Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 28-Median income for 1988 eighth graders not enrolled in educational programs and reporting income, by high school completion status, by sex and socioeconomic status: 1994

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                                        Socioeconomic Status/*
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                             Total          Low     Middle
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  Total                     $8,495        $7,977    $8,981
    High school graduate     8,943         7,979     8,990
    Alternative completer    8,879         7,549     8,804
    Dropout                  6,778         7,876     8,843

Male                         9,987         9,713     9,994
  High school graduate       9,988         8,990     9,996
  Alternative completer      9,709         9,208    10,808
  Dropout                    9,739         9,779     9,003

Female                       5,988         5,909     6,490
  High school graduate       5,995         5,933     6,077
  Alternative completer      4,757         3,153     6,026
  Dropout                    5,941         5,841     7,607
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*/Based on the students' family socioeconomic status as of 1992. The number of high socioeconomic status students who were not in school and working are too few to provide reliable estimates of their median income.

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National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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