Percent of high school dropouts (status dropouts) among persons 16 to 24 years old, by income level, 1970 to October 1999

Table 107.

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         |Dropout   |    Dropout rate of 16- to 24-year-olds,  |Distribution of dropouts, by           |Distribution of dropouts, by
         |rate of   |        by family income quartile         |labor force status                     |  years of school completed
  Year   |16- to    |__________________________________________|_______________________________________|_______________________________
         |24-year-  |Lowest    |Middle-   |Middle-   |Highest  |      | Em-      |          |Not in    |      |Less |     |     |11 or
         |olds      |quar-     | low      |high      |quar-    |Total |ployed\1\ |Unemployed|labor     |Total |than |  9  | 10  |  12
         |          |tile      |quartile  |quartile  |tile     |      |          |          |force     |      |  9  |     |     |
_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|______|__________|__________|__________|______|_____|_____|_____|______
    1    |  2       |  3       |  4       |  5       | 6       |  7   |  8       |  9       | 10       |  11  | 12  | 13  | 14  |  15
_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|______|__________|__________|__________|______|_____|_____|_____|______
1970 ....|15.0  --- |28.0 (0.8)|21.2 (0.6)|11.7 (0.5)|5.2 (0.3)|100.0 |49.8 (1.0)|10.3 (0.6)|39.9 (1.0)|100.0 |28.5 |20.6 |26.8 | 24.0
1971 ....|14.7  --- |28.8 (0.8)|20.7 (0.6)|10.9 (0.4)|5.1 (0.3)|100.0 |49.5 (1.0)|10.9 (0.6)|39.6 (0.9)|100.0 |27.9 |21.7 |27.8 | 22.7
1972 ....|14.6 (0.3)|27.6 (0.8)|20.8 (0.6)|10.2 (0.4)|5.4 (0.3)|100.0 |51.2 (1.0)|10.2 (0.6)|38.6 (0.9)|100.0 |27.5 |20.8 |29.0 | 22.7
1973 ....|14.1 (0.3)|28.0 (0.8)|19.6 (0.6)| 9.9 (0.4)|4.9 (0.3)|100.0 |53.2 (1.0)| 9.2 (0.6)|37.5 (0.9)|100.0 |26.5 |20.9 |27.4 | 25.3
1974 ....|14.3 (0.3)| ---  --- | ---  --- | ---  --- |---  --- |100.0 |51.8 (0.9)|12.3 (0.6)|35.9 (0.9)|100.0 |25.4 |20.1 |28.7 | 25.8
         |          |          |          |          |         |      |          |          |          |      |     |     |     |
1975 ....|13.9 (0.3)|28.8 (0.8)|18.0 (0.5)|10.2 (0.4)|5.0 (0.3)|100.0 |46.0 (0.9)|15.6 (0.7)|38.4 (0.9)|100.0 |23.5 |21.1 |27.5 | 27.9
1976 ....|14.1 (0.3)|28.1 (0.7)|19.2 (0.6)|10.1 (0.4)|4.9 (0.3)|100.0 |48.8 (0.9)|16.0 (0.7)|35.2 (0.9)|100.0 |24.3 |20.1 |27.8 | 27.8
1977 ....|14.1 (0.3)|28.5 (0.7)|19.0 (0.6)|10.4 (0.4)|4.5 (0.3)|100.0 |52.9 (0.9)|13.6 (0.6)|33.6 (0.9)|100.0 |24.3 |21.7 |27.3 | 26.6
1978 ....|14.2 (0.3)|28.2 (0.7)|18.9 (0.6)|10.5 (0.4)|5.5 (0.3)|100.0 |54.3 (0.9)|12.4 (0.6)|33.3 (0.9)|100.0 |22.9 |20.2 |28.2 | 28.8
1979 ....|14.6 (0.3)|28.1 (0.7)|18.5 (0.6)|11.5 (0.4)|5.6 (0.3)|100.0 |54.0 (0.9)|12.7 (0.6)|33.3 (0.9)|100.0 |22.6 |21.0 |28.6 | 27.8
         |          |          |          |          |         |      |          |          |          |      |     |     |     |
1980 ....|14.1 (0.3)|27.0 (0.7)|18.1 (0.6)|10.7 (0.4)|5.7 (0.3)|100.0 |50.4 (0.9)|17.0 (0.7)|32.6 (0.9)|100.0 |23.6 |19.7 |29.8 | 27.0
1981 ....|13.9 (0.3)|26.4 (0.7)|17.8 (0.5)|11.1 (0.4)|5.2 (0.3)|100.0 |49.8 (0.9)|18.3 (0.7)|31.9 (0.9)|100.0 |24.3 |18.6 |30.2 | 26.9
1982 ....|13.9 (0.3)|27.2 (0.7)|18.3 (0.6)|10.2 (0.4)|4.4 (0.3)|100.0 |45.2 (1.0)|21.1 (0.8)|33.7 (0.9)|100.0 |22.9 |20.8 |28.8 | 27.6
1983 ....|13.7 (0.3)|26.5 (0.7)|17.8 (0.6)|10.5 (0.5)|4.1 (0.3)|100.0 |48.4 (1.0)|18.2 (0.8)|33.4 (0.9)|100.0 |23.0 |19.3 |28.8 | 28.8
1984 ....|13.1 (0.3)|25.9 (0.7)|16.5 (0.6)| 9.9 (0.4)|3.8 (0.3)|100.0 |49.7 (1.0)|17.3 (0.8)|32.9 (1.0)|100.0 |23.6 |21.4 |27.5 | 27.5
         |          |          |          |          |         |      |          |          |          |      |     |     |     |
1985 ....|12.6 (0.3)|27.1 (0.7)|14.7 (0.6)| 8.3 (0.4)|4.0 (0.3)|100.0 |50.1 (1.1)|17.5 (0.8)|32.4 (1.0)|100.0 |23.9 |21.0 |27.9 | 27.2
1986 ....|12.2 (0.3)|25.4 (0.7)|14.8 (0.6)| 8.0 (0.4)|3.4 (0.3)|100.0 |51.1 (1.1)|16.4 (0.8)|32.5 (1.0)|100.0 |25.4 |21.5 |25.7 | 27.4
1987 ....|12.6 (0.3)|25.5 (0.7)|16.6 (0.6)| 8.0 (0.4)|3.6 (0.3)|100.0 |52.4 (1.1)|13.6 (0.7)|34.0 (1.0)|100.0 |25.9 |20.7 |26.0 | 27.5
1988 ....|12.9 (0.3)|27.2 (0.8)|15.4 (0.6)| 8.2 (0.5)|3.4 (0.3)|100.0 |52.9 (1.2)|32.4 (1.1)|14.7 (0.8)|100.0 |28.9 |19.3 |25.1 | 26.8
1989 ....|12.6 (0.3)|25.0 (0.8)|16.2 (0.7)| 8.7 (0.5)|3.3 (0.3)|100.0 |53.2 (1.2)|13.8 (0.8)|33.0 (1.1)|100.0 |29.4 |20.8 |24.9 | 25.0
         |          |          |          |          |         |      |          |          |          |      |     |     |     |
1990 ....|12.1 (0.3)|24.3 (0.8)|15.1 (0.6)| 8.7 (0.5)|2.9 (0.3)|100.0 |52.5 (1.2)|13.3 (0.8)|34.2 (1.1)|100.0 |28.6 |20.9 |24.4 | 26.1
1991 ....|12.5 (0.3)|25.9 (0.8)|15.5 (0.6)| 7.7 (0.5)|3.0 (0.3)|100.0 |47.5 (1.2)|15.8 (0.9)|36.7 (1.1)|100.0 |28.6 |20.5 |26.1 | 24.9
1992\2\ .|11.0 (0.3)|23.4 (0.7)|12.9 (0.6)| 7.3 (0.4)|2.4 (0.2)|100.0 |47.6 (1.3)|15.0 (0.9)|37.4 (1.2)|100.0 |21.6 |17.5 |24.4 | 36.5
1993\2\ .|11.0 (0.3)|22.9 (0.7)|12.7 (0.6)| 6.6 (0.4)|2.9 (0.3)|100.0 |48.7 (1.3)|12.8 (0.8)|38.5 (1.2)|100.0 |20.5 |16.6 |24.1 | 38.8
1994\2\ .|11.4 (0.3)|20.7 (0.7)|13.7 (0.6)| 8.7 (0.5)|4.9 (0.3)|100.0 |49.5 (1.2)|13.0 (0.8)|37.5 (1.2)|100.0 |23.9 |16.2 |20.3 | 39.6
         |          |          |          |          |         |      |          |          |          |      |     |     |     |
1995\2\ .|12.0 (0.3)|23.2 (0.7)|13.8 (0.6)| 8.3 (0.5)|3.6 (0.3)|100.0 |48.9 (1.2)|14.2 (0.8)|37.0 (1.2)|100.0 |22.2 |17.0 |22.5 | 38.3
1996\2\ .|11.1 (0.3)|22.0 (0.7)|13.6 (0.6)| 7.0 (0.4)|3.2 (0.3)|100.0 |47.3 (1.3)|15.0 (0.9)|37.7 (1.2)|100.0 |20.3 |17.7 |22.6 | 39.4
1997\2\ .|11.0 (0.3)|21.8 (0.7)|13.5 (0.6)| 6.2 (0.4)|3.4 (0.3)|100.0 |53.3 (1.3)|13.2 (0.9)|33.5 (1.2)|100.0 |19.9 |15.7 |22.3 | 42.1
1998\2\ .|11.8 (0.3)|22.3 (0.7)|14.9 (0.6)| 7.7 (0.5)|3.5 (0.3)|100.0 |55.1 (1.2)|10.3 (0.7)|34.6 (1.2)|100.0 |21.0 |14.9 |21.4 | 42.6
1999\2\ .|11.2 (0.3)|21.0 (0.7)|14.3 (0.6)| 7.4 (0.4)|3.9 (0.3)|100.0 |55.6 (1.2)|10.0 (0.7)|34.4 (1.2)|100.0 |22.2 |16.3 |22.5 | 39.0
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---Not Available.
\1\Includes persons employed, but not currently working.
\2\Data may not be comparable with figures for earlier years because of changes in data collection procedures.

NOTE: "Status" dropouts are 16- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and who have not completed a high school program, regardless of when they left school. People who have received GED credentials are counted as high school completers. Data are based on sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared December 2000.)

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