Table 18. Youth with disabilities' reported expectations for their future educational attainment, by disability category
Expectations1 | Learning disability | Speech/ language impairment | Mental retardation | Emotional disturbance | Hearing impairment | Visual impairment | Orthopedic impairment | Other health impairment | Autism | Traumatic brain injury | Multiple disabilities | Deaf-blindness |
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Percent / standard error | ||||||||||||
Percentage expected to: | ||||||||||||
Graduate from high school with a regular diploma | ||||||||||||
Definitely will | 87.9 | 77.0 | 73.7 | 83.7 | 85.9 | 90.9 | 81.5 | 79.9 | 77.0 | 93.1 | 70.4 | ‡ |
(3.50) | (4.92) | (7.10) | (4.47) | (7.69) | (4.67) | (5.75) | (4.78) | (8.23) | (5.84) | (9.64) | ||
Probably will | 9.0 | 21.1 | 22.5 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 21.4 | 6.8 | 24.1 | ‡ |
(3.07) | (4.77) | (6.73) | (3.68) | (6.83) | (4.41) | (5.58) | (4.27) | (8.02) | (5.80) | (9.03) | ||
Definitely or probably won't | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 5.5 | ‡ |
(1.83) | (1.64) | (3.04) | (2.87) | (4.00) | (1.69) | (1.74) | (2.62) | (2.45) | (0.73) | (4.82) | ||
Get any postsecondary education | ||||||||||||
Definitely will | 53.3 | 58.8 | 37.7 | 56.2 | 79.9 | 69.9 | 62.2 | 49.6 | 47.2 | 66.9 | 47.1 | 55.4 |
(4.34) | (4.60) | (6.25) | (4.71) | (6.36) | (5.86) | (5.86) | (4.87) | (8.44) | (9.06) | (8.42) | (11.17) | |
Probably will | 34.0 | 30.6 | 41.6 | 30.1 | 15.4 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 35.8 | 37.2 | 24.3 | 37.8 | ‡ |
(4.30) | (6.35) | (4.35) | (5.72) | (5.46) | (5.16) | (4.67) | (8.17) | (8.26) | (8.18) | (4.30) | ||
Definitely or probably won't | 12.7 | 10.6 | 20.7 | 13.7 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 8.8 | 15.1 | 19.1 |
(2.90) | (2.88) | (5.22) | (3.26) | (3.36) | (3.03) | (4.15) | (3.44) | (6.13) | (5.45) | (6.04) | (8.83) | |
Complete postsecondary vocational, technical, or trade school | ||||||||||||
Definitely will | 26.9 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 29.3 | 22.5 | 17.4 | 20.2 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 35.0 | 17.8 | ‡ |
(4.97) | (5.03) | (6.68) | (5.65) | (9.27) | (6.71) | (6.32) | (5.01) | (6.88) | (11.43) | (8.06) | ||
Probably will | 34.5 | 42.1 | 24.6 | 35.5 | 40.4 | 45.3 | 34.5 | 33.2 | 40.2 | 31.0 | 40.5 | ‡ |
(5.33) | (5.96) | (6.93) | (5.94) | (10.90) | (8.81) | (7.49) | (5.89) | (9.93) | (11.08) | (10.35) | ||
Definitely or probably won't | 38.6 | 35.5 | 53.3 | 35.2 | 37.1 | 37.3 | 45.3 | 46.8 | 46.5 | 34.0 | 41.7 | ‡ |
(5.46) | (5.77) | (8.03) | (5.93) | (10.73) | (8.56) | (7.84) | (6.25) | (10.11) | (11.35) | (10.39) | ||
Percentage expected to: | ||||||||||||
Complete 2-year college | ||||||||||||
Definitely will | 36.6 | 31.9 | 22.5 | 32.3 | 42.4 | 34.6 | 32.5 | 29.9 | 24.5 | 52.6 | 25.5 | 34.1 |
(4.16) | (4.18) | (5.18) | (4.42) | (6.31) | (6.05) | (5.56) | (4.38) | (6.69) | (9.55) | (6.69) | (8.94) | |
Probably will | 39.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 39.7 | 28.0 | 34.3 | 39.0 | 37.5 | 37.2 | 31.0 | 35.2 | ‡ |
(4.21) | (4.33) | (6.06) | (4.62) | (5.73) | (6.04) | (5.79) | (4.63) | (7.52) | (8.85) | (7.33) | ||
Definitely or probably won't | 24.4 | 31.1 | 38.5 | 28.0 | 29.6 | 31.1 | 28.5 | 32.6 | 38.3 | 16.4 | 39.4 | 34.0 |
(3.71) | (4.15) | (6.04) | (4.24) | (5.83) | (5.89) | (5.35) | (4.48) | (7.56) | (7.08) | (7.50) | (8.93) | |
Complete 4-year college | ||||||||||||
Definitely will | 25.2 | 35.2 | 16.1 | 26.8 | 47.2 | 39.0 | 38.7 | 22.6 | 20.6 | 42.9 | 24.8 | 41.8 |
(3.75) | (4.30) | (4.53) | (4.18) | (6.33) | (6.23) | (5.60) | (3.98) | (6.16) | (9.36) | (6.67) | (9.41) | |
Probably will | 38.0 | 34.7 | 35.9 | 28.0 | 32.3 | 42.2 | 27.8 | 30.3 | 33.6 | 31.9 | 21.1 | ‡ |
(4.19) | (4.29) | (5.91) | (4.24) | (5.93) | (6.31) | (5.15) | (4.37) | (7.19) | (8.82) | (6.30) | ||
Definitely or probably won't | 36.8 | 30.1 | 48.0 | 45.3 | 20.5 | 18.8 | 33.6 | 47.1 | 45.8 | 25.2 | 54.1 | 30.1 |
(4.16) | (4.13) | (6.16) | (4.70) | (5.12) | (4.99) | (5.43) | (4.75) | (7.59) | (8.21) | (7.70) | (8.75) | |
‡ Responses for items with fewer than 30 respondents are not reported. 1 Youth who have attained the outcome are included as "definitely will." SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), Wave 2 youth telephone interview/mail survey, 2003. |