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Appendix Table A.1 (continued)Full Program ControlCharacteristic Sample Group GroupFinancially dependent on parents (%) 17.6 17.9 17.2Ever employed (%) 98.3 98.9 97.7 **Currently employed (%) 55.9 55.7 56.2Highest grade completed (%)8th or lower 1.4 1.4 1.49th 3.8 3.9 3.710th 5.8 5.6 6.011th 8.5 8.0 8.912th 80.5 81.1 79.9Diplomas/degrees earned d (%)High school diploma 75.7 75.4 76.0General Educational Development (GED) certificate 22.9 22.5 23.2Occupational/technical certificate 10.8 11.5 10.1Date of high school graduation/GED certificate receipt (%)During the past year 21.5 21.6 21.3Between 1 and 5 years ago 31.3 30.4 32.3More than 5 years ago 47.2 48.0 46.4Main reason for enrolling in college d (%)To complete a certificate program 9.8 10.6 8.9To obtain an associate’s degree 49.0 47.4 50.7To transfer to a 4-year college/university 24.4 24.7 24.1To obtain/update job skills 12.5 12.6 12.4Other 7.2 7.3 7.1Completed any college courses/credits (%) 43.6 45.1 42.1Among those who completed any college courses/credits,average number of courses completed 3.7 3.8 3.5First person in family to attend college (%) 35.9 35.8 36.0Working personal computer in home (%) 64.2 65.1 63.4Owns or has access to a working car (%) 88.3 89.1 87.5Language other than English spoken regularly in home (%) 8.1 9.9 6.3 ***U.S. citizen (%) 98.8 98.6 99.1Region in which respondent was born (%)North America 96.9 96.0 97.9 **Asia 0.4 0.6 0.3Latin America and the Caribbean 1.0 1.0 1.1Other e 1.6 2.5 0.8 ***(continued)71