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Appendix Tables
Appendix table 5-21. Percentage of high school graduates earning credits in science courses, by gender: 1982, 1987, 1990, and 1994
Year of graduation and gender 1982 graduates All .......................... Male ...................... Female .................. 1987 graduates All .......................... Male ...................... Female .................. 1990 graduates All .......................... Male ...................... Female .................. 1994 graduates All .......................... Male ...................... Female ..................
AP = advanced placement NOTE: Standard errors are shown in parentheses. SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 1998. The 1994 High School Transcript Study: Comparative Data on Credits Earned and Demographics for 1994, 1990, 1987, and 1982 High School Graduates. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. See text table 5-5 in Volume 1. Science & Engineering Indicators – 2000
Any science 96.5 (0.3) 96.3 (0.3) 96.7 (0.3)
Survey science 62.1 (1.2) 63.6 (1.4) 60.8 (1.3)
Biology 76.6 (0.8) 74.5 (0.9) 78.6 (1.1)
AP/honors biology 9.7 (0.5) 9.0 (0.5) 10.3 (0.8)
Chemistry 31.1 (0.8) 32.2 (1.2) 30.2 (0.7)
AP chemistry 2.9 (0.4) 3.5 (0.5) 2.4 (0.5)
Physics 14.4 (0.5) 19.1 (1.0) 10.2 (0.4)
AP/honors physics 1.1 (0.1) 1.5 (0.2) 0.7 (0.1)
99.1 (0.2) 98.8 (0.2) 99.3 (0.1)
61.3 (3.1) 61.8 (3.0) 60.7 (3.3)
87.9 (1.0) 86.3 (1.2) 89.5 (0.8)
9.5 (0.8) 9.4 (0.8) 9.6 (0.9)
43.8 (1.1) 44.3 (1.3) 43.2 (1.2)
3.3 (0.4) 3.9 (0.5) 2.7 (0.3)
19.3 (0.9) 24.1 (1.0) 14.7 (0.9)
1.7 (0.3) 2.5 (0.4) 0.9 (0.2)
99.4 (0.1) 99.1 (0.3) 99.7 (0.1)
68.1 (1.8) 69.6 (1.9) 66.7 (1.9)
91.1 (1.0) 89.6 (1.1) 92.4 (0.9)
10.1 (1.0) 9.3 (1.0) 10.8 (1.2)
48.9 (1.3) 47.7 (1.4) 50.0 (1.3)
3.5 (0.5) 4.1 (0.5) 2.9 (0.5)
21.6 (0.8) 25.4 (0.9) 18.0 (0.9)
2.0 (0.4) 2.5 (0.5) 1.6 (0.3)
99.6 (0.1) 99.5 (0.1) 99.8 (0.1)
71.1 (1.9) 72.5 (2.0) 69.8 (2.0)
93.4 (1.0) 92.1 (1.1) 94.7 (0.9)
11.9 (0.9) 10.9 (0.9) 12.8 (1.1)
55.8 (1.0) 52.9 (1.1) 58.6 (1.2)
3.9 (0.5) 4.1 (0.6) 3.7 (0.5)
24.7 (0.9) 27.2 (1.0) 22.3 (0.9)
2.7 (0.3) 3.5 (0.4) 2.0 (0.3)