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Table B–5. Standard errors for table 6: Status dropout rates and number and distribution of dropouts of 16- through 24-year-olds, by selected background characteristics: October 2005
| Characteristic | Status dropout rate (percent) |
Number of status dropouts (thousands) |
Percent of all dropouts |
Percent of population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0.22 | 81.7 | † | † |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 0.33 | 61.8 | 1.22 | 0.38 |
| Female | 0.29 | 53.3 | 1.22 | 0.38 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White, non–Hispanic | 0.23 | 52.2 | 1.21 | 0.37 |
| Black, non–Hispanic | 0.66 | 33.9 | 0.95 | 0.28 |
| Hispanic | 0.87 | 55.1 | 1.39 | 0.33 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander, | ||||
| non–Hispanic | 0.66 | 10.1 | 0.30 | 0.16 |
| More than one race | 1.63 | 11.2 | 0.33 | 0.11 |
| Age | ||||
| 16 | 0.34 | 15.5 | 0.45 | 0.25 |
| 17 | 0.45 | 19.6 | 0.56 | 0.25 |
| 18 | 0.65 | 24.4 | 0.70 | 0.23 |
| 19 | 0.69 | 26.2 | 0.75 | 0.23 |
| 20–24 | 0.34 | 68.3 | 1.11 | 0.38 |
| Recency of immigration | ||||
| Born outside the 50 states and District of Columbia | ||||
| Hispanic | 1.57 | 40.5 | 1.25 | 0.22 |
| Non–Hispanic | 0.69 | 13.8 | 0.40 | 0.17 |
| First generation | ||||
| Hispanic | 1.24 | 26.5 | 0.79 | 0.20 |
| Non–Hispanic | 0.54 | 11.7 | 0.34 | 0.18 |
| Second generation or more | ||||
| Hispanic | 1.31 | 21.4 | 0.64 | 0.18 |
| Non–Hispanic | 0.23 | 60.8 | 1.24 | 0.34 |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 0.43 | 28.7 | 0.80 | 0.28 |
| Midwest | 0.39 | 33.9 | 0.92 | 0.31 |
| South | 0.44 | 56.6 | 1.31 | 0.39 |
| West | 0.52 | 43.8 | 1.16 | 0.34 |
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† Not applicable. The corresponding statistic refers to the total population, which is, by definition, 100 percent of the
distribution.
NOTE: Standard errors for population estimates in table 6 cannot be calculated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2005. | ||||
