Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 29-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders by number of children born, by high school completion status: 1994

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                                                               Two or
                                       None          One        More
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    Total                              84.1         11.9         4.0

1994 high school completion status
  High school graduates                90.8          8.0         1.2
  GED/certificate                      61.9         23.1        15.0
  Enrolled                             57.7         30.4        11.9     
  Dropouts                             46.9         33.3        19.8
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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National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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