Table S-23-1. Standard errors for the percentage of 25- to 29-year-olds who attained selected levels of education, by race/ethnicity and sex: Selected years, March 1971

Student Effort and Educational Progress: Standard Error Tables

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Table S-23-1. Standard errors for the percentage of 25- to 29-year-olds who attained selected levels of education, by race/ethnicity and sex: Selected years, March 1971–2008

	Total			White			Black			Hispanic			Asian/Pacific Islander
Educational attainment and year	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
High school diploma or equivalent
1971	0.48	0.67	0.69	0.49	0.67	0.71	1.88	2.78	2.54	4.20	6.21	5.70	†	†	†
1975	0.40	0.55	0.57	0.40	0.54	0.58	1.59	2.35	2.16	2.77	3.99	3.86	†	†	†
1980	0.34	0.49	0.48	0.34	0.48	0.48	1.29	1.97	1.71	2.41	3.45	3.38	†	†	†
1985	0.34	0.49	0.47	0.34	0.49	0.48	1.18	1.75	1.61	1.81	2.62	2.48	†	†	†
1990	0.38	0.56	0.51	0.37	0.57	0.49	1.37	2.03	1.85	1.94	2.69	2.79	1.74	1.78	2.82
1995	0.39	0.56	0.54	0.36	0.53	0.50	1.23	1.72	1.75	1.80	2.51	2.60	1.72	2.37	2.50
2000	0.37	0.55	0.49	0.33	0.51	0.43	1.13	1.67	1.53	1.22	1.76	1.69	1.14	1.83	1.39
2005	0.27	0.40	0.37	0.26	0.40	0.35	0.79	1.18	1.06	0.74	0.99	1.10	0.73	0.91	1.12
2006	0.27	0.39	0.35	0.25	0.38	0.32	0.79	1.24	1.02	0.72	0.98	1.06	0.58	0.73	0.90
2007	0.26	0.38	0.34	0.25	0.37	0.33	0.75	1.11	1.01	0.71	0.97	1.01	0.55	0.89	0.65
2008	0.25	0.37	0.33	0.24	0.36	0.31	0.74	1.15	0.96	0.68	0.93	1.00	0.63	0.92	0.85

Some college
1971	0.55	0.80	0.74	0.61	0.88	0.83	1.47	2.09	2.06	2.98	4.94	3.51	†	†	†
1975	0.52	0.75	0.71	0.58	0.83	0.80	1.57	2.40	2.06	2.30	3.51	2.95	†	†	†
1980	0.49	0.69	0.68	0.55	0.77	0.77	1.43	2.12	1.94	2.06	3.05	2.77	†	†	†
1985	0.49	0.70	0.69	0.56	0.79	0.79	1.42	2.10	1.93	1.64	2.36	2.28	†	†	†
1990	0.54	0.76	0.76	0.63	0.89	0.89	1.70	2.49	2.32	1.66	2.28	2.42	2.78	3.87	3.92
1995	0.57	0.81	0.80	0.68	0.96	0.95	1.81	2.68	2.46	1.65	2.23	2.44	2.53	3.48	3.67
2000	0.56	0.81	0.78	0.68	0.98	0.93	1.67	2.53	2.22	1.19	1.62	1.72	1.94	2.75	2.73
2005	0.39	0.55	0.54	0.49	0.71	0.67	1.17	1.71	1.59	0.72	0.96	1.08	1.41	2.14	1.87
2006	0.38	0.54	0.53	0.47	0.69	0.65	1.15	1.69	1.56	0.70	0.91	1.08	1.23	1.78	1.70
2007	0.38	0.54	0.52	0.47	0.68	0.64	1.14	1.67	1.55	0.70	0.89	1.10	1.23	1.83	1.65
2008	0.37	0.53	0.52	0.46	0.67	0.62	1.12	1.63	1.53	0.70	0.90	1.10	1.25	1.83	1.71

Bachelor’s degree
1971	0.43	0.66	0.56	0.49	0.75	0.64	0.96	1.43	1.29	1.85	3.38	†	†	†	†
1975	0.44	0.65	0.58	0.50	0.74	0.66	1.07	1.65	1.41	1.57	2.44	2.01	†	†	†
1980	0.41	0.59	0.56	0.47	0.69	0.65	0.98	1.39	1.36	1.30	1.94	1.74	†	†	†
1985	0.41	0.59	0.57	0.48	0.69	0.67	0.96	1.35	1.35	1.16	1.66	1.62	†	†	†
1990	0.46	0.65	0.64	0.55	0.79	0.78	1.20	1.87	1.56	1.07	1.41	1.64	2.84	4.19	3.83
1995	0.49	0.70	0.70	0.62	0.88	0.89	1.31	2.04	1.70	1.04	1.35	1.59	2.95	3.98	4.38
2000	0.52	0.73	0.73	0.67	0.93	0.96	1.28	1.96	1.69	0.75	0.98	1.12	2.34	3.37	3.26
2005	0.36	0.48	0.52	0.48	0.66	0.70	0.89	1.21	1.28	0.48	0.62	0.75	1.74	2.56	2.39
2006	0.35	0.47	0.51	0.48	0.66	0.69	0.90	1.22	1.29	0.44	0.51	0.75	1.54	2.19	2.15
2007	0.35	0.47	0.51	0.47	0.65	0.68	0.90	1.31	1.24	0.47	0.55	0.80	1.52	2.20	2.10
2008	0.35	0.47	0.51	0.47	0.65	0.68	0.91	1.29	1.27	0.48	0.59	0.80	1.55	2.24	2.14

Master’s degree
1995	0.24	0.35	0.32	0.31	0.45	0.42	0.48	0.80	0.59	0.46	0.70	0.58	1.85	2.68	2.50
2000	0.26	0.34	0.38	0.33	0.43	0.50	0.63	0.72	0.96	0.36	0.43	0.58	1.70	2.56	2.26
2005	0.19	0.24	0.29	0.27	0.34	0.41	0.38	0.35	0.62	0.22	0.27	0.36	1.33	2.06	1.72
2006	0.19	0.24	0.29	0.26	0.33	0.41	0.41	0.44	0.65	0.18	0.21	0.31	1.25	1.79	1.75
2007	0.19	0.23	0.29	0.26	0.33	0.41	0.42	0.60	0.59	0.18	0.16	0.36	1.18	1.73	1.60
2008	0.19	0.24	0.30	0.27	0.33	0.42	0.46	0.59	0.69	0.20	0.21	0.38	1.26	1.83	1.73
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), March Supplement, selected years 1971–2008

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