Table B-1. Standard errors for table 1: Event dropout rates and number and distribution of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, by selected background characteristics: October 2004
Characteristic	Event dropout rate	Number of event dropouts (thousands)	Population enrolled (thousands)	Percent of all dropouts	Percent of population enrolled
Total	0.30	31	128	†	†
Sex
Male	0.44	23	91	3.30	0.72
Female	0.41	21	90	3.30	0.72
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	0.34	22	102	3.31	0.69
Black, non-Hispanic	0.94	14	51	2.67	0.53
Hispanic	1.20	19	58	3.38	0.58
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	0.83	4	28	0.72	0.30
More than one race	2.29	5	19	1.03	0.22
Family income
Low income	1.24	16	48	2.97	0.47
Middle income	0.39	24	98	3.29	0.71
High income	0.41	13	66	2.42	0.66
Age
15–16	0.51	16	65	2.92	0.66
17	0.42	15	32	2.75	0.68
18	0.56	15	41	2.76	0.62
19	1.40	11	36	2.14	0.37
20–24	3.81	11	25	2.50	0.24
Region
Northeast	0.58	12	54	2.30	0.54
Midwest	0.49	12	60	2.33	0.59
South	0.60	21	80	3.45	0.72
West	0.77	18	65	3.22	0.64
† Not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2004.