Table 132. | Percent of high school seniors reporting they were in general, college preparatory, and vocational programs, by student characteristics: 1982 and 1992 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | College | | General\1\ | preparatory | Vocational Student characteristics | | or academic | |-----------------|-------------------|----------------- | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992 ------------------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ------------------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|-------- All seniors...................| 35.2 | 45.3 | 37.9 | 43.0 | 26.9 | 11.7 Males......................| 38.1 | 46.3 | 36.8 | 41.8 | 25.1 | 11.9 Females....................| 32.4 | 44.2 | 38.9 | 44.2 | 28.7 | 11.6 | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | White ......................| 34.8 | 43.3 | 40.6 | 45.7 | 24.6 | 11.0 Black ......................| 35.1 | 48.9 | 33.3 | 35.6 | 31.6 | 15.4 Hispanic ...................| 37.4 | 56.4 | 24.9 | 30.6 | 37.7 | 13.1 Asian ......................| 27.5 | 40.3 | 55.9 | 50.9 | 16.6 | 8.8 American Indian.............| 55.3 | 60.8 | 19.1 | 22.6 | 25.6 | 16.7 | | | | | | Test performance quartile | | | | | | Lowest test quartile........| 42.0 | 61.5 | 12.3 | 15.2 | 45.6 | 23.3 Second test quartile........| 44.6 | 53.9 | 20.5 | 30.0 | 34.9 | 16.1 Third test quartile.........| 37.9 | 39.7 | 37.6 | 50.0 | 24.5 | 10.4 Highest test quartile.......| 18.9 | 25.4 | 73.1 | 72.0 | 8.0 | 2.6 | | | | | | Socioeconomic status\2\ | | | | | | Low quartile ...............| 40.3 | 55.6 | 20.5 | 23.2 | 39.2 | 21.2 Middle 2 quartiles .........| 36.2 | 46.0 | 36.4 | 40.9 | 27.4 | 13.1 High quartile ..............| 27.4 | 36.2 | 60.1 | 60.8 | 12.5 | 3.0 | | | | | | Control of school | | | | | | Public......................| 36.7 | 47.1 | 34.5 | 40.0 | 28.8 | 12.9 Catholic....................| 21.9 | 24.4 | 67.4 | 73.5 | 10.7 | 2.2 Other private...............| 22.1 | 33.1 | 67.6 | 65.9 | 10.3 | 1.0 | | | | | | Location of school | | | | | | Urban.......................| 32.2 | 43.3 | 37.4 | 45.5 | 30.4 | 11.2 Suburban....................| 33.6 | 45.5 | 41.4 | 44.6 | 25.0 | 9.8 Rural/nonmetropolitan area..| 39.6 | 46.5 | 32.6 | 38.6 | 27.9 | 14.9 ------------------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|-------- |
\1\Includes special education, ``other,'' and ``don't know.''
\2\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, "High School and Beyond," First Followup survey; and "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Second Followup Student survey. (This table was prepared April 1995.)
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