Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table A32-Standard errors for Table 32: Percentage of NELS:88 eighth graders with at least one child, by race-ethnicity, by graduation status and socioeconomic status: Spring 1994

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                                     Asian/     Black,     White,           
                                    Pacific      non-       non-      Native
                            Total   Islander   Hispanic   Hispanic   Hispanic   American
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Overall 
  Total                     0.60     1.63        1.76       2.03      0.62        4.13
  High school graduates     0.41     1.11        1.56       1.82      0.38        5.03
  Other                     1.93    11.32        4.00       5.66      2.44        7.45

Low socioeconomic status
  Total                     1.31     2.70        2.68       2.67      1.99        5.97
  High school graduates     1.12     2.60        2.44       2.84      1.35       11.04
  Other                     2.55      -          4.58       5.04      4.03        4.96

Middle socioeconomic status
  Total                     0.74     2.94        2.57       2.74      0.78        7.28
  High school graduates     0.59     1.82        2.38       2.86      0.53        5.90
  Other                     2.71      -          7.68       7.99      3.24         -

High socioeconomic status
  Total                     0.68     0.49        4.02       6.99      0.51         -
  High school graduates     0.45     0.45        4.14       2.37      0.47         -
  Other                     7.54      -           -          -        4.61         -
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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National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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