***Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94*****Table A22.-Percentage of public secondary 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 secondary schools                                       -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                          Lack of parent                                                           Students comePrincipal characteristics                  involvement    Student apathy    Student alcohol use    Poverty      unprepared to learn--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Total                                       19.7             14.7                13.3            13.3                12.5Sex    Male                                        19.4             14.2                13.5            12.2                11.9    Female                                      21.6             17.3                12.4            20.0                16.2Age    Under 35                                    10.1             10.7                13.8             9.7                 5.2    35-39                                       17.5             15.3                13.5            11.5                11.7    40-44                                       19.9             16.5                13.3            14.8                12.6    45-49                                       19.7             11.7                13.5            12.2                11.3    50-54                                       21.4             17.2                13.8            13.9                14.9    55 and over                                 19.3             15.7                12.0            14.3                13.2Experience as a principal    Fewer than 3 years                          22.0             13.8                12.9            15.3                12.8    3 to 9 years                                19.8             15.1                14.5            13.7                12.5    10 years or more                            18.0             14.7                12.2            11.5                12.4Race-ethnicity    American Indian/Alaska Native               15.2              8.9                10.8            11.7                 6.5    Asian/Pacific Islander                      15.2             19.7                 7.1             5.6                 8.2    Black non-Hispanic                          35.2             18.8                 1.2            28.4                23.4    White non-Hispanic                          18.1             14.3                14.5            11.3                11.6    Hispanic                                    28.4             17.3                 8.9            35.6                15.1--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------         NOTE:  Problems listed are the five most frequently identified in secondary schools, in order of frequency.SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools andStaffing Survey:  1993-94 (Public School Principal Questionnaire).