Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 25
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14 to 17 18 and 20 and 22 to 24 25 to 29
Year years 19 years 21 years years years
old old old old old
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1950 ....... 83.3 29.7 --- --- 3.0
1955 ....... 86.9 31.5 --- --- 4.2
1960 ....... 90.3 38.4 19.4 8.7 4.9
1965 ....... 93.2 46.3 27.6 13.2 6.1
1970........ 94.1 47.7 31.9 14.9 7.5
1975 ....... 93.6 46.9 31.2 16.2 10.1
1976 ....... 93.7 46.2 32.0 17.1 10.0
1977........ 93.6 46.2 31.8 16.5 10.8
1978........ 93.7 45.4 29.5 16.3 9.4
1979 ....... 93.6 45.0 30.2 15.8 9.6
1980 ....... 93.4 46.4 31.0 16.3 9.3
1981 ....... 94.1 49.0 31.6 16.5 9.0
1982 ....... 94.4 47.8 34.0 16.8 9.6
1983 ....... 95.0 50.4 32.5 16.6 9.6
1984 ....... 94.7 50.1 33.9 17.3 9.1
1985 ....... 94.9 51.6 35.3 16.9 9.2
1986 ....... 94.9 54.6 33.0 17.9 8.8
1987 ....... 95.0 55.6 38.7 17.5 9.0
1988 ....... 95.1 55.6 39.1 18.2 8.3
1989 ....... 95.7 56.0 38.5 19.9 9.3
1990 ....... 95.8 57.2 39.7 21.0 9.7
1991 ....... 96.0 59.6 42.0 22.2 10.2
1992........ 96.7 61.4 44.0 23.7 9.8
1993........ 96.5 61.6 42.7 23.6 10.2
1994........ 96.6 59.7 44.0 23.2 10.4
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-Data not available.
NOTE: Includes enrollment in any type of public, parochial, or other private school in regular school systems. Includes elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities, and professional schools. Attendance may be either full-time or part-time and during the day or night. Enrollments in special schools, such as trade schools, business colleges, or correspondence schools, are not included.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, School Enrollment, Social and Economic Characteristics of Students, nos. 66, 409, 460, 479; and unpublished data.
[Indicator 24. College Costs]
[Indicator 26. Reported High School Program]
