***Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94*****Table B23.�Standard errors for Table A23:  Percentage of public combined school principals who            view certain issues as serious problems in their schools, by sex, age, experience,            and race-ethnicity of principals:  1993-94**-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                      Five most frequently identified problems in public combined schools                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                  Lack of parent                                            Students come     Parent alcohol/Principal characteristics           involvement          Poverty        Student apathy   unprepared to learn    drug abuse-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total                                  1.43               1.96               1.28               1.22               0.90Sex Male                                  1.66               2.10               1.57               1.33               1.01 Female                                2.44               3.29               2.65               2.29               1.99Age Under 35                              8.61               6.20               6.31               3.91                 � 35-39                                 2.87               4.21               1.97               1.99               2.42 40-44                                 2.64               4.37               3.38               3.33               1.80 45-49                                 2.31               3.18               2.25               1.83               1.79 50-54                                 4.34               4.14               3.03               2.61               2.58 55 and over                           4.06               4.02               3.80               3.50               2.49Experience as a principal Fewer than 3 years                    3.30               3.90               3.70               3.49               1.99 3 to 9 years                          2.34               2.75               1.53               1.47               1.59 10 years or more                      2.33               2.35               1.91               1.71               1.50Race-ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native         9.44               10.75                �                  �                6.72 Asian/Pacific Islander                  �                12.32              0.00                 �                0.00 Black non-Hispanic                    5.63               4.87               5.69               5.37               2.43 White non-Hispanic                    1.51               1.96               1.21               1.06               0.94 Hispanic                              7.23               16.94                �                17.38                �-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------� Too few cases for a reliable estimate.NOTE: Problems listed are the five most frequently identified in combined schools, in order of frequency.SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey:  1993-94 (Public School Principal Questionnaire).