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Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994


Table A25-Standard errors for Table 25: Percentage of 1988 eighth graders without a regular high school diploma by socioeconomic status, by race-ethnicity, fall 1994

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                                                              Not enrolled in
                             Post-       Post-                 postsecondary
                           secondary   secondary               education and
                           education   education   Employed     unemployed/
                             only      and work      only    not in labor force
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Overall
    Total                   0.59         1.00        1.81          1.70
    Low SES                 0.43         0.65        2.19          2.13
    Middle SES              0.96         2.05        2.74          2.46
    High SES                3.28         3.62        8.27          9.43

Race
  Asian Pacific Islander    2.18         6.38        9.72          9.70
    Total                    -            -	      -		    -                              
    Low SES                  -		  -	      -		    -                              
    Middle SES               -		  -	      -		    -                                   
    High SES                 -		  -	      -	            -                                             
  Hispanic
    Total                   0.52         0.90        3.76          3.64
    Low SES                 0.52         1.27        3.71          3.70
    Middle SES              1.41         1.00        5.28          4.76
    High SES                 -            -           -             -                              
  Black, non-Hispanic
    Total                   2.04         3.50        5.23          5.17
    Low SES                 0.84         1.85        5.22          5.22
    Middle SES              3.44         8.51        7.37          6.16
    High SES                 -		  -	      -		    -                              
  White, non-Hispanic
    Total                   0.65         1.17        2.12          1.91
    Low SES                 0.71         0.86        2.49          2.23
    Middle SES              1.01         2.02        3.39          3.24
    High SES                3.02         4.67        6.82          6.48
  Native American
    Total                   3.07         1.77        8.95          9.46
    Low SES                 0.00         0.72        9.66          9.81
    Middle SES               -		  -	      -		    -                              
    High SES                 -		  -	      -		    -
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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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