Figure 3. Percent of high school graduates who attend 2- or 4-year colleges, by gender
Gender	4-year college		2-year college
Gender	NLSY79	NLSY97	NLSY79	NLSY97
Men	27.9	30.7	21.3	36.2
Women	30.0	37.3	21.5	40.2
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1979 and 1997.