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 2005

Dropout Rates in the United States: 2005

NCES 2007-059
June 2007

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Characteristic	Event dropout rate (percent)	Number of event dropouts (thousands)	Population enrolled ¹ (thousands)	Percent of all dropouts	Percent of population enrolled

Total	0.27	29.1	130.5	†	†

Sex
Male	0.40	21.8	92.9	3.56	0.70
Female	0.36	19.3	91.7	3.56	0.70

Race/ethnicity
White, non–Hispanic	0.29	20.1	103.5	3.58	0.67
Black, non–Hispanic	1.03	15.8	52.2	3.39	0.52
Hispanic	0.87	15.0	59.8	3.30	0.58
Asian/Pacific Islander, non–Hispanic	0.95	3.9	27.3	0.94	0.28
More than one race	2.17	5.2	20.0	1.27	0.22

Family income
Low income	1.06	16.3	51.6	3.38	0.49
Middle income	0.36	21.6	97.2	3.57	0.70
High income	0.30	10.1	68.4	2.31	0.65

Age
15–16	0.37	12.2	66.7	2.72	0.65
17	0.37	13.9	31.1	2.99	0.67
18	0.54	14.6	40.6	3.12	0.60
19	1.58	11.1	34.9	2.59	0.34
20–24	3.44	11.4	26.4	2.84	0.24

Recency of immigration
Born outside the 50 states and District of Columbia
Hispanic	1.91	8.0	31.1	1.93	0.31
Non–Hispanic	1.51	6.6	27.2	1.60	0.28
First generation
Hispanic	1.39	10.2	37.9	2.42	0.40
Non–Hispanic	0.58	4.4	33.5	1.05	0.36
Second generation or more
Hispanic	1.32	7.4	32.8	1.78	0.35
Non–Hispanic	0.31	24.7	111.2	3.23	0.62

Region
Northeast	0.58	12.1	53.5	2.67	0.52
Midwest	0.48	12.4	61.1	2.73	0.57
South	0.52	19.6	82.2	3.75	0.71
West	0.59	14.5	66.6	3.16	0.63
† Not applicable. The corresponding statistic refers to the total population, which is, by definition, 100 percent of the distribution. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2005.

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