Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 68
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[Numbers in thousands]
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| Dropouts\1\ | Dropouts in the civilian labor force\2\ |Dropouts
October |---------------------|---------------------------------------------| not in
of | | | | Labor | | | the
year | Number | Percent | Number | force |Percent |Unemployment| labor
| | employed | |participation|employed| rate\3\ | force
| | | | rate\2\ | | |
---------|----------|----------|---------|-------------|--------|------------|---------
1970 .... 712 45 427 60 74 26 285
1975 .... 727 41 455 63 66 34 272
1980 .... 739 44 471 64 68 32 268
1981 .... 714 40 450 63 64 36 264
1982 .... 668 37 421 63 58 42 247
1983 .... 597 43 377 63 68 32 220
1984 .... 601 43 387 64 67 33 214
1985 .... 612 43 413 67 64 36 199
1986 .... 562 46 359 64 72 28 203
1987 .... 502 41 333 66 62 38 169
1988 .... 552 43 327 59 73 27 225
1989 .... 446 47 292 65 72 28 154
1990 .... 405 47 280 69 68 32 125
1991 .... 380 37 235 62 60 40 145
1992 .... 406 36 242 60 61 39 164
1993 .... 399 47 254 64 74 26 145
1994\4\ .. 510 43 311 61 70 30 198
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/1/ Includes persons from 16 to 24 years old who dropped out from any grade without completing high school during the previous 12 months (October through October).
/2/ The civilian labor force includes all employed persons plus those seeking employment. It excludes persons in the mili-tary. The labor force participation rate is the percent of persons either employed or seeking employment.
/3/ The unemployment rate is the proportion of those in the labor force who are not working and are looking for employment.
/4/ In 1994, new survey collection techniques and population weighting were used.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment of School-Age Youth, Graduates, and Dropouts, various years; and unpublished tabulations.
[Indicator 67. Employment of College Students]
[Indicator 69. Earnings and Education]
