Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table B1-Number and percent of persons, ages 16-24: October 1993 and October 1994

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                                         Percent   Percent change
                                         change    of all dropouts
                     1993      1994     1993-94     1993-94
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Unweighted               
 Total             15,704     15,132      -3.6        -   
 White             11,973     11,392      -4.9       -1.0
 Black              2,023      1,970      -2.6        0.4
 Hispanic           1,708      1,770       3.6        5.4

Weighted (in thousands)
 Total             29,631     31,296       5.6        -   
 White             21,499     22,080       2.7       -2.0
 Black              4,536      4,805       5.9        0.7
 Hispanic           3,595      4.411      22.7       12.5

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-Not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October (various years), unpublished data.

[Appendix B: Technical Notes]

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