ESBR	Crime	Demography	Education	Health	SSBR

CHART: Adult Literacy	Adult Literacy International comparisons of adult literacy Compared to most of the other countries assessed, United States has a greater concentration of adults at both the highest and lowest levels of literacy across the prose, document, and quantitative literacy domains.
	Provided by National Center for Education Statistics as of December 15, 1995.
CHART: Reading Achievement	Reading Achievement 4th, 8th, and 12th graders in 1994 In 1994, twelfth grade students performed more poorly in reading than their counterparts in 1992.
	Provided by National Center for Education Statistics as of April 27, 1995.
CHART: History Achievement	History Achievement 4th, 8th, and 12th graders in 1994 In a recent national assessment of history achievement, 4th grade students in the Central region outperformed those in the Southeast and West.
	Provided by National Center for Education Statistics as of November 15, 1995.
CHART: Geography Achievement	Geography Achievement 4th, 8th, and 12th graders in 1994 In a recent national assessment of geography achievement, 8th grade students in the Northeast and Central regions outperformed those in the Southeast and West.
	Provided by National Center for Education Statistics as of October 17, 1995.
CHART: Persistence in High School	Persistence in High School In 1993, the high school persistence rate for students from high income families was 11 percentage points higher than the rate for students from low income families.
	Provided by National Center for Education Statistics as of June 1, 1995.
CHART: Net Cost	Net Cost of Attending Postsecondary Education In 1992-93, undergraduates attending public 4-year colleges received average grant aid equal to 29 percent of average tuition and fees charged.
	Provided by National Center for Education Statistics as of June 1, 1995.
CHART: Core Subjects	Core Subjects High School course taking in the core subject areas Between 1982 and 1992, the percentage of high school graduates earning the recommended units in core courses increased sharply, from 13 to 47 percent.
	Provided by National Center for Education Statistics as of June 1, 1995.
CHART: Math and Science Courses	Math and Science Courses High school mathematics and science course-taking patterns High school graduates in 1992 were more likely to take mathematics courses at the level of algebra I or higher and science courses at the level of biology or higher than their counterparts in 1982.
	Provided by National Center for Education Statistics as of June 1, 1995.
CHART: Doctoral Degrees Awarded in S&E and non-S&E fields	Doctoral Degrees Awarded in Science and Engineering Fields In 1994, U.S. universities conferred 26,211 doctorate awards in science and engineering (S&E) fields, up from 25,444 in 1993.	Previous 25,444 1993	Current 26,211 1994
	Provided by National Science Foundation/SRS as of February 27, 1996.
CHART: Percent Women Among S&E Doctorate Awards	Percent of Doctorate Awards in Science & Engineering to Women The representation of women among science and engineering doctorate recipients continues to increase but varies considerably by field of study.	Previous 30.0% 1993	Current 30.2% 1994
	Provided by National Science Foundation/SRS as of February 27, 1996.
CHART: Graduate Enrollment, by Area of Study	Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering After nearly two decades of steady increases, the number of graduate students in science and engineering began to level off in the last two years.	Previous 436,436 1993	Current 433,152 1994
	Provided by National Science Foundation/SRS as of April 19, 1996.
CHART: Full-time Graduate Students, by Mechanism of Support	Percent of Full-time S&E Graduate Students Supported by Research Assistantships During the decade 1984-94, the proportion of full-time science and engineering graduate students primarily supported under research assistantships increased from one-in-four to almost one-in-three.	Previous 27.2% 1993	Current 29.9% 1994
	Provided by National Science Foundation/SRS as of April 19, 1996.

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