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1. Of fall 2009 ninth-graders who graduated from high school, what percentage of students or their parents reported completing a FAFSA? 4
2. What were the reasons that students or their parents cited for not completing a FAFSA, overall and by postsecondary enrollment? 6
3. Did the reasons that students or their parents reported that they did not fill out the FAFSA vary by student, family, or school characteristics? 8
REFERENCES 19
APPENDIX A. DATA TABLES WITH STANDARD ERRORS 20
Table A-1. Percentage distribution of fall 2009 ninth-graders, by completion status of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA) and student, family, and school characteristics: 2013 20
Table A-2. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders without a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), by reasons for not completing a FAFSA and student, family, and school characteristics: 2013 21
Table A-3. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders without a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), who did not complete a FAFSA because they or their family thought they would not qualify for financial aid, by the reasons why they thought they would not qualify: 2013 22
Figure 1. Percentage distribution of fall 2009 ninth-graders, by completion status of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA): 2013 4
Figure 2. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders who did not complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), by socioeconomic status: 2013 5
Figure 3. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders who did not complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), by parents' highest education: 2013 5
Figure 4. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders without a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), by reasons for not completing a FAFSA: 2013 6
Figure 5. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders without a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), by reasons for not completing a FAFSA and postsecondary enrollment: 2013 7
Figure 6. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders without a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), whose reason for not completing a FAFSA was because they or their family could afford school or college without financial aid, by race/ethnicity: 2013 8
Figure 7. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders without a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), whose reason for not completing a FAFSA was because they or their family did not have enough information about how to complete it, by parents' highest education: 2013 9
Figure 8. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders without a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), whose reason for not completing a FAFSA was because they or their family did not have enough information about how to complete it, by race/ethnicity: 2013 10
Figure 9. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders without a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), whose reason for not completing a FAFSA was because they or their family thought they may be ineligible or may not qualify, by socioeconomic status: 2013 11
Figure 10. Percentage of fall 2009 ninth-graders without a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA), who did not complete a FAFSA because they or their family thought they would not qualify for financial aid, by the reasons why they thought they would not qualify: 2013 12