Labor force status of 1979-80 to 1995-96 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1980 toOctober 1996

Table 381.

Labor force status of 1979-80 to 1995-96 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1980 toOctober 1996 [Numbers in thousands]

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                                   |                |         Dropouts in civilian labor force\2\             | Not
                                   |   Dropouts\1\  |_________________________________________________________| 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 \2\ ...|   739 |  100.0 |    471 |      63.7 |   322 |     43.6 |   149 |    31.6 | 268
1984-85 dropouts in October \2\....|   612 |  100.0 |    413 |      67.5 |   266 |     43.5 |   147 |    35.6 | 199
1985-86 dropouts in October \2\....|   562 |  100.0 |    359 |      63.9 |   259 |     46.1 |   100 |    27.9 | 203
1986-87 dropouts in October \2\....|   502 |  100.0 |    333 |      66.4 |   207 |     41.2 |   126 |    37.8 | 169
1987-88 dropouts in October \2\....|   552 |  100.0 |    327 |      59.2 |   240 |     43.5 |    87 |    26.7 | 225
1988-89 dropouts in October \2\....|   446 |  100.0 |    292 |      65.4 |   210 |     47.1 |    82 |    28.0 | 154
1989-90 dropouts in October \2\ ...|   405 |  100.0 |    280 |      69.0 |   189 |     46.7 |    90 |    32.3 | 125
1990-91 dropouts in October \2\....|   380 |  100.0 |    235 |      61.8 |   140 |     36.9 |    95 |    40.3 | 145
1991-92 dropouts in October \2\....|   406 |  100.0 |    242 |      59.6 |   147 |     36.3 |    95 |    39.1 | 164
1992-93 dropouts in October \2\....|   399 |  100.0 |    254 |      63.8 |   187 |     47.0 |    67 |    26.3 | 145
1993-94 dropouts in October \2\....|   510 |  100.0 |    311 |      61.1 |   219 |     42.9 |    93 |    29.8 | 198
1994-95 dropouts in October \2\....|   604 |  100.0 |    409 |      67.7 |   288 |     47.7 |   121 |    29.6 | 195
1995-96 dropouts in October \2\....|   496 |  100.0 |    289 |      58.4 |   210 |     42.3 |    80 |    27.6 | 206
                                   |       |        |                    |       |          |       |         |
                                   |       |        |        |           |       |          |       |         |
                Men                |       |        |        |           |       |          |       |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October \2\....|   422 |   57.1 |    305 |      72.3 |   212 |     50.2 |    93 |    30.5 | 117
1984-85 dropouts in October \2\....|   321 |   52.5 |    261 |      81.3 |   163 |     50.8 |    98 |    37.5 |  60
1989-90 dropouts in October \2\....|   215 |   53.1 |    173 |      80.2 |   110 |     51.2 |    63 |    36.2 |  42
1990-91 dropouts in October \2\....|   189 |   49.7 |    142 |      75.0 |    92 |     48.8 |    50 |    35.0 |  47
1991-92 dropouts in October \2\....|   189 |   46.6 |    130 |      69.1 |    85 |     45.2 |    45 |    34.7 |  59
1992-93 dropouts in October \2\....|   213 |   53.4 |    156 |      73.5 |   132 |     61.8 |    25 |    15.9 |  57
1993-94 dropouts in October \2\....|   259 |   50.8 |    198 |      76.5 |   151 |     58.2 |    47 |    23.9 |  61
1994-95 dropouts in October \2\....|   339 |   56.1 |    251 |      74.0 |   179 |     52.8 |    72 |    28.7 |  88
1995-96 dropouts in October \2\....|   241 |   48.6 |    178 |      74.0 |   123 |     51.0 |    56 |    31.1 |  63
                                   |       |        |        |           |                  |       |         |
               Women               |       |        |        |           |       |          |       |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October \2\....|   317 |   42.9 |    166 |      52.4 |   110 |     34.7 |    56 |    33.7 | 151
1984-85 dropouts in October \2\....|   291 |   47.5 |    152 |      52.2 |   103 |     35.4 |    49 |    32.2 | 139
1989-90 dropouts in October \2\....|   190 |   46.9 |    107 |      56.3 |    79 |     41.6 |    28 |    26.1 |  83
1990-91 dropouts in October \2\....|   191 |   50.3 |     93 |      48.8 |    48 |     25.2 |    45 |    48.4 |  98
1991-92 dropouts in October \2\....|   218 |   53.7 |    112 |      51.4 |    62 |     28.6 |    50 |    44.3 | 106
1992-93 dropouts in October \2\....|   186 |   46.6 |     98 |      52.6 |    56 |     30.1 |    42 |    42.9 |  88
1993-94 dropouts in October \2\....|   251 |   49.2 |    113 |      45.2 |    68 |     27.1 |    45 |    40.0 | 137
1994-95 dropouts in October \2\....|   265 |   43.9 |    157 |      59.5 |   109 |     41.1 |    49 |    30.9 | 107
1995-96 dropouts in October \2\.....   255     51.4 |    111 |      43.6 |    87       34.1 |    24 |    21.8 | 144
                                   |       |        |        |           |       |          |       |         |
             White\3\              |       |        |        |           |       |          |       |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October \2\....|   580 |   78.5 |    392 |      67.6 |   286 |     49.3 |   106 |    27.0 | 188
1984-85 dropouts in October \2\....|   458 |   74.8 |    330 |      72.1 |   214 |     46.7 |   116 |    35.2 | 128
1989-90 dropouts in October \2\....|   303 |   74.8 |    211 |      69.8 |   156 |     51.4 |    56 |    26.3 |  92
1990-91 dropouts in October \2\....|   273 |   71.8 |    177 |      65.1 |   109 |     40.0 |    68 |    38.5 |  96
1991-92 dropouts in October \2\....|   319 |   78.6 |    190 |      59.7 |   128 |     40.3 |    62 |    32.5 | 129
1992-93 dropouts in October \2\....|   304 |   76.2 |    209 |      68.8 |   159 |     52.2 |    50 |    24.1 |  95
1993-94 dropouts in October \2\....|   382 |   74.9 |    252 |      66.0 |   177 |     46.3 |    75 |    29.8 | 130
1994-95 dropouts in October \2\....|   448 |   74.2 |    312 |      69.8 |   227 |     50.8 |    85 |    27.2 | 135
1995-96 dropouts in October \2\....|   365 |   73.6 |    238 |      65.1 |   178 |     48.6      60 |    25.3 | 127
                                   |       |        |        |           |       |          |       |         |
             Black\3\              |       |        |        |           |       |          |       |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October \2\....|   146 |   19.8 |     73 |      50.0 |    33 |     22.6 |    40 |    (\4\)|  73
1984-85 dropouts in October \2\....|   132 |   21.6 |     69 |      52.3 |    39 |     29.5 |    30 |    (\4\)|  63
1989-90 dropouts in October \2\....|    86 |   21.2 |     56 |      65.3 |    26 |     29.9 |    30 |    (\4\)|  30
1990-91 dropouts in October \2\....|    98 |   25.8 |     54 |      55.0 |    28 |     28.4 |    26 |    (\4\)|  44
1991-92 dropouts in October \2\....|    66 |   16.3 |     35 |      (\4\)|     7 |     (\4\)|    28 |    (\4\)|  31
1992-93 dropouts in October \2\....|    80 |   20.1 |     34 |      42.9 |    21 |     26.2 |    13 |    (\4\)|  46
1993-94 dropouts in October \2\....|   100 |   19.6 |     48 |      47.9 |    34 |     34.1 |    14 |    (\4\)|  52
1994-95 dropouts in October \2\....|   109 |   18.0 |     66 |      61.0 |    40 |     36.4 |    27 |    (\4\)|  42
1995-96 dropouts in October \2\....|   111 |   22.4 |     40 |      35.7 |    23       20.7 |    17 |    (\4\)|  71
                                   |       |        |        |           |       |          |       |         |
            Hispanic\5\            |       |        |        |           |       |          |       |         |
1979-80 dropouts in October \2\....|    91 |   12.3 |     60 |      65.9 |    43 |     47.3 |    17 |    (\4\)|  31
1984-85 dropouts in October \2\....|   106 |   17.3 |     73 |      68.9 |    40 |     37.7 |    33 |    (\4\)|  33
1989-90 dropouts in October \2\....|    67 |   16.5 |     32 |      (\4\)|    22 |     (\4\)|    10 |    (\4\)|  35
1990-91 dropouts in October \2\....|    61 |   16.1 |     48 |      (\4\)|    30 |     (\4\)|    18 |    (\4\)|  13
1991-92 dropouts in October \2\....|    80 |   19.7 |     40 |      49.9 |    23 |     28.4 |    17 |    (\4\)|  40
1992-93 dropouts in October \2\....|    60 |   15.0 |     43 |      (\4\)|    28 |     (\4\)|    15 |    (\4\)|  17
1993-94 dropouts in October \2\....|   108 |   21.2 |     51 |      47.5 |    31 |     28.6 |    20 |    (\4\)|  57
1994-95 dropouts in October \2\....|   174 |   28.8 |    119 |      68.6 |    84 |     48.5 |    35 |    29.3 |  55
1995-96 dropouts in October \2\....|   105 |   21.2 |     71 |      67.7 |    57 |     54.5 |    14 |    (\4\)|  34
___________________________________|_______|________|________|___________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_____

\1\Persons who dropped out of school between October of the earlier year and October of the later year.

\2\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. The unemployment rate is the percent of persons in the labor force who are seeking employment.

\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. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. Because of rounding, sum of individual items may not equal totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, College Enrollment of High School Graduates, various years. (This table was prepared May 1997.)

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