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| Characteristic | Event dropout rate (percent) | Number of event dropouts (thousands) | Population enrolled (thousands) | Percent of all dropouts | Percent of population enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0.26 | 28.3 | 131.6 | † | † |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 0.34 | 19.0 | 93.7 | 3.68 | 0.69 |
| Female | 0.39 | 21.0 | 92.4 | 3.68 | 0.69 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 0.27 | 18.0 | 102.6 | 3.62 | 0.68 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 0.94 | 15.4 | 53.7 | 3.50 | 0.53 |
| Hispanic | 0.85 | 16.2 | 62.4 | 3.67 | 0.59 |
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Asian/Pacific Islander,
non-Hispanic |
1.47 | 6.2 | 27.6 | 1.60 | 0.28 |
| Family income | |||||
| Low income | 1.05 | 16.1 | 51.0 | 3.50 | 0.48 |
| Middle income | 0.31 | 20.1 | 100.7 | 3.70 | 0.68 |
| High income | 0.37 | 11.3 | 66.6 | 2.69 | 0.62 |
| Age | |||||
| 15–16 | 0.40 | 12.4 | 64.7 | 2.90 | 0.63 |
| 17 | 0.41 | 15.6 | 31.8 | 3.40 | 0.66 |
| 18 | 0.50 | 14.8 | 44.7 | 3.29 | 0.61 |
| 19 | 1.11 | 9.0 | 37.4 | 2.25 | 0.36 |
| 20–24 | 2.79 | 9.6 | 26.9 | 2.50 | 0.24 |
| Recency of immigration | |||||
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Born outside the 50 states and District of Columbia |
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| Hispanic | 2.17 | 9.4 | 31.3 | 2.40 | 0.31 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1.49 | 6.2 | 26.6 | 1.59 | 0.26 |
| First generation | |||||
| Hispanic | 1.08 | 9.1 | 40.2 | 2.27 | 0.42 |
| Non-Hispanic | 0.60 | 4.7 | 34.1 | 1.20 | 0.36 |
| Second generation or higher | |||||
| Hispanic | 1.52 | 9.5 | 35.1 | 2.38 | 0.36 |
| Non-Hispanic | 0.29 | 23.1 | 111.4 | 3.49 | 0.62 |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast | 0.50 | 10.1 | 57.4 | 2.45 | 0.55 |
| Midwest | 0.47 | 12.5 | 65.4 | 2.93 | 0.61 |
| South | 0.50 | 19.1 | 80.8 | 3.78 | 0.68 |
| West | 0.58 | 14.9 | 64.3 | 3.33 | 0.59 |
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† 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 2008. |
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