Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 30-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders by marital/living arrangements, by high school completion status: 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National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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