Standard errors for the percentage of youth ages 16–19 who were neither enrolled in school nor working, by selected characteristics: Selected years, 1986

Social and Cultural Outcomes

Table S19-1. Standard errors for the percentage of youth ages 16–19 who were neither enrolled in school nor working, by selected characteristics: Selected years, 1986–2006

Characteristic	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006

Total	0.57	0.56	0.38	0.41	0.38	0.41	0.36	0.36	0.38	0.39	0.35	0.37	0.36
Sex
Male	0.76	0.72	0.50	0.53	0.50	0.54	0.50	0.46	0.53	0.55	0.49	0.52	0.49
Female	0.84	0.85	0.58	0.62	0.58	0.62	0.51	0.55	0.55	0.54	0.51	0.54	0.53

Age
16–17	0.58	0.54	0.40	0.42	0.39	0.41	0.35	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.34	0.35	0.34
18–19	0.97	0.96	0.62	0.69	0.66	0.71	0.63	0.60	0.67	0.70	0.64	0.68	0.67

Education and age
Less than high school diploma or equivalent
16–17	0.57	0.53	0.40	0.41	0.38	0.41	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.34	0.33	0.34	0.33
18–19	1.80	1.74	1.11	1.19	1.13	1.14	1.07	0.95	1.06	1.09	1.03	1.09	1.04
High school diploma or equivalent
16–17	7.75	7.26	5.39	6.23	5.21	5.99	3.90	5.37	4.40	5.84	4.78	4.19	4.87
18–19	1.11	1.11	0.71	0.83	0.79	0.88	0.75	0.78	0.85	0.92	0.81	0.86	0.87

Race/ethnicity
White	0.61	0.59	0.42	0.44	0.42	0.45	0.39	0.37	0.43	0.43	0.40	0.42	0.41
Black	1.87	1.87	1.14	1.34	1.20	1.28	1.07	1.20	1.26	1.33	1.10	1.22	1.20
Hispanic	2.45	2.52	1.65	1.56	1.41	1.45	1.30	1.25	1.19	1.22	1.14	1.20	1.09
Asian	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	1.27	1.33	1.51	1.69

Citizenship
U.S.-born	†	†	†	†	0.39	0.42	0.36	0.36	0.39	0.40	0.36	0.38	0.37
Naturalized U.S. citizen	†	†	†	†	6.62	2.78	5.03	3.53	3.24	4.52	3.22	2.98	3.83
Non-U.S. citizen	†	†	†	†	2.41	2.42	2.51	2.13	2.20	2.35	2.15	2.25	2.37

Poverty
Poor	1.84	2.01	1.37	1.40	1.25	1.37	1.20	1.24	1.42	1.40	1.28	1.33	1.30
Near-poor	1.48	1.53	1.07	1.02	0.97	0.97	1.04	1.00	1.02	1.05	0.93	0.98	0.94
Nonpoor	0.53	0.51	0.36	0.37	0.34	0.40	0.34	0.34	0.37	0.38	0.35	0.36	0.36

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), “Annual Social and Economic Supplement”, selected years, 1986–2006.