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34 Table 9 Mother's Educational Expectations by Child's Gender Gifted Students Who Dropped Out of School Males (N=103) N (%) Females (N=82) N (%) Complete some high school 3 (2.6) 1 (1.3) Graduate from high school 18 (17.8) 8 (9.2) Attend vocational, trade, business school after high school 6 (5.8) 7 (8.7) Attend college 12 (11.8) 14 (17.0) Graduate from college 18 (17.6) 28 (34.2) Continue education after college 46 (44.3) 24 (29.6) Note. N and percent are weighted values. N was rounded. Table 10 Gifted Students' Educational Aspirations by Gender Gifted Students Who Dropped Out of School Males (N=143) N (%) Females (N=94) N (%) Complete some high school 7 (5.2) 3 (3.0) Graduate from high school 47 (32.5) 27 (28.6) Attend vocational, trade, business school after high school 17 (11.6) 10 (10.6) Attend college 12 (8.5) 15 (15.8) Graduate from college 15 (10.8) 27 (29.1) Continue education after college 45 (35.6) 12 (13.0) Note. N and percent are weighted values. N was rounded. In addition to educational expectations, employment and pregnancy issues were examined. Chi-square analyses were performed to investigate differences between gifted male and female students who dropped out of school with respect to employment and
35 having children. A significant difference was found between gifted male and female students who dropped out of school with respect to having children, χ 2 (2, N=233)=17.36, p
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Page 71 and 72: 47 References Ascher, C., & Schwart
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