| Table 378. | Labor force participation of persons 16 years old and over, by highest level of education, age, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2002 |
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| Labor force participation rate\1\ | Employment/population ratio\2\
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Age, sex, and | | Less than | | College | | Less than | | College
race/ethnicity | Total | high | High |________________________________| | high | High |________________________________
| | school | school | Some | |Bachelor's| | school | school | Some | |Bachelor's
| |completion\3\|completer | college, | Associate| degree or| Total |completion\3\|completer | college, | Associate| degree or
| | | | no degree| degree | higher | | | | no degree| degree | higher
__________________________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
__________________________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________
16 to 19 years old\4\ .|47.4(0.38)|39.6 (0.45)|67.0(0.81)|57.7(1.01)|--- (---) |--- (---) |39.6(0.37)|32.0 (0.43)|56.4(0.85)|52.4(1.03)|--- (---) |--- (---)
Men ......................|47.5(0.53)|40.0 (0.62)|70.3(1.12)|55.0(1.54)|--- (---) |--- (---) |38.9(0.52)|31.7 (0.59)|58.7(1.20)|49.6(1.55)|--- (---) |--- (---)
Women ....................|47.3(0.54)|39.0 (0.66)|63.9(1.16)|59.9(1.34)|--- (---) |--- (---) |40.3(0.53)|32.4 (0.63)|54.0(1.20)|54.6(1.36)|--- (---) |--- (---)
White, non-Hispanic ......|52.0(0.47)|44.3 (0.58)|70.1(0.97)|61.3(1.19)|--- (---) |--- (---) |45.0(0.47)|37.5 (0.57)|60.8(1.03)|56.4(1.21)|--- (---) |--- (---)
Black, non-Hispanic ......|35.8(1.01)|28.4 (1.14)|56.3(2.31)|45.0(3.36)|--- (---) |--- (---) |25.0(0.91)|18.5 (0.98)|40.5(2.29)|37.9(3.27)|--- (---) |--- (---)
Hispanic..................|44.0(1.04)|36.4 (1.19)|67.6(2.34)|58.3(3.42)|--- (---) |--- (---) |35.2(1.00)|28.0 (1.11)|55.8(2.48)|51.5(3.47)|--- (---) |--- (---)
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20 to 24 years old\4\ .|76.4(0.26)|69.4 (0.73)|80.5(0.44)|72.3(0.46)|85.3(0.89)|82.7(0.68)|69.0(0.28)|57.7 (0.79)|71.5(0.50)|67.0(0.48)|79.2(1.02)|77.9(0.75)
Men ......................|80.7(0.45)|81.6 (1.09)|86.9(0.68)|72.3(0.87)|89.0(1.51)|83.8(1.38)|72.5(0.51)|69.3 (1.29)|77.0(0.84)|66.7(0.92)|82.2(1.85)|78.0(1.55)
Women ....................|72.1(0.50)|54.0 (1.54)|73.4(0.91)|72.2(0.81)|82.0(1.71)|82.0(1.16)|65.6(0.53)|42.8 (1.52)|65.4(0.98)|67.3(0.85)|76.6(1.88)|77.9(1.25)
White, non-Hispanic ......|79.1(0.32)|70.6 (1.17)|83.3(0.53)|74.2(0.54)|87.5(0.98)|85.9(0.72)|73.1(0.35)|59.0 (1.27)|75.6(0.61)|69.8(0.57)|82.7(1.12)|81.4(0.81)
Black, non-Hispanic ......|68.6(1.08)|56.6 (2.77)|73.1(1.69)|66.5(1.88)|85.7(3.83)|74.7(4.13)|55.4(1.16)|36.6 (2.69)|58.0(1.88)|57.0(1.97)|73.8(4.81)|70.7(4.32)
Hispanic .................|76.3(0.85)|73.6 (1.47)|79.9(1.38)|74.5(1.82)|78.1(4.30)|79.8(3.89)|68.8(0.92)|64.7 (1.59)|72.3(1.54)|68.6(1.93)|72.8(4.62)|73.4(4.29)
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25 and older ..........|67.2(0.09)|44.4 (0.25)|64.2(0.17)|71.2(0.22)|77.1(0.29)|78.6(0.16)|64.1(0.10)|40.6 (0.25)|60.8(0.17)|67.7(0.23)|74.1(0.31)|76.3(0.16)
Men ......................|75.9(0.16)|57.2 (0.48)|74.5(0.30)|78.3(0.39)|84.3(0.51)|84.0(0.26)|72.3(0.17)|52.7 (0.48)|70.5(0.31)|74.6(0.41)|80.7(0.55)|81.4(0.28)
Women ....................|59.4(0.17)|32.5 (0.43)|55.3(0.31)|64.9(0.41)|71.7(0.53)|73.0(0.31)|56.6(0.18)|29.4 (0.41)|52.4(0.31)|61.7(0.42)|69.1(0.55)|71.0(0.32)
White, non-Hispanic ......|66.4(0.11)|36.1 (0.34)|62.1(0.20)|69.1(0.26)|76.8(0.33)|78.0(0.18)|63.9(0.11)|33.3 (0.33)|59.4(0.20)|66.2(0.27)|74.1(0.35)|75.9(0.18)
Black, non-Hispanic ......|67.6(0.40)|39.9 (0.93)|68.2(0.67)|77.3(0.81)|79.0(1.23)|82.8(0.78)|62.3(0.41)|34.5 (0.90)|62.2(0.70)|71.9(0.87)|74.2(1.32)|79.3(0.84)
Hispanic .................|71.0(0.38)|61.3 (0.63)|74.1(0.69)|80.6(0.93)|80.8(1.42)|83.2(0.91)|66.6(0.39)|56.6 (0.64)|69.7(0.72)|76.1(1.01)|76.8(1.52)|80.4(0.96)
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| ---Not available. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, previously unpublished tabulations from the Current Population Survey. (This table was prepared May 2003.)
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