Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table A-Data for Figure A: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds dropping out of grades 10 to 12, proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds who were dropouts, and proportion of 18- to 24-year-olds who completed high school: October 1972 to 1994

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                    Event rate    Status rate
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                    15- to 24-     16- to 24-
                    year-olds      year-olds
                    dropouts      dropouts in      Completers
Year            grades 10 to 12    age group      age 18 to 24
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1972                   6.1          14.6              82.8
1973                   6.3          14.1              83.7
1974                   6.7          14.3              83.6
1975                   5.8          13.9              83.8
1976                   5.9          14.1              83.5
1977                   6.5          14.1              83.6
1978                   6.7          14.2              83.6
1979                   6.7          14.6              83.1
1980                   6.1          14.1              83.9
1981                   5.9          13.9              83.8
1982                   5.5          13.9              83.8
1983                   5.2          13.7              83.9
1984                   5.1          13.1              84.7
1985                   5.2          12.6              85.4
1986                   4.7          12.2              85.5
1987/1                 4.1          12.7              84.7
1988/1                 4.8          12.9              84.5
1989/1                 4.5          12.6              84.7
1990/1                 4.0          12.1              85.6
1991/1                 4.0          12.5              84.9
1992/1,2               4.4          11.0              86.4
1993/1,2               4.5          11.0              86.2
1994/1,2,3             5.3          11.5              85.8
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1/Numbers for these years reflect new editing procedures instituted by the Bureau of the Census for cases with missing data on school enrollment items.

2/Numbers for these years reflect new wording of the educational attainment item in the CPS.

3/Numbers in this year may reflect changes in CPS due to newly instituted computer assisted interviewing and/or due to the change in the population controls used this year to the 1990 Census-based estimates, with adjustment.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October (Various Years).

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