Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 36-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders ever married or in a marriage-like arrangement, by race-ethnicity, by graduation status and socioeconomic status: 1994

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                                       Asian/                  Black,      White,    
                                      Pacific                   non-        non-       Native
                             Total    Islander    Hispanic    Hispanic    Hispanic    American
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Overall
    Total                    17.4       9.3         25.2        10.7        17.6        30.1
    High school graduates    12.8       7.4         16.9         8.9        12.9        35.0
    Other                    37.5      29.7         47.7        14.5        43.6        22.2

Low socioeconomic status
    Total                    27.5       9.1         28.5        12.7        34.0        32.1
    High school graduates    22.0       8.7         19.3        12.1        27.2        48.1
    Other                    37.7        -          47.2        13.7        45.7        12.5

Middle socioeconomic status
    Total                    17.4      12.2         21.3         9.1        18.5        25.8
    High school graduates    13.4       8.3         16.0         8.0        14.1        20.7
    Other                    38.1        -          41.0        11.6        44.4          -

High socioeconomic status
    Total                     7.5       4.8         13.4        11.3         6.9          -
    High school graduates     5.9       4.5         11.5         4.4         5.7          -
    Other                    29.6        -            -           -         29.8          -
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-Insufficient sample size to compute reliable estimate.

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National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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