
Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994
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Ever Never
married/* married
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Total 17.4 82.6
1994 high school completion status
High school graduates 12.8 87.2
GED/certificate 35.4 64.6
Enrolled 18.2 81.8
Dropouts 42.9 57.1
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*/Includes ever living in marriage-like relationship.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal
Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.