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| | Instructional | Size of school | Metropolitan status | Percent of students eligible for
| All | level\1\ | enrollment | | free or reduced-price lunch\2\
Schools, computers, | public |_____________________|______________________________|_________________________________________________|_____________________________________________
instructional rooms, | schools | Elemen-| Secondary| Less | 300 |1,000 | City | Urban | Town | Rural | Less | 35 to 49 | 50 to 74 | 75
and access | | tary | | than | to | | | fringe | | | than 35 | percent | percent | percent
| | | | 300 | 999 | | | | | | percent | | | or more
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_________________________|___________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|_________|_____________|____________|____________|_________|____________|____________|_________
Estimated total | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
number of schools | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1995 ....................| 77,853| 57,705| 18,083| 20,673| 50,044| 7,136| 17,906| 18,464| 19,539| 21,944| 37,450| 13,627| 12,808| 13,166
1997 ....................| 79,125| 59,695| 19,430| 20,540| 51,169| 7,416| 21,071| 23,419| 12,637| 21,998| 37,525| 12,250| 16,302| 12,864
1998 ....................| 78,791| 59,173| 19,193| 20,095| 50,655| 8,041| 20,698| 26,265| 11,306| 20,522| 38,156| 12,088| 13,967| 14,541
1999 ....................| 78,399| 59,575| 17,110| 20,018| 50,389| 7,992| 21,034| 26,245| 11,235| 19,885| 35,653| 13,908| 16,099| 11,993
2000 ....................| 80,127| 59,782| 18,414| 20,067| 51,887| 8,173| 21,115| 26,584| 11,879| 20,550| 36,563| 12,414| 17,030| 13,912
2001 ....................| 81,066| 61,640| 17,627| 20,665| 51,968| 8,433| 17,997| 26,260| 10,180| 26,628| 34,928| 14,753| 16,627| 14,710
2002 ....................| 82,036| 62,134| 17,608| 21,429| 51,876| 8,731| 18,550| 26,431| 10,774| 26,280| 34,989| 13,243| 19,040| 14,765
2003 ....................| 82,232| 62,298| 17,889| 21,623| 51,952| 8,657| 18,803| 26,485| 10,597| 26,347| 32,501| 14,869| 18,577| 16,285
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1998 (standard error) ...| (333)| (293)| (220)| (479)| (467)| (165)| (88)| (98)| (182)| (273)| (1,530)| (1,185)| (991)| (1,263)
1999 (standard error) ...| (665)| (722)| (521)| (1,263)| (681)| (291)| (605)| (514)| (343)| (506)| (1,211)| (977)| (1,067)| (949)
2000 (standard error) ...| (650)| (569)| (359)| (697)| (206)| (217)| (1,380)| (1,746)| (1,323)| (1,478)| (1,215)| (792)| (1,071)| (923)
2001 (standard error) ...| (492)| (527)| (414)| (589)| (274)| (139)| (1,416)| (1,002)| (746)| (1,087)| (1,191)| (1,203)| (995)| (814)
2002 (standard error) ...| (780)| (647)| (371)| (761)| (253)| (145)| (963)| (922)| (1,080)| (1,289)| (1,194)| (1,050)| (1,134)| (862)
2003 (standard error) ...| (763)| (759)| (396)| (697)| (448)| (154)| (1,160)| (1,060)| (1,098)| (1,422)| (1,381)| (1,111)| (1,095)| (999)
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Percent of schools | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
having access to the | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Internet | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1994 ....................| 35| 30| 49| 30| 35| 58| 40| 38| 29| 35| 39| 35| 32| 18
1995 ....................| 50| 46| 65| 39| 52| 69| 47| 59| 47| 48| 60| 48| 41| 31
1996 ....................| 65| 61| 77| 57| 66| 80| 64| 75| 61| 60| 74| 59| 53| 53
1997 ....................| 78| 75| 89| 75| 78| 89| 74| 78| 84| 79| 86| 81| 71| 62
1998 ....................| 89| 88| 94| 87| 89| 95| 92| 85| 90| 92| 92| 93| 88| 79
1999 ....................| 95| 94| 98| 96| 94| 96| 93| 96| 94| 96| 95| 98| 96| 89
2000 ....................| 98| 97|\3\ 100| 96| 98| 99| 96| 98| 98| 99| 99| 99| 97| 94
2001 ....................| 99| 99|\3\ 100| 99| 99|\3\ 100| 97| 99|\3\ 100|\3\ 100| 99|\3\ 100| 99| 97
2002 ....................| 99| 99|\3\ 100| 99|\3\ 100|\3\ 100| 99|\3\ 100| 98| 98| 98|\3\ 100|\3\ 100| 99
2003 ....................|\3\ 100|\3\ 100| 100| 100|\3\ 100| 100| 100|\3\ 100| 100| 100| 100| 100| 100| 99
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1998 (standard error) ...| (1.3)| (1.6)| (2.1)| (3.4)| (1.4)| (2)| (2)| (2.8)| (3.2)| (3.4)| (2.0)| (2.2)| (3.0)| (3.7)
1999 (standard error) ...| (0.8)| (1.0)| (0.8)| (1.5)| (1.0)| (2)| (2)| (1.2)| (2.5)| (1.4)| (1.1)| (0.9)| (1.7)| (3.1)
2000 (standard error) ...| (0.5)| (0.7)| (0.2)| (1.7)| (0.5)| (1)| (1)| (1.2)| (1.2)| (0.9)| (0.7)| (0.7)| (1.3)| (1.7)
2001 (standard error) ...| (0.3)| (0.4)| (0.2)| (1.0)| (0.4)| (\4\) | (1)| (0.5)| (\4\) | (0.1)| (0.6)| (\4\) | (0.5)| (1.1)
2002 (standard error) ...| (0.5)| (0.6)| (0.5)| (1.7)| (0.2)| (\4\) | (1)| (\4\) | (2.2)| (1.0)| (1.0)| (\4\) | (\4\) | (0.9)
2003 (standard error) ...| (0.2)| (0.2)| (†) | (†) | (0.2)| (†) | (†) | (0.5)| (†) | (†) | (†) | (†) | (†) | (0.8)
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Number of computers for | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
instructional purpo- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ses in thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1995\5\ .................| 5,621| 3,453| 2,021| 850| 3,600| 1,171| 1,497| 1,526| 1,404| 1,195| 2,905| 806| 950| 882
1997 ....................| 5,959| 3,701| 2,258| 839| 3,767| 1,353| 1,727| 2,084| 934| 1,214| 3,154| 886| 1,013| 890
1998 ....................| 7,111| 4,519| 2,549| 952| 4,414| 1,744| 2,148| 2,606| 1,047| 1,311| 3,630| 1,105| 1,127| 1,235
1999 ....................| 7,806| 4,923| 2,728| 1,021| 4,952| 1,834| 2,320| 2,975| 1,022| 1,489| 3,900| 1,245| 1,429| 1,170
2000 ....................| 8,776| 5,296| 3,271| 1,135| 5,524| 2,117| 2,537| 3,396| 1,155| 1,689| 4,394| 1,373| 1,606| 1,384
2001 ....................| 10,058| 6,165| 3,654| 1,085| 6,273| 2,700| 2,685| 3,791| 1,134| 2,448| 4,781| 1,707| 1,862| 1,698
2002 ....................| 10,711| 6,775| 3,705| 1,347| 6,533| 2,831| 2,662| 4,043| 1,320| 2,686| 4,982| 1,673| 2,265| 1,792
2003 ....................| 11,180| 6,879| 4,087| 1,275| 6,709| 3,196| 2,825| 4,188| 1,357| 2,810| 5,049| 1,923| 2,248| 1,960
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1998 (standard error) ...| (183)| (145)| (94)| (53)| (136)| (106)| (74)| (129)| (58)| (77)| (198)| (114)| (89)| (155)
1999 (standard error) ...| (147)| (114)| (103)| (76)| (127)| (101)| (113)| (121)| (50)| (75)| (152)| (115)| (116)| (98)
2000 (standard error) ...| (174)| (149)| (113)| (73)| (121)| (103)| (179)| (213)| (132)| (131)| (147)| (93)| (112)| (107)
2001 (standard error) ...| (180)| (165)| (98)| (57)| (140)| (85)| (192)| (168)| (78)| (142)| (206)| (120)| (132)| (117)
2002 (standard error) ...| (237)| (187)| (105)| (101)| (181)| (101)| (158)| (173)| (172)| (164)| (170)| (172)| (137)| (136)
2003 (standard error) ...| (265)| (234)| (115)| (77)| (179)| (118)| (163)| (177)| (139)| (220)| (252)| (165)| (139)| (110)
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Mean number of instruc- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tional computers | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
per school | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1995\5\ .................| 72| 60| 112| 41| 72| 164| 84| 83| 72| 54| 78| 59| 74| 67
1997 ....................| 75| 62| 116| 41| 74| 183| 82| 89| 74| 55| 84| 72| 62| 69
1998 ....................| 90| 76| 133| 47| 87| 217| 104| 99| 93| 64| 95| 91| 81| 85
1999 ....................| 100| 83| 159| 51| 98| 229| 110| 113| 91| 75| 109| 90| 89| 98
2000 ....................| 110| 89| 178| 57| 106| 259| 120| 128| 97| 82| 120| 111| 94| 99
2001 ....................| 124| 100| 207| 52| 121| 320| 149| 144| 111| 92| 137| 116| 112| 115
2002 ....................| 131| 109| 210| 63| 126| 324| 144| 153| 123| 102| 142| 126| 119| 122
2003 ....................| 136| 110| 228| 59| 129| 369| 150| 158| 128| 107| 155| 129| 121| 120
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1998 (standard error) ...| (2.3)| (2.4)| (4.9)| (2.6)| (2.5)| (13.0)| (3.6)| (4.9)| (5.2)| (3.6)| (3.7)| (6.1)| (4.5)| (7.7)
1999 (standard error) ...| (2.2)| (2.2)| (6.4)| (2.5)| (2.3)| (10.7)| (4.7)| (4.2)| (4.2)| (3.6)| (2.8)| (6.8)| (5.6)| (5.2)
2000 (standard error) ...| (2.0)| (2.4)| (5.3)| (3.1)| (2.3)| (9.0)| (4.9)| (4.3)| (5.6)| (3.6)| (3.4)| (5.9)| (5.7)| (5.5)
2001 (standard error) ...| (2.3)| (2.7)| (6.2)| (2.5)| (2.6)| (10.1)| (6.4)| (4.7)| (6.0)| (4.0)| (4.9)| (5.8)| (6.0)| (5.0)
2002 (standard error) ...| (2.8)| (2.9)| (6.4)| (4.1)| (3.5)| (10.8)| (6.4)| (5.2)| (9.3)| (4.5)| (4.7)| (8.5)| (5.3)| (5.9)
2003 (standard error) ...| (2.6)| (3.1)| (4.9)| (2.9)| (3.2)| (11.0)| (6.1)| (5.6)| (6.7)| (4.9)| (5.9)| (7.0)| (5.6)| (5.1)
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Number of instructional | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
computers with access | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to the Internet, in | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1995\5\ .................| 447| 232| 187| 59| 315| 73| 96| 131| 126| 94| 286| 46| 57| 36
1998 ....................| 3,569| 2,100| 1,450| 407| 2,276| 887| 1,026| 1,334| 481| 727| 2,064| 608| 439| 458
1999 ....................| 4,809| 2,773| 1,945| 663| 2,988| 1,158| 1,265| 1,887| 691| 966| 2,762| 778| 810| 428
2000 ....................| 6,759| 3,813| 2,779| 882| 4,191| 1,686| 1,782| 2,688| 955| 1,335| 3,608| 1,064| 1,215| 858
2001 ....................| 8,500| 4,936| 3,357| 874| 5,229| 2,396| 2,175| 3,178| 1,008| 2,139| 4,225| 1,447| 1,529| 1,289
2002 ....................| 9,658| 5,912| 3,525| 1,214| 5,827| 2,618| 2,329| 3,677| 1,222| 2,431| 4,586| 1,474| 2,049| 1,549
2003 ....................| 10,361| 6,225| 3,935| 1,156| 6,169| 3,036| 2,593| 3,887| 1,264| 2,616| 4,751| 1,724| 2,121| 1,726
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1998 (standard error) ...| (173)| (148)| (79)| (38)| (140)| (73)| (87)| (105)| (46)| (73)| (151)| (79)| (48)| (78)
1999 (standard error) ...| (145)| (111)| (89)| (60)| (132)| (68)| (94)| (93)| (50)| (70)| (140)| (59)| (79)| (55)
2000 (standard error) ...| (174)| (136)| (113)| (69)| (114)| (97)| (148)| (178)| (111)| (91)| (139)| (80)| (93)| (87)
2001 (standard error) ...| (176)| (144)| (92)| (61)| (139)| (89)| (164)| (150)| (74)| (137)| (196)| (105)| (114)| (101)
2002 (standard error) ...| (236)| (183)| (105)| (97)| (183)| (102)| (145)| (160)| (162)| (148)| (167)| (158)| (129)| (122)
2003 (standard error) ...| (270)| (237)| (117)| (71)| (186)| (122)| (160)| (168)| (128)| (217)| (244)| (158)| (134)| (107)
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Percent of instructional | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
computers with access | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to the Internet | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1995\5\ .................| 8| 7| 9| 7| 9| 6| 6| 9| 9| 8| 10| 6| 6| 4
1998 ....................| 50| 46| 57| 43| 52| 51| 48| 51| 46| 55| 57| 55| 39| 37
1999 ....................| 62| 56| 71| 65| 60| 63| 55| 63| 68| 65| 71| 62| 57| 37
2000 ....................| 77| 72| 85| 78| 76| 80| 70| 79| 83| 79| 82| 77| 76| 62
2001 ....................| 85| 80| 92| 81| 83| 89| 81| 84| 89| 87| 88| 85| 82| 76
2002 ....................| 90| 87| 95| 90| 89| 92| 87| 91| 93| 90| 92| 88| 90| 86
2003 ....................| 93| 90| 96| 91| 92| 95| 92| 93| 93| 93| 95| 90| 94| 88
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1998 (standard error) ...| (1.7)| (2.5)| (2.1)| (3.4)| (2.2)| (3.4)| (3.0)| (2.8)| (4.1)| (3.4)| (2.0)| (4.2)| (2.9)| (4.6)
1999 (standard error) ...| (1.4)| (1.6)| (2.4)| (3.0)| (1.7)| (3.6)| (2.6)| (2.4)| (3.1)| (2.7)| (2.2)| (3.6)| (2.8)| (3.6)
2000 (standard error) ...| (1.1)| (1.5)| (1.2)| (2.6)| (1.3)| (1.8)| (2.1)| (1.7)| (2.5)| (2.1)| (1.2)| (2.9)| (2.6)| (3.1)
2001 (standard error) ...| (0.8)| (1.2)| (0.8)| (2.8)| (1.2)| (1.4)| (2.1)| (1.5)| (2.1)| (1.3)| (1.2)| (2.0)| (2.5)| (2.2)
2002 (standard error) ...| (0.8)| (1.1)| (0.6)| (1.8)| (0.9)| (1.3)| (1.6)| (1.2)| (1.9)| (1.4)| (1.1)| (2.0)| (1.5)| (1.6)
2003 (standard error) ...| (0.6)| (0.8)| (0.8)| (1.9)| (0.8)| (1.0)| (1.0)| (1.1)| (1.6)| (1.3)| (0.8)| (2.3)| (1.0)| (1.5)
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Total number of instruc- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tional rooms,\6\ in | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1997 ....................| 2,625| 1,720| 906| 335| 1,725| 566| 830| 902| 388| 505| 1,336| 375| 462| 447
1998 ....................| 2,709| 1,772| 916| 349| 1,740| 620| 839| 981| 390| 498| 1,372| 413| 451| 471
1999 ....................| 2,811| 1,830| 926| 360| 1,805| 645| 857| 1,049| 375| 530| 1,325| 477| 541| 437
2000 ....................| 2,905| 1,864| 972| 377| 1,871| 657| 866| 1,086| 413| 541| 1,380| 465| 570| 482
2001 ....................| 2,851| 1,854| 929| 332| 1,829| 690| 726| 1,068| 339| 718| 1,299| 486| 551| 510
2002 ....................| 2,988| 2,006| 919| 396| 1,896| 696| 748| 1,101| 378| 761| 1,368| 451| 648| 520
2003 ....................| 3,004| 1,998| 952| 378| 1,919| 707| 777| 1,104| 375| 748| 1,281| 524| 626| 512
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1998 (standard error) ...| (41)| (29)| (25)| (15)| (34)| (21)| (22)| (24)| (14)| (17)| (60)| (39)| (29)| (42)
1999 (standard error) ...| (36)| (33)| (29)| (26)| (39)| (30)| (29)| (33)| (16)| (23)| (46)| (34)| (42)| (34)
2000 (standard error) ...| (35)| (28)| (24)| (22)| (23)| (23)| (56)| (61)| (47)| (39)| (46)| (28)| (36)| (29)
2001 (standard error) ...| (31)| (30)| (18)| (17)| (23)| (15)| (49)| (46)| (24)| (36)| (48)| (34)| (35)| (29)
2002 (standard error) ...| (37)| (30)| (19)| (25)| (20)| (16)| (36)| (39)| (40)| (48)| (45)| (38)| (38)| (33)
2003 (standard error) ...| (47)| (44)| (20)| (18)| (33)| (16)| (45)| (51)| (38)| (54)| (51)| (39)| (38)| (34)
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Percent of instruc- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tional rooms\6\ with | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
access to Internet | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1994 ....................| 3| 3| 4| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 3| 3| 3| 2| 4| 2
1995 ....................| 8| 8| 8| 9| 8| 4| 6| 8| 8| 8| 9| 6| 6| 3
1996 ....................| 14| 13| 16| 15| 13| 16| 12| 16| 14| 14| 17| 12| 11| 5
1997 ....................| 27| 24| 32| 27| 28| 25| 20| 29| 34| 30| 33| 33| 20| 14
1998 ....................| 51| 51| 52| 54| 53| 45| 47| 50| 55| 57| 57| 60| 41| 38
1999 ....................| 64| 62| 67| 71| 64| 58| 52| 67| 72| 71| 73| 69| 61| 38
2000 ....................| 77| 76| 79| 83| 78| 70| 66| 78| 87| 85| 82| 81| 77| 60
2001 ....................| 87| 86| 88| 87| 87| 86| 82| 87| 91| 89| 90| 89| 87| 79
2002 ....................| 92| 92| 91| 91| 93| 89| 88| 92| 96| 93| 93| 90| 91| 89
2003 ....................| 93| 93| 94| 93| 93| 94| 90| 94| 97| 94| 95| 93| 94| 90
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1998 (standard error) ...| (1.8)| (2.3)| (2.1)| (3.7)| (2.2)| (3.9)| (3.2)| (2.9)| (4.0)| (3.6)| (2.4)| (5.1)| (3.9)| (4.3)
1999 (standard error) ...| (1.6)| (1.8)| (2.6)| (3.2)| (1.9)| (3.0)| (2.6)| (2.5)| (3.4)| (3.0)| (2.3)| (3.4)| (3.1)| (4.4)
2000 (standard error) ...| (1.1)| (1.5)| (1.6)| (2.8)| (1.5)| (2.2)| (2.2)| (2.0)| (2.6)| (1.7)| (1.5)| (2.9)| (2.8)| (3.3)
2001 (standard error) ...| (0.9)| (1.1)| (1.2)| (2.1)| (1.1)| (1.7)| (2.1)| (1.3)| (2.2)| (1.3)| (1.2)| (2.2)| (2.4)| (2.4)
2002 (standard error) ...| (0.6)| (0.8)| (1.0)| (1.9)| (0.7)| (1.7)| (1.6)| (0.9)| (1.1)| (1.0)| (0.8)| (2.1)| (1.4)| (1.9)
2003 (standard error) ...| (0.5)| (0.7)| (0.9)| (1.6)| (0.7)| (1.1)| (1.0)| (0.9)| (0.9)| (1.2)| (1.0)| (1.4)| (1.1)| (1.5)
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Number of public school | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
students per instruc- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tional computer with | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
access to Internet | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1998 ....................| 12.1| 13.6| 9.9| 9.1| 12.3| 13.0| 14.1| 12.4| 12.2| 8.6| 10.6| 10.9| 15.8| 16.8
1999 ....................| 9.1| 10.6| 7.0| 5.7| 9.4| 10.0| 11.4| 9.1| 8.2| 6.6| 7.6| 9.0| 10.0| 16.8
2000 ....................| 6.6| 7.8| 5.2| 3.9| 7.0| 7.2| 8.2| 6.6| 6.2| 5.0| 6.0| 6.3| 7.2| 9.1
2001 ....................| 5.4| 6.1| 4.3| 4.1| 5.6| 5.4| 5.9| 5.7| 5.0| 4.6| 4.9| 5.2| 5.6| 6.8
2002 ....................| 4.8| 5.2| 4.1| 3.1| 5.0| 5.1| 5.5| 4.9| 4.4| 4.0| 4.6| 4.5| 4.7| 5.5
2003 ....................| 4.4| 4.9| 3.8| 3.2 4.7| 4.3| 5.0| 4.6| 4.1| 3.8| 4.2| 4.4| 4.4| 5.1
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1998 (standard error) ...| (0.6)| (0.9)| (0.4)| (0.7)| (0.7)| (1.0)| (1.2)| (0.9)| (1.2)| (0.8)| (0.6)| (1.2)| (1.4)| (2.5)
1999 (standard error) ...| (0.3)| (0.4)| (0.3)| (0.4)| (0.4)| (0.6)| (0.8)| (0.4)| (0.6)| (0.4)| (0.3)| (0.4)| (0.8)| (2.2)
2000 (standard error) ...| (0.1)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.3)| (0.2)| (0.3)| (0.4)| (0.2)| (0.3)| (0.3)| (0.2)| (0.4)| (0.4)| (0.7)
2001 (standard error) ...| (0.1)| (0.2)| (0.1)| (0.3)| (0.1)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.3)| (0.1)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.3)| (0.3)
2002 (standard error) ...| (0.1)| (0.2)| (0.1)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.4)| (0.2)| (0.1)| (0.3)| (0.2)| (0.3)
2003 (standard error) ...| (0.1)| (0.2)| (0.1)| (0.2)| (0.1)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.2)| (0.1)| (0.3)| (0.2)| (0.2)
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