Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 22-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders never enrolled in postsecondary education by sex, by socioeconomic status and high school completion status, fall 1994

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                                Total      Male      Female
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    Total                       37.4       40.5       34.3

High school completion status
 High school graduate           26.7       30.1       23.4
 GED/certificate                67.2       69.1       64.6
 Other                          91.8       90.1       93.4

Low SES                         64.2       68.9       59.9
 High school graduates          50.1       55.3       45.8
 GED/certificate                73.6       76.2       70.1
 Other                          94.8       94.9       94.8

Middle SES                      37.1       41.7       32.3
 High school graduates          28.6       34.2       23.1
 GED/certificate                66.7       66.1       67.3
 Other                          89.4       86.7       92.2

High SES                        11.7       13.2       10.0
 High school graduates           8.0        8.8        7.1
 GED/certificate                58.6       65.7       44.9
 Other                          76.9       72.1       82.5
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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