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_______________________________________________________________ | Planned timing of postsecondary | | attendance | |___________________________________| Student and school |Right after|A year or | No or | characteristics |high school|more after |don't know | | |graduation | | |___________|___________|___________| |1980 |1990 |1980 |1990 |1980 |1990 | __________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____| All sophomores............ 48.5 60.3 37.0 26.4 14.3 13.2 Male ................... 45.1 55.8 37.7 28.2 17.3 16.0 Female ................. 51.7 64.6 36.3 25.0 11.9 10.4 Race/ethnicity White .................. 48.4 60.3 36.0 26.1 15.6 13.7 Black .................. 51.5 62.2 38.9 25.5 9.6 12.3 Hispanic ............... 43.8 52.7 43.4 35.8 12.8 11.5 Asian .................. 73.2 78.2 24.8 14.7 2.0 7.1 American Indian......... 33.0 45.4 52.6 32.8 14.5 21.7 Test performance quartile Lowest ................. 29.9 39.4 45.5 33.6 24.6 27.0 Second ................. 36.2 51.6 44.4 32.3 19.3 16.1 Third .................. 51.6 66.8 36.4 24.9 12.0 8.2 Highest ................ 73.1 82.0 22.6 15.7 4.3 2.3 Socioeconomic status* Low .................... 31.1 40.3 44.4 34.2 24.5 25.6 Middle ................. 45.8 60.2 39.6 27.6 14.6 12.2 High ................... 71.9 82.0 23.8 15.9 4.4 2.2 Control of school Public.................. 46.3 58.2 38.3 27.6 15.4 14.2 Catholic................ 71.1 83.0 23.8 13.9 5.1 3.1 Other private........... 65.1 75.1 27.6 20.0 7.3 4.9 ______________________________________________________________*Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupation, 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.
____________________________________________________________________________ | Level of educational aspiration |_________________________________________________ | |Two years or | | Student and school |High school|less of col- | College | Postgrad- characteristics | diploma |lege or voca-| graduate | uate | or less |tional school| | degree |_____ _____|______ ______|_____ _____|_____ _____ |1980 |1990 | 1980 | 1990 |1980 |1990 |1980 |1990 __________________________|_____|_____|______|______|_____|_____|_____|_____ All sophomores............ 26.5 10.2 32.9 30.3 22.7 32.1 17.9 27.4 Male ................... 28.0 11.0 31.7 32.3 22.4 32.9 18.0 23.8 Female ................. 23.4 9.4 34.2 28.3 23.8 31.4 18.7 30.9 Race/ethnicity White .................. 25.9 9.4 33.1 29.5 23.4 33.9 17.7 27.3 Black .................. 26.3 11.1 32.7 30.2 21.8 28.2 19.2 30.5 Hispanic ............... 33.7 14.3 33.7 38.5 17.0 25.5 15.6 21.7 Asian .................. 11.7 8.2 21.5 21.7 32.4 31.4 34.3 38.7 American Indian......... 35.7 18.8 32.9 43.0 17.2 21.8 14.2 16.5 Test performance quartile Lowest ................. 47.5 21.4 33.1 46.3 11.8 19.8 7.6 12.5 Second ................. 32.3 11.8 40.5 40.7 16.7 30.5 10.5 17.0 Third .................. 18.5 5.4 37.8 26.3 26.5 38.6 17.2 29.7 Highest ................ 7.0 1.7 21.2 10.6 35.6 38.6 36.2 49.1 Socioeconomic status* Low .................... 45.1 21.4 32.8 42.1 12.9 21.6 9.1 15.0 Middle ................. 25.5 8.4 38.0 32.7 22.1 34.1 14.5 24.7 High ................... 7.4 1.5 23.3 11.9 34.6 39.1 35.7 47.5 Control of school Public.................. 28.1 10.9 33.5 32.1 21.6 31.4 16.7 25.6 Catholic................ 9.8 3.2 27.1 12.2 33.2 42.1 29.9 42.5 Other private........... 12.3 4.1 27.1 13.1 32.3 35.1 28.4 47.6 ____________________________________________________________________________
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond, Base Year Survey, "1980 Sophomore Cohort;" and National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, "First Followup" survey.