9)|234 (2.5)|232 (3.2)
Graduated high school ....| --- ---| --- ---|245 (1.1)|243 (1.3)|245 (1.4)|247 (1.3)|246 (1.4)|247 (1.2)|248 (1.6)
Some college .............| --- ---| --- ---|260 (1.3)|259 (1.5)|258 (1.4)|263 (1.2)|266 (1.1)|260 (2.0)|260 (1.3)
Graduated college ........| --- ---| --- ---|266 (1.0)|264 (1.5)|264 (1.9)|268 (1.1)|269 (1.0)|269 (1.3)|266 (1.2)
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Type of school | | | | | | | | |
Public ...................| --- ---| --- ---|245 (1.2)|249 (1.4)|251 (1.4)|254 (1.1)|257 (1.0)|255 (1.1)|255 (1.1)
Private ..................| --- ---| --- ---|268 (2.1)|264 (3.2)|263 (6.4)|269 (1.8)|265 (2.4)|268 (2.6)|268 (5.0)
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Region | | | | | | | | |
Northeast ................|261 (2.2)|256 (2.2)|255 (2.3)|254 (2.1)|258 (3.1)|257 (2.7)|257 (2.2)|263 (1.7)|256 (2.9)
Southeast ................|239 (2.4)|237 (2.4)|235 (1.8)|239 (2.3)|247 (2.2)|251 (1.9)|254 (2.8)|253 (2.6)|250 (2.7)
Central ..................|262 (1.8)|256 (1.8)|254 (1.8)|254 (2.6)|249 (5.3)|260 (2.8)|263 (2.1)|261 (3.5)|266 (1.8)
West .....................|255 (1.8)|248 (1.8)|243 (2.3)|252 (2.8)|252 (2.7)|253 (2.1)|258 (1.6)|252 (2.1)|254 (1.9)
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| 17-year-olds\1\
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Total ......................|305 (1.0)|296 (1.0)|290 (1.0)|283 (1.2)|289 (1.4)|290 (1.1)|294 (1.3)|294 (1.6)|296 (1.2)
Male .....................|314 (1.2)|304 (1.2)|297 (1.2)|292 (1.4)|295 (1.9)|296 (1.3)|299 (1.7)|300 (2.0)|300 (1.7)
Female ...................|297 (1.1)|288 (1.1)|282 (1.1)|275 (1.3)|282 (1.5)|285 (1.6)|289 (1.5)|289 (1.7)|292 (1.4)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ......|312 (0.8)|304 (0.8)|298 (0.7)|293 (1.0)|298 (1.7)|301 (1.1)|304 (1.3)|306 (1.5)|307 (1.2)
Black, non-Hispanic ......|258 (1.5)|250 (1.5)|240 (1.5)|235 (1.7)|253 (2.9)|253 (4.5)|256 (3.2)|257 (3.1)|260 (2.3)
Hispanic .................| --- ---| --- ---|262 (2.2)|249 (2.3)|259 (3.8)|262 (4.4)|270 (5.6)|261 (6.7)|269 (3.0)
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Parental education | | | | | | | | |
Not high school graduate .| --- ---| --- ---|265 (1.3)|259 (2.4)|258 (3.1)|261 (2.8)|262 (3.8)|256 (4.2)|261 (3.9)
Graduated high school ....| --- ---| --- ---|284 (0.8)|275 (1.6)|277 (2.0)|276 (1.4)|280 (2.4)|279 (1.7)|282 (2.7)
Some college .............| --- ---| --- ---|296 (1.1)|290 (1.7)|295 (2.5)|297 (1.6)|296 (1.7)|295 (1.9)|297 (1.9)
Graduated college ........| --- ---| --- ---|309 (1.0)|300 (1.7)|304 (2.1)|306 (1.7)|308 (1.3)|311 (1.6)|308 (1.5)
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Type of school | | | | | | | | |
Public ...................| --- ---| --- ---|288 (1.0)|282 (1.1)|287 (1.6)|289 (1.1)|292 (1.3)|292 (1.5)|295 (1.2)
Private ..................| --- ---| --- ---|308 (2.4)|292 (2.9)|321 (10.1)|308 (6.6)|312 (3.7)|310 (4.8)|303 (5.5)
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Region | | | | | | | | |
Northeast ................|308 (2.5)|298 (2.5)|296 (2.2)|284 (2.0)|292 (4.3)|293 (3.2)|300 (2.4)|299 (4.2)|297 (3.3)
Southeast ................|287 (2.3)|283 (2.3)|276 (1.9)|276 (2.7)|284 (2.0)|284 (2.4)|283 (2.5)|288 (2.8)|287 (3.1)
Central ..................|308 (1.9)|300 (1.9)|294 (1.5)|289 (2.6)|294 (2.3)|300 (3.0)|304 (2.7)|298 (3.7)|307 (2.5)
West .....................|308 (1.7)|295 (1.7)|287 (1.5)|281 (2.7)|283 (3.8)|286 (2.3)|290 (3.8)|292 (4.1)|292 (2.2)
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