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The Quality Vocational Education, June 1998

Table 1.--Average number of vocational course Carnegie units and percentage of total Carnegie units spent in vocational education courses, overall and by various background characteristics
Background
Characteristics 		Number of Vocational
Carnegie Units 		Percentage of Total
Carnegie Units

Sample Size

Mean

SE

Percent

SE

Overall

14625 3.57 .0051 15.64 0.214
Male 7321 3.66 0.078 16.15 0.330
Female 7304 3.48 0.059 15.12 0.247
Asian/Pacific Islander 1003 2.98 0.176 12.56 0.724
Hispanic 1736 3.48 0.108 16.03 0.486
Black 1325 3.67 0.145 16.58 0.547
White 10392 3.59 0.063 15.55 0.265
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 148 3.27 0.312 16.13 1.223
Socioeconomic Status
Lowest quartile 2873 4.68 0.104 20.96 0.327
Second quartile 3471 4.23 0.091 18.67 0.389
Third quartile 3651 3.50 0.075 15.28 0.324
Highest quartile 4492 2.32 0.074 9.63 0.309
School Type
Public 12659 3.77 0.049 16.60 0.201
Catholic 774 1.73 0.086 6.71 0.334
Independent private 928 0.29 0.105 1.22 0.442
Other private 262 2.03 .0326 7.89 1.142
Urban 4101 2.92 0.084 12.93 0.372
Suburban 5821 3.30 0.070 14.72 0.330
Rural 4701 4.52 0.086 19.33 0.295
Region
Northeast 2669 3.40 0.171 13.59 0.598
Midwest 4014 3.92 0.093 17.61 0.420
South 4932 3.59 0.073 16.00 0.331
West 3009 3.25 0.082 14.45 0.400
Student 13864 3.59 0.053 15.44 0.219
Dropout   675 2.72 0.119 19.80 0.770
Special education 393 5.06 0.209 23.04 0.865
Bilingual 230 3.26 0.218 14.92 1.081
Gifted 1363 2.18 0.106 8.83 0.441
Mainstream

12411

 3.67 0.057 16.12 0.238

SOURCE: NELS:88 Second follow-up transcript study.

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