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Table B.2 (continued)Characteristic (%)FullSample Respondents NonrespondentsDate of high school graduation/GED receiptDuring the past year 13.0 12.9 14.2Between 1 and 5 years ago 29.4 28.6 35.0More than 5 years ago 57.6 58.5 50.8Main reason for enrolling in college dTo complete a certificate program 11.1 10.7 14.5To obtain an associate’s degree 56.1 56.4 53.7To transfer to a 4-year college/university 19.7 19.1 23.8To obtain/update job skills 10.0 10.1 9.1Other 5.6 6.0 3.1First person in family to attend college 37.2 38.5 27.7 **Completed any college courses/credits 43.3 42.9 46.4Working personal computer in home 65.7 66.2 62.2Owns or has access to a working car 90.5 91.3 84.7 **Language other than English spoken regularly in home 10.8 10.1 16.0 *U.S. citizen 98.8 99.1 96.1 **Region in which student was bornNorth America 96.7 97.5 91.0 ***Asia 0.1 0.1 0.0Latin America and the Caribbean 2.0 1.7 4.7 **Other e 1.1 0.7 4.2 ***Region in which student’s mother was born fNorth America 91.8 92.4 87.5 *Asia 0.3 0.4 0.1Latin America and the Caribbean 5.6 5.3 7.3Other e 2.3 1.9 5.1 **Sample size 888 781 107(continued)89