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Indicator 45. School Health Offerings

Percent of 10th graders who reported receiving information on the following topics in their current school: 1990

____________________________________________________________                        |           |           |       Student and      |Family life|   AIDS    | Alcohol or         school         |  or sex   | education | drug abuse     characteristics    | education |           | education _______________________|___________|___________|____________  Total .................       65.6        65.8         81.8   Male ................       63.1        64.5         81.0   Female ..............       68.1        67.1         82.6  Race/ethnicity   White ...............       65.1        64.9         82.4   Black ...............       66.9        69.2         81.4   Hispanic ............       66.1        64.4         79.9   Asian ...............       68.4        72.0         79.8   American Indian .....       68.0        74.2         80.8  Socioeconomic status*   Low .................       66.3        66.0         80.9   Middle ..............       65.2        66.9         82.6   High ................       65.6        63.8         82.1  Control of school   Public ..............       65.4        66.4         82.1   Catholic ............       72.3        66.4         87.4   Other private .......       59.5        49.0         68.3 ____________________________________________________________
*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, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, "First Followup" survey.

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