Table 144. | 1990 tenth- and 1992 twelfth-graders' attendance patterns, by selected student and school characteristics |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | All | Sex | Race/ethnicity |Socioeconomic status|Control of school attended Attendance pattern |stu- |____________|________________________________________________|____________________|________________________ |dents| | |White, non-|Black, non-| | |American| | | | | | Other | |Male |Female|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic|Asian | Indian | Low |Middle| High |Public|Catholic|private ____________________________|_____|_____|______|___________|___________|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 ____________________________|_____|_____|______|___________|___________|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|________ Percent of 10th-graders | | | | | | | | | | | | | | in 1990 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Number of days missed first | | | | | | | | | | | | | | half of current school year| | | | | | | | | | | | | | None .....................| 14.3| 17.1| 11.6| 13.0| 21.2| 12.5| 23.1| 12.0| 13.1| 15.0| 14.9| 14.0| 18.3| 15.1 1 or 2 days ..............| 23.2| 24.9| 21.5| 22.8| 27.2| 20.6| 28.6| 12.5| 20.0| 23.0| 26.6| 22.6| 26.4| 33.6 3 or 4 days ..............| 27.7| 27.1| 28.3| 28.8| 24.5| 25.0| 23.9| 33.7| 25.3| 27.6| 29.5| 27.9| 26.6| 27.7 5 or more days ...........| 34.8| 30.9| 38.7| 35.4| 27.1| 41.9| 24.4| 41.9| 41.6| 34.3| 29.0| 35.4| 28.8| 23.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Number of times late first | | | | | | | | | | | | | | half of current school year| | | | | | | | | | | | | | None .....................| 25.2| 25.4| 24.9| 27.8| 17.8| 17.8| 22.0| 18.6| 23.9| 25.7| 26.6| 25.3| 27.7| 17.9 1 or 2 days ..............| 38.2| 38.1| 38.3| 38.0| 41.1| 36.7| 39.7| 31.3| 37.4| 38.6| 38.2| 37.8| 39.8| 44.6 3 or more days ...........| 36.7| 36.6| 36.8| 34.2| 41.1| 45.5| 38.3| 50.1| 38.7| 35.7| 35.2| 36.9| 32.4| 37.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cut classes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Never or almost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | never ..................| 84.8| 83.5| 86.2| 85.8| 86.5| 75.8| 87.1| 81.4| 82.3| 84.5| 89.0| 84.0| 95.2| 90.9 At least sometimes .......| 15.2| 16.5| 13.8| 14.2| 13.5| 24.2| 12.9| 18.6| 17.7| 15.5| 11.0| 16.0| 4.8| 9.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent of 12th-graders | | | | | | | | | | | | | | in 1992 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Number of days missed first | | | | | | | | | | | | | | half of current school year| | | | | | | | | | | | | | None .....................| 8.7| 10.5| 6.9| 7.4| 15.8| 6.9| 15.6| 11.3| 8.7| 8.6| 8.8| 8.6| 10.2| 9.1 1 or 2 days ..............| 30.3| 30.8| 29.9| 29.9| 31.0| 31.6| 34.3| 22.4| 27.5| 30.8| 31.7| 30.2| 31.2| 32.7 3 to 6 days ..............| 35.0| 35.0| 35.1| 36.2| 31.2| 34.4| 27.4| 37.8| 34.0| 34.0| 37.7| 34.8| 37.5| 37.8 7 or more days ...........| 25.9| 23.7| 28.2| 26.5| 22.1| 27.1| 22.7| 28.6| 29.8| 26.6| 21.8| 26.4| 21.1| 20.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Number of times late first | | | | | | | | | | | | | | half of current school year| | | | | | | | | | | | | | None .....................| 19.0| 17.7| 20.3| 20.6| 14.0| 14.7| 16.2| 19.1| 19.7| 19.0| 18.7| 19.2| 19.5| 12.3 1 or 2 days ..............| 33.5| 32.4| 34.5| 34.4| 32.1| 28.7| 33.8| 25.3| 32.8| 34.2| 33.1| 33.0| 36.4| 37.6 3 or more days ...........| 47.6| 49.9| 45.2| 45.0| 53.9| 56.6| 50.0| 55.6| 47.5| 46.8| 48.2| 47.8| 44.1| 50.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cut classes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Never or almost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | never ..................| 75.6| 72.8| 78.4| 76.5| 77.7| 67.9| 72.7| 73.7| 76.2| 75.6| 75.4| 74.3| 87.1| 86.3 At least sometimes .......| 24.4| 27.2| 21.6| 23.5| 22.3| 32.1| 27.3| 26.3| 23.8| 24.4| 24.6| 25.7| 12.9| 13.7 ____________________________|_____|_____|______|___________|___________|________|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|________ |
NOTE: Socioeconomic status (SES) 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 and Second Followup surveys. (This table was prepared March 1994.)
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