Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 23-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders by employment and education status in 1993, by high school completion status, sex, and socioeconomic status: 1994

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                                                                             Not enrolled in
                                                                              postsecondary
                                Post-          Post-                      education or employed
			      secondary	     secondary			 _______________________     
                              education      education      Employed        Un-        Not in            
                                only         and work         only       employed    labor force
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    Total                       39.6           18.0           35.1          2.6          4.7

1994 high school completion 
   status
  High school graduates         47.8           20.5           28.1          1.1          2.4
  GED/certificate                7.7           12.6           60.5          8.1         11.2
  Enrolled                       2.4            4.3           66.7         11.9         14.6
  Dropouts                       0.7            4.0           70.0          7.5         17.9

Sex
  Male                          36.1           18.9           39.9          2.2          2.8
  Female                        43.2           17.1           30.3          2.9          6.6

Socioeconomic status
  Low SES                       16.8           14.1           55.3          4.2          9.6
  Middle SES                    36.3           20.9           36.9          2.0          3.9
  High SES                      68.4           16.2           12.5          1.7          1.3
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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National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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