Table 106. | Selected characteristics of 18- to 29-year-olds, by high school completion status: 1998 to 2001 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1998 | 1999 | 2000\1\ | 2001\1\ |________________________|____________________________________|______________________________________|______________________________________ Characteristic | | Com- | Com- | | Com- | Com- | | Com- | Com- | | Com- | Com- |Dropout| pleted |pleted |Dropout |pleted |pleted |Dropout |pleted |pleted |Dropout |pleted |pleted | |by GED\2| by | | by GED\2\| by | | by GED\2\| by | | by GED\2\ | by | | |diploma| | |diploma | | |diploma | | |diploma ____________________________|_______|________|_______|___________|___________|____________|____________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ____________________________|_______|________|_______|___________|___________|____________|____________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|____________ Number, in thousands .......| 5,636 | 3,321 |33,706 |5,576 (122)|3,314 (92)|33,819 (379)| 5,473 (121)|2,165 (73)|35,213 (390)| 5,463 (121)| 2,571 (80)|34,976 (388) Percentage distribution ..| 13.2 | 7.8 | 79.0 | 13.1 (0.3)| 7.8 (0.2)| 79.2 (0.3)| 12.8 (0.2)| 5.1 (0.2)| 82.2 (0.3)| 12.7 (0.2)| 6.0 (0.2)| 81.3 (0.3) |_______|________|_______|___________|___________|____________|____________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|____________ Sex ........................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0) Male .....................| 57.0 | 47.3 | 48.4 | 53.5 (1.0)| 49.6 (1.3)| 48.0 (0.4)| 54.2 (1.0)| 52.4 (1.7)| 48.0 (0.4)| 55.2 (1.0)| 49.0 (1.5)| 48.1 (0.4) Female ...................| 43.0 | 52.7 | 51.6 | 46.5 (1.0)| 50.4 (1.3)| 52.0 (0.4)| 45.8 (1.0)| 47.6 (1.7)| 52.0 (0.4)| 44.8 (1.0)| 51.0 (1.5)| 51.9 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | | Age ........................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0) 18 and 19 ................| 19.6 | 13.4 | 15.2 | 18.8 (0.8)| 13.2 (0.9)| 15.3 (0.3)| 18.5 (0.8)| 11.3 (1.0)| 15.5 (0.3)| 19.1 (0.8)| 11.1 (1.0)| 15.6 (0.3) 20 and 21 ................| 18.5 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 18.0 (0.8)| 14.0 (0.9)| 16.5 (0.3)| 18.2 (0.8)| 12.8 (1.1)| 17.3 (0.3)| 17.9 (0.8)| 16.6 (1.1)| 18.1 (0.3) 22 to 24 .................| 24.8 | 25.6 | 24.3 | 24.5 (0.9)| 25.6 (1.2)| 25.4 (0.4)| 23.9 (0.9)| 29.9 (1.5)| 25.8 (0.4)| 24.8 (0.9)| 30.1 (1.4)| 25.4 (0.4) 25 to 29 .................| 37.1 | 44.8 | 44.4 | 38.8 (1.0)| 47.2 (1.3)| 42.7 (0.4)| 39.4 (1.0)| 45.9 (1.6)| 41.4 (0.4)| 38.2 (1.0)| 42.3 (1.5)| 40.9 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity .............| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.| 100.0 (0.0) White, non-Hispanic ......| 40.0 | 67.5 | 70.6 | 39.1 (1.0)| 67.7 (1.3)| 70.2 (0.4)| 38.7 (1.0)| 67.5 (1.5)| 69.5 (0.4)| 39.2 (1.0)| 66.4 (1.4)| 68.7 (0.4) Black, non-Hispanic ......| 15.7 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 14.8 (0.8)| 14.8 (1.0)| 13.4 (0.3)| 14.8 (0.8)| 15.5 (1.3)| 13.6 (0.3)| 14.3 (0.8)| 16.9 (1.2)| 13.4 (0.3) Hispanic .................| 41.6 | 13.2 | 10.7 | 42.5 (1.2)| 12.7 (1.0)| 10.5 (0.3)| 43.0 (1.2)| 12.3 (1.2)| 10.9 (0.3)| 43.3 (1.2)| 12.8 (1.2)| 11.6 (0.3) Other ....................| 2.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 3.5 (0.4)| 4.8 (0.7)| 5.9 (0.2)| 3.5 (0.4)| 4.7 (0.8)| 6.0 (0.2)| 3.2 (0.4)| 3.9 (0.7)| 6.4 (0.2) | | | | | | | | | | | | Educational attainment .....| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0) Less than high school ....| 100.0 | † | † |100.0 (0.0)| † † | † † | 100.0 (0.0)| † † | † † | 100.0 (0.0)| † † | Completed high school ....| † | 47.1 | 38.3 | † † | 45.8 (1.3)| 37.2 (0.4)| † † | 68.9 (1.5)| 36.1 (0.4)| † † | 60.7 (1.5)| 36.6 (0.4) Some college .............| † | 36.1 | 33.8 | † † | 36.3 (1.3)| 33.8 (0.4)| † † | 20.2 (1.3)| 35.0 (0.4)| † † | 26.8 (1.3)| 35.3 (0.4) Associate degree .........| † | 6.9 | 7.2 | † † | 6.7 (0.7)| 7.5 (0.2)| † † | 5.5 (0.8)| 7.6 (0.2)| † † | 7.0 (0.8)| 7.7 (0.2) Bachelor's degree ....... | † | 8.0 | 17.1 | † † | 9.0 (0.8)| 18.1 (0.3)| † † | 4.5 (0.7)| 17.7 (0.3)| † † | 4.8 (0.7)| 17.0 (0.3) Master's or higher degree | † | 1.9 | 3.5 | † † | 2.1 (0.4)| 3.4 (0.2)| † † | 0.8 (0.3)| 3.5 (0.2)| † † | 0.7 (0.2)| 3.4 (0.1) | | | | | | | | | | | | Family income quartile .....| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0) Lowest quartile ..........| 46.3 | 27.8 | 18.5 | 42.4 (1.0)| 24.6 (1.2)| 18.7 (0.3)| 44.8 (1.0)| 29.7 (1.5)| 18.7 (0.3)| 41.7 (1.0)| 27.6 (1.4)| 19.1 (0.3) Low-middle quartile ......| 30.6 | 29.7 | 24.6 | 33.0 (1.0)| 29.0 (1.2)| 24.4 (0.4)| 29.5 (0.9)| 29.7 (1.5)| 24.8 (0.4)| 31.5 (1.0)| 28.3 (1.4)| 24.4 (0.4) High-middle quartile .....| 16.6 | 23.1 | 28.4 | 17.0 (0.8)| 28.0 (1.2)| 27.9 (0.4)| 18.2 (0.8)| 26.4 (1.5)| 28.2 (0.4)| 19.6 (0.8)| 25.5 (1.3)| 27.4 (0.4) Highest quartile .........| 6.5 | 19.3 | 28.5 | 7.7 (0.5)| 18.3 (1.0)| 29.0 (0.4)| 7.5 (0.5)| 14.2 (1.2)| 28.3 (0.4)| 7.3 (0.5)| 18.5 (1.2)| 29.1 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | | Employment status ..........| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0)| 100.0 (0.0) Employed .................| 61.6 | 71.8 | 76.0 | 60.6 (1.0)| 72.2 (1.2)| 75.6 (0.4)| 61.1 (1.0)| 71.0 (1.5)| 76.5 (0.0)| 61.1 (1.0)| 68.2 (1.4)| 73.1 (0.4) Unemployed ...............| 8.4 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 9.1 (0.6)| 7.2 (0.7)| 4.2 (0.2)| 9.8 (0.6)| 7.7 (0.9)| 3.6 (0.2)| 12.2 (0.7)| 8.8 (0.9)| 5.2 (0.2) Not in labor force .......| 30.0 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 30.3 (0.9)| 20.6 (1.1)| 20.2 (0.3)| 29.1 (0.9)| 21.3 (1.4)| 19.8 (0.3)| 26.7 (0.9)| 23.0 (1.3)| 21.7 (0.3) ____________________________|_______|________|_______|___________|___________|____________|____________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|____________ |
† Not available.
NOTE: Excludes persons still enrolled in high school. 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 (CPS), October 1998 through October 2001, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared October 2002.)
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