Table C-4. Standard errors for table 4: Event dropout rates of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, by family income: October 1972 through October 2008

Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008

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Table C-4. Standard errors for table 4: Event dropout rates of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, by family income: October 1972 through October 2008

	Total (percent)	Family income (percent)
Year	Total (percent)	Low income	Middle income	High income

1972	0.33	1.55	0.45	0.39
1973	0.33	1.65	0.46	0.32
1974	0.34	†	†	†
1975	0.32	1.57	0.43	0.38
1976	0.32	1.61	0.46	0.34

1977	0.34	1.57	0.48	0.35
1978	0.34	1.69	0.48	0.40
1979	0.34	1.62	0.47	0.44
1980	0.33	1.51	0.46	0.38
1981	0.33	1.50	0.45	0.41

1982	0.34	1.52	0.46	0.36
1983	0.33	1.35	0.48	0.39
1984	0.33	1.49	0.45	0.37
1985	0.34	1.53	0.47	0.39
1986	0.32	1.33	0.45	0.34

1987	0.30	1.29	0.45	0.27
1988	0.36	1.59	0.48	0.35
1989	0.36	1.43	0.50	0.33
1990	0.34	1.39	0.45	0.33
1991	0.34	1.43	0.44	0.31

1992	0.35	1.42	0.46	0.36
1993	0.36	1.57	0.46	0.35
1994	0.34	1.44	0.44	0.41
1995	0.35	1.36	0.47	0.39
1996	0.34	1.34	0.46	0.41

1997	0.32	1.36	0.41	0.37
1998	0.33	1.34	0.39	0.46
1999	0.33	1.26	0.44	0.40
2000	0.33	1.23	0.45	0.35
2001	0.33	1.36	0.45	0.37

2002	0.27	1.05	0.36	0.34
2003	0.28	1.04	0.39	0.30
2004	0.30	1.24	0.39	0.41
2005	0.27	1.06	0.36	0.30
2006	0.27	1.12	0.34	0.36

2007	0.26	1.07	0.34	0.25
2008	0.26	1.05	0.31	0.37
† Not applicable. Data for family income are not available for 1974. NOTE: Some of the standard error estimates in this table may differ from those previously published due to changes in the generalized variance parameters developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1972–2008.

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