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                       |      |Teacher type |                           |     |Teacher type
    Characteristics    |      |_____________|      Characteristics      |     |_____________
      of teachers      |Total | Non- |Voca- |        of teachers        |Total| Non- |Voca-
                       |      |voca- |tional|                           |     |voca- |tional
                       |      |tional|      |                           |     |tional|
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    Total .............|100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |                           |     |      |
                       |______|______|______|Major field of study       |     |      |
 Sex                   |      |      |      |  Business and management .| 1.1 |  0.7 |  6.5
   Male ...............| 48.3 | 46.2 | 63.2 |  Education ...............|52.4 | 50.3 | 75.2
   Female .............| 51.7 | 53.8 | 36.8 |    Academic area .........|26.7 | 28.6 |  5.3
                       |      |      |      |      English education ...| 5.2 |  5.7 |  0.3
 Race/ethnicity        |      |      |      |      Music education  ....| 3.4 |  3.7 |  0.2
   White ..............| 88.8 | 88.9 | 88.5 |      Physical education  .| 9.1 |  9.5 |  3.8
   Black ..............|  6.0 |  5.9 |  7.1 |      Other academic area .| 9.0 |  9.7 |  1.0
   Hispanic ...........|  3.4 |  3.5 |  2.8 |    Administration  .......| 5.3 |  5.1 |  7.0
   Asian ..............|  0.9 |  0.9 |  0.8 |    General ...............| 4.5 |  4.6 |  3.3
   American Indian or  |      |      |      |    Special education .....| 6.8 |  7.3 |  1.3
     Alaska Native ....|  0.8 |  0.8 |  0.8 |    Vocational education ..| 6.5 |  3.7 | 37.2
                       |      |      |      |    Other education  ......| 7.9 |  6.7 | 21.5
 Age                   |      |      |      |  English  ................| 4.1 |  4.4 |  0.3
   Under 30 years .....|  9.8 | 10.3 |  6.4 |  Foreign language  .......| 4.7 |  5.1 |  0.1
   30 to 39 years .....| 22.1 | 22.3 | 20.8 |  Mathematics  ............| 3.2 |  3.5 |  0.6
   40 to 49 years .....| 40.7 | 40.7 | 40.6 |  Sciences  ...............| 7.8 |  8.1 |  4.3
   50 years and over ..| 27.5 | 26.8 | 32.2 |  Social sciences and      |     |      |
                       |      |      |      |    history  ..............|10.0 | 10.7 |  1.8
                       |      |      |      |  Visual and performing    |     |      |
 Highest college degree|      |      |      |    arts  .................| 2.6 |  2.7 |  1.0
   Less than a         |      |      |      |  Other ...................| 6.1 |  6.2 |  5.5
     bachelor's degree.|  1.7 |  0.5 | 10.3 |                           |     |      |
   Bachelor's degree ..| 46.6 | 47.0 | 43.5 |Age at which first began   |     |      |
   Master's degree ....| 45.4 | 46.2 | 39.8 |  to teach full-time or    |     |      |
   Education           |      |      |      |  part-time                |     |      |
     specialist .......|  5.3 |  5.2 |  5.6 |    25 or under ...........|75.7 | 75.6 | 76.5
   Doctorate or first  |      |      |      |    26 to 35 ..............|22.1 | 22.1 | 21.7
     professional .....|  1.1 |  1.1 |  0.7 |    36 to 45 ..............| 2.2 |  2.2 |  1.9
                       |      |      |      |    46 to 55 ..............| 0.1 |  0.1 |  0.0
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