Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table B3-Percentage of status dropouts by household type by race ethnicity and income: October 1992

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                                        Parent          Parent  
                         Total        not present       present
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   Total                100.0            38.0            62.0

White, non-Hispanic     100.0            37.1            62.9  
 Low income              19.9            20.5            18.1  
 Middle income            7.9            10.0             6.6  
 High income              2.1             7.7             1.6

Black, non-Hispanic     100.0            33.9            66.1  
 Low income              21.0            20.6            21.3  
 Middle income            7.6             9.1             7.1  
 High income              3.0             4.1             2.7

Hispanic                100.0            48.7            51.3  
 Low income              45.8            59.6            26.2  
 Middle income           28.4            46.0            15.4  
 High income             12.8            28.4             8.3

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October 1991, unpublished data.

[Appendix B: Table 2]

[Appendix C: Supplemental Tables]