Labor force status of 1979-80 to 1993-94 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1980 to October 1994

Table 376.

[Numbers in thousands]

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                                 |               |         Dropouts in civilian labor force\2\         | Not
                                 |   Dropouts    |_____________________________________________________| in
     Year, sex, and race\1\      |               |      |Labor force|    Employed     |   Unemployed   |labor
                                 |_______________|      | partici-  |_________________|________________|force
                                 |      |Percent |Number|  pation   |      |Percent of|      |Unemploy-|
                                 |Number|of total|      |   rate    |Number| dropouts |Number|ment rate|
_________________________________|______|________|______|___________|______|__________|______|_________|_____
                1                |  2   |   3    |  4   |     5     |  6   |    7     |  8   |    9    | 10
_________________________________|______|________|______|___________|______|__________|______|_________|_____
                                 |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
          All dropouts           |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October .....|  739 |  100.0 |  471 |      63.7 |  322 |     43.6 |  149 |    31.6 | 268
1984-85 dropouts in October .....|  612 |  100.0 |  413 |      67.5 |  266 |     43.5 |  147 |    35.6 | 199
1985-86 dropouts in October .....|  562 |  100.0 |  359 |      63.9 |  259 |     46.1 |  100 |    27.9 | 203
1986-87 dropouts in October .....|  502 |  100.0 |  333 |      66.4 |  207 |     41.2 |  126 |    37.8 | 169
1987-88 dropouts in October .....|  552 |  100.0 |  327 |      59.2 |  240 |     43.5 |   87 |    26.7 | 225
1988-89 dropouts in October .....|  446 |  100.0 |  292 |      65.4 |  210 |     47.1 |   82 |    28.0 | 154
1989-90 dropouts in October .....|  405 |  100.0 |  280 |      69.0 |  189 |     46.7 |   90 |    32.3 | 125
1990-91 dropouts in October .....|  380 |  100.0 |  235 |      61.8 |  140 |     36.9 |   95 |    40.3 | 145
1991-92 dropouts in October .....|  406 |  100.0 |  242 |      59.6 |  147 |     36.3 |   95 |    39.1 | 164
1992-93 dropouts in October .....|  399 |  100.0 |  254 |      63.8 |  187 |     47.0 |   67 |    26.3 | 145
1993-94 dropouts in October......|  510 |  100.0 |  311 |      61.1 |  219 |     42.9 |   93 |    29.8 | 198
                                 |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
               Men               |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October .....|  422 |   57.1 |  305 |      72.3 |  212 |     50.2 |   93 |    30.5 | 117
1984-85 dropouts in October .....|  321 |   52.5 |  261 |      81.3 |  163 |     50.8 |   98 |    37.5 |  60
1989-90 dropouts in October .....|  215 |   53.1 |  173 |      80.2 |  110 |     51.2 |   63 |    36.2 |  42
1990-91 dropouts in October .....|  189 |   49.7 |  142 |      75.0 |   92 |     48.8 |   50 |    35.0 |  47
1991-92 dropouts in October .....|  189 |   46.6 |  130 |      69.1 |   85 |     45.2 |   45 |    34.7 |  59
1992-93 dropouts in October .....|  213 |   53.4 |  156 |      73.5 |  132 |     61.8 |   25 |    15.9 |  57
1993-94 dropouts in October......|  259 |   50.8 |  198 |      76.5 |  151 |     58.2 |   47 |    23.9 |  61
                                 |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
              Women              |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October .....|  317 |   42.9 |  166 |      52.4 |  110 |     34.7 |   56 |    33.7 | 151
1984-85 dropouts in October .....|  291 |   47.5 |  152 |      52.2 |  103 |     35.4 |   49 |    32.2 | 139
1989-90 dropouts in October .....|  190 |   46.9 |  107 |      56.3 |   79 |     41.6 |   28 |    26.1 |  83
1990-91 dropouts in October .....|  191 |   50.3 |   93 |      48.8 |   48 |     25.2 |   45 |    48.4 |  98
1991-92 dropouts in October .....|  218 |   53.7 |  112 |      51.4 |   62 |     28.6 |   50 |    44.3 | 106
1992-93 dropouts in October .....|  186 |   46.6 |   98 |      52.6 |   56 |     30.1 |   42 |    42.9 |  88
1993-94 dropouts in October......|  251 |   49.2 |  113 |      45.2 |   68 |     27.1 |   45 |    40.0 | 137
                                 |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
            White\3\             |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October .....|  580 |   78.5 |  392 |      67.6 |  286 |     49.3 |  106 |    27.0 | 188
1984-85 dropouts in October .....|  458 |   74.8 |  330 |      72.1 |  214 |     46.7 |  116 |    35.2 | 128
1989-90 dropouts in October .....|  303 |   74.8 |  211 |      69.8 |  156 |     51.4 |   56 |    26.3 |  92
1990-91 dropouts in October .....|  273 |   71.8 |  177 |      65.1 |  109 |     40.0 |   68 |    38.5 |  96
1991-92 dropouts in October .....|  319 |   78.6 |  190 |      59.7 |  128 |     40.3 |   62 |    32.5 | 129
1992-93 dropouts in October .....|  304 |   76.2 |  209 |      68.8 |  159 |     52.2 |   50 |    24.1 |  95
1993-94 dropouts in October......|  382 |   74.9 |  252 |      66.0 |  177 |     46.3 |   75 |    29.8 | 130
                                 |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
            Black\4\             |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October .....|  146 |   19.8 |   73 |      50.0 |   33 |     22.6 |   40 |   (\4\) |  73
1984-85 dropouts in October .....|  132 |   21.6 |   69 |      52.3 |   39 |     29.5 |   30 |   (\4\) |  63
1989-90 dropouts in October .....|   86 |   21.2 |   56 |      65.3 |   26 |     29.9 |   30 |   (\4\) |  30
1990-91 dropouts in October .....|   98 |   25.8 |   54 |      55.0 |   28 |     28.4 |   26 |   (\4\) |  44
1991-92 dropouts in October .....|   66 |   16.3 |   35 |     (\4\) |    7 |    (\4\) |   28 |   (\4\) |  31
1992-93 dropouts in October .....|   80 |   20.1 |   34 |      42.9 |   21 |     26.2 |   13 |   (\4\) |  46
1993-94 dropouts in October......|  100 |   19.6 |   48 |      47.9 |   34 |     34.1 |   14 |   (\4\) |  52
                                 |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
           Hispanic\5\           |      |        |      |           |      |          |      |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October .....|   91 |   12.3 |   60 |      65.9 |   43 |     47.3 |   17 |   (\4\) |  31
1984-85 dropouts in October .....|  106 |   17.3 |   73 |      68.9 |   40 |     37.7 |   33 |   (\4\) |  33
1989-90 dropouts in October .....|   67 |   16.5 |   32 |     (\4\) |   22 |    (\4\) |   10 |   (\4\) |  35
1990-91 dropouts in October .....|   61 |   16.1 |   48 |     (\4\) |   30 |    (\4\) |   18 |   (\4\) |  13
1991-92 dropouts in October .....|   80 |   19.7 |   40 |      49.9 |   23 |     28.4 |   17 |   (\4\) |  40
1992-93 dropouts in October .....|   60 |   15.0 |   43 |     (\4\) |   28 |    (\4\) |   15 |   (\4\) |  17
1993-94 dropouts in October......|  108 |   21.2 |   51 |      47.5 |   31 |     28.6 |   20 |   (\4\) |  57
_________________________________|______|________|______|___________|______|__________|______|_________|_____

\1\The labor force includes all employed persons plus those seeking employment. The labor force participation rate is the percentage of persons either employed or seeking employment.
\2\Includes persons who dropped out of school between October 1 and September 30 of years shown.
\3\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
\4\Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
\5\Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

NOTE.--Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Includes dropouts from any grade, including a small number from elementary and middle schools. Percents are only shown when the base is 75,000 or greater. Even though the standard errors are large, smaller estimates are shown to permit users to combine categories in various ways. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, College Enrollment of 1993 High School Graduates, and unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 1995.)

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