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Table B–8. Standard errors for table 9: Status completion rates, and number and distribution of completers ages 18–24 not currently enrolled in high school or below, by selected background characteristics: October 2005
| Characteristic | Completion rate (percent) |
Number of completers (thousands) |
Percent of all completers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0.30 | 78.0 | † |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 0.45 | 59.0 | 0.48 |
| Female | 0.38 | 50.8 | 0.48 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White, non–Hispanic | 0.30 | 49.9 | 0.46 |
| Black, non–Hispanic | 0.91 | 32.1 | 0.35 |
| Hispanic | 1.12 | 51.3 | 0.38 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander, | |||
| non–Hispanic | 0.93 | 10.5 | 0.22 |
| More than one race | 2.24 | 10.1 | 0.13 |
| Age | |||
| 18–19 | 0.60 | 37.2 | 0.41 |
| 20–21 | 0.53 | 43.7 | 0.45 |
| 22–24 | 0.45 | 52.8 | 0.48 |
| Recency of immigration | |||
| Born outside the 50 states and | |||
| District of Columbia | |||
| Hispanic | 1.79 | 37.6 | 0.24 |
| Non–Hispanic | 0.89 | 14.3 | 0.24 |
| First generation | |||
| Hispanic | 1.75 | 24.7 | 0.24 |
| Non–Hispanic | 0.78 | 11.4 | 0.23 |
| Second generation or more | |||
| Hispanic | 1.91 | 20.3 | 0.21 |
| Non–Hispanic | 0.31 | 57.8 | 0.42 |
| Region | |||
| Northeast | 0.57 | 26.8 | 0.35 |
| Midwest | 0.54 | 33.4 | 0.40 |
| South | 0.57 | 53.3 | 0.49 |
| West | 0.69 | 42.2 | 0.43 |
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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 9 cannot be calculated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2005. | |||
