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WARNING!! Potentially misleading statistics ahead!
Correlation ≠ Causality
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Expected Full-Time Lifetime Earnings Relative to High School Graduates, by Education Level
FIGURE 1.2 Page 12 Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012, Table PINC-03; calculations by the authors.
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Earnings of Top 10 Majors Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
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Earnings of Bottom 10 Majors
Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
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Median Earnings for Social Science Majors
Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
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Estimated Cumulative Full-Time Earnings (in 2011 Dollars) Net of Loan Repayment for Tuition and Fees, by Education Level FIGURE 1.3 Page 13 SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012, Table PINC-03; Baum and Ma, 2012; calculations by the authors.
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Unemployment Rates Among Individuals Ages 25 and Older, by Education Level, 1992–2012
Figure 1.9A Page 19 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013b.
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Work Satisfaction Rates Among Employed Individuals Ages 30 to 45, by Education Level, 1972–2012
FIGURE 1.10B Page 21 Source: National Opinion Research Center, 2013.
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Smoking Rates Among Individuals Ages 25 and Older, by Education Level, 1940–2012
FIGURE 1.16A Page 27 SOURCES: de Walque, 2004; National Center for Health Statistics, 2002–2013; calculations by the authors.
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Age-Adjusted Percentage Distribution of Leisure-Time Aerobic Activity Levels Among Individuals Ages 25 and Older, by Education Level, 2011 FIGURE 1.17B Page 28 SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012, Table 29.
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Understanding of Political Issues Among Individuals Ages 25 and Older, 2012
FIGURE 1.20A Page 31 SOURCE: National Opinion Research Center, 2013, 2012 Experiment Topic Module.
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Percentage of Individuals Ages 25 and Older Who Volunteered and the Median Number of Hours Volunteered, by Education Level, 2012 FIGURE 1.20B Page 31 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013c, Tables 1 and 2.
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Postsecondary Enrollment Rates of Recent High School Graduates by Family Income, 1987 to 2012
FIGURE 2.1 Page 34 SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013.
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Percentage of High School Graduates Entering Four-Year Colleges, Graduating in STEM Fields, and Employed in STEM Fields FIGURE 2.10 B Page 43 SOURCE: Salzman, Kuehn, & Lowell, 2013, Figure A.
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