Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 26-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders by employment and education status, by high school completion status, by sex and socioeconomic status

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                                                                          Not enrolled in
                                                                           postsecondary   
                                                                             education
                                Post-         Post-                         or employed
			      secondary	    secondary		    ------------------------------	    
                              education     education     Employed     Un-       Not in
                                only        and work        only    employed   labor force   Total
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Sex
  Male
    Total                       36.1          18.9          39.9       2.2         2.8        5.1
    High school graduates       44.3          21.2          31.8       1.0         1.8        2.8
    Other                        2.7           9.6          73.3       7.4         7.0       14.4
  Female
    Total                       43.2          17.1          30.3       2.9         6.6        9.5
    High school graduates       51.3          19.9          24.5       1.3         3.0        4.3
    Other                        4.5           3.8          57.4      10.8        23.5       34.3

Socioeconomic status
  Low SES
    Total                       16.8          14.1          55.3       4.2         9.6       13.8
    High school graduates       24.9          19.5          48.6       2.2         4.8        7.0
    Other                        1.5           3.9          67.8       7.9        18.8       26.8
  Middle SES
    Total                       36.3          20.9          36.9       2.0         3.9        5.9
    High school graduates       42.5          23.2          30.8       1.2         2.3        3.5
    Other                        4.2           9.2          68.3       6.1        12.2       18.4
  High SES 
    Total                       68.4          16.2          12.5       1.7         1.3        3.0
    High school graduates       72.3          16.4           9.8       0.3         1.2        1.4
    Other                       10.1          12.6          51.0      22.7         3.7       26.4
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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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