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Of the 465 respondents, 7.5 percent were freshmen, 13.1 percent sophomores, 20.4 percent juniors, 20.9 percent seniors, 29 percent graduate students, 4.3 percent law students, and 4.7 percent occasional students or other status.

Some 45 percent were in the College of Arts and Sciences, while 25.7 percent were in the College of Business, 12.5 percent in the College of Education, 9 percent in the College of Engineering, 2.8 percent in the College of Urban Studies, and 4.9 percent other or missing information.

Some 45.8 percent of students said they took classes only during the day spring semester, while 35.1 percent went nights and 19.1 percent both day and night. While 43 percent said they are part-time students, 57 percent said they were full-time students.

Some 22.3 percent of students were age 17-21, 23.6 percent age 22-25,21 percent 26-30, 10.8 percent 31-35,7.1 percent 36-40,8.7 percent 41-45,3.7 percent 46-50, and 2.8 percent age 51 or older. Some 65 percent of students in the sample are single and have never been married, while 30 percent are married, 4.3 percent separated or divorced, and .6 percent widowed. Some 27 percent said they had children living at home.

Some 86 percent work at ajob outside the home, and of these a fourth work more than 40 hours a week, another fourth 30-40 hours, a fifth 2 1-30 hours, and a fifth 11-20 hours. Only 6 percent of those with jobs worked fewer than 10 hours a week.

Some 42.2 percent of respondents are male and 57.8 percent female.

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