Standard errors for the percentage of adults ages 25–34, by employment status, educational attainment, and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1971–2004

Employment Outcomes of Young Adults by Race/Ethnicity

Table S17-1b. Standard errors for the percentage of adults ages 25–34, by employment status, educational attainment, and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1971–2004—Continued

Employment status, educational attainment, and race/ethnicity	1971	1974	1977	1980	1983	1986	1989	1992	1995	1998	2001	2004

Unemployed
Total	0.27	0.23	0.27	0.25	0.33	0.26	0.25	0.29	0.25	0.25	0.15	0.19
Less than high school	0.33	0.28	0.35	0.32	0.41	0.36	0.34	0.37	0.33	0.36	0.21	0.25
High school diploma or equivalent	0.25	0.22	0.27	0.27	0.36	0.29	0.26	0.31	0.26	0.27	0.17	0.21
Some college	0.25	0.21	0.25	0.24	0.31	0.23	0.22	0.27	0.23	0.23	0.14	0.19
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.21	0.18	0.20	0.16	0.22	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.15	0.11	0.14
Black	0.31	0.30	0.36	0.34	0.43	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.31	0.34	0.21	0.25
Less than high school	0.36	0.33	0.41	0.39	0.45	0.40	0.42	0.39	0.38	0.49	0.31	0.32
High school diploma or equivalent	0.29	0.28	0.36	0.35	0.46	0.36	0.36	0.38	0.34	0.33	0.23	0.26
Some college	0.19	0.30	0.36	0.32	0.40	0.31	0.29	0.33	0.26	0.32	0.17	0.25
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.22	0.23	0.20	0.23	0.34	0.18	0.23	0.21	0.25	0.20	0.14	0.15
White	0.26	0.21	0.25	0.23	0.31	0.24	0.22	0.27	0.22	0.22	0.14	0.18
Less than high school	0.32	0.26	0.34	0.31	0.41	0.35	0.32	0.39	0.32	0.34	0.19	0.26
High school diploma or equivalent	0.24	0.21	0.26	0.25	0.34	0.27	0.24	0.29	0.23	0.26	0.16	0.20
Some college	0.25	0.20	0.23	0.22	0.29	0.21	0.20	0.25	0.22	0.20	0.13	0.18
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.20	0.18	0.20	0.15	0.20	0.15	0.16	0.18	0.16	0.14	0.10	0.13
Hispanic	0.29	0.27	0.30	0.28	0.36	0.30	0.28	0.31	0.29	0.28	0.16	0.20
Less than high school	0.30	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.39	0.34	0.32	0.33	0.31	0.32	0.18	0.23
High school diploma or equivalent	0.27	0.25	0.28	0.23	0.35	0.29	0.25	0.35	0.29	0.26	0.15	0.19
Some college	0.31	0.20	0.30	0.31	0.30	0.27	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.14	0.20
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.28	0.28	0.22	0.24	0.24	0.22	0.26	0.20	0.22	0.21	0.16	0.15

Not in the labor force
Total	0.61	0.55	0.50	0.45	0.44	0.42	0.44	0.42	0.43	0.44	0.32	0.34
Less than high school	0.64	0.59	0.56	0.53	0.54	0.51	0.55	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.40	0.40
High school diploma or equivalent	0.62	0.57	0.52	0.47	0.46	0.42	0.45	0.42	0.43	0.45	0.33	0.35
Some college	0.60	0.53	0.48	0.43	0.41	0.40	0.41	0.39	0.41	0.42	0.31	0.33
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.53	0.45	0.41	0.37	0.35	0.34	0.35	0.35	0.33	0.36	0.28	0.29
Black	0.57	0.54	0.49	0.46	0.46	0.44	0.48	0.46	0.46	0.43	0.33	0.36
Less than high school	0.62	0.59	0.56	0.54	0.55	0.54	0.59	0.56	0.57	0.55	0.42	0.43
High school diploma or equivalent	0.53	0.53	0.47	0.44	0.45	0.43	0.48	0.45	0.46	0.45	0.35	0.37
Some college	0.54	0.44	0.42	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.39	0.39	0.40	0.40	0.29	0.35
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.47	0.37	0.34	0.32	0.29	0.26	0.29	0.31	0.29	0.30	0.23	0.26
White	0.61	0.55	0.50	0.45	0.44	0.40	0.43	0.40	0.40	0.42	0.31	0.32
Less than high school	0.65	0.59	0.56	0.52	0.53	0.49	0.54	0.52	0.52	0.54	0.40	0.39
High school diploma or equivalent	0.63	0.57	0.52	0.47	0.46	0.42	0.44	0.41	0.42	0.44	0.32	0.34
Some college	0.61	0.54	0.49	0.43	0.41	0.40	0.41	0.39	0.40	0.41	0.31	0.32
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.53	0.45	0.41	0.37	0.35	0.33	0.35	0.33	0.32	0.36	0.27	0.27
Hispanic	0.64	0.57	0.54	0.50	0.50	0.48	0.48	0.48	0.48	0.49	0.35	0.36
Less than high school	0.66	0.59	0.58	0.53	0.53	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.54	0.39	0.39
High school diploma or equivalent	0.62	0.56	0.53	0.49	0.47	0.46	0.49	0.44	0.46	0.47	0.33	0.35
Some college	0.55	0.53	0.46	0.42	0.45	0.40	0.43	0.42	0.45	0.45	0.32	0.31
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.51	0.49	0.42	0.42	0.44	0.38	0.36	0.40	0.38	0.37	0.31	0.31

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, selected years, 1971–2004, previously unpublished tabulation (December 2004).

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