Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table A24-Standard errors for Table 24: Percentage of 1988 eighth graders by employment and education status by high school completion status, by race-ethnicity, fall 1994

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                                                             Not enrolled in 
                                                         postsecondary education 
                                                               or employed
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			   Post-      Post-     
                         secondary  secondary                    Not in 
                         education  education  Employed   Un-     labor
                            only     and work    only   employed  force   Total
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      Total                 0.75       0.47      0.70    0.34      0.31    0.45

  High school 
    graduates               0.75       0.53      0.65    0.21      0.19    0.28
    Other                   0.59       1.00      1.81    1.33      1.36    1.70

Race                                                   
  Asian/Pacific Islander                               
    Total                   2.79       1.88      2.19    0.56      1.02    1.13
    High school 
     graduates              2.76       1.96      2.02    0.57      0.38    0.66
    Other                   2.21       7.02     11.53    3.06      9.88   10.15
  Hispanic                                      
    Total                   1.39       1.42      1.80    0.82      0.94    1.34
    High school 
     graduates              1.71       1.75      1.98    0.23      0.86    0.89
    Other                   0.55       0.98      3.79    2.85      2.79    3.66
  Black, non-Hispanic
    Total                   1.81       1.54      2.00    1.70      1.07    1.85
    High school 
     graduates              2.03       1.68      1.79    1.24      0.76    1.40
    Other                   2.03       3.49      5.19    4.91      3.41    5.14
  White, non-Hispanic
    Total                   0.84       0.55      0.80    0.16      0.35    0.38
    High school 
     graduates              0.84       0.60      0.73    0.09      0.19    0.21
    Other                   0.65       1.17      2.13    0.90      1.81    1.92
  Native American
    Total                   3.10       2.57      8.68   10.44      2.36    9.21
    High school 
     graduates              4.25       3.49      9.04   10.01      2.14    9.04
    Other                   3.10       1.77      9.86   11.38      4.77   10.45
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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.

[Appendix A: Table 23]

[Appendix A: Table 25]