Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table A31-Standard errors for Table 31: Percentage of 1988 eighth graders with children, by time of birth of first child, by high school completion status: 1994

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                                     Prior to         After
                                   August 1992/*   August 1992
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     Total                             1.79           1.79

1994 high school completion status
 High school graduates                 2.01           2.01
 GED/certificate                       4.70           4.70
 Enrolled                              4.44           4.44
 Dropouts                              4.65           4.65
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*/Includes August 1992 births.

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National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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