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| Table 106. - | Percent of high school dropouts (status dropouts) among persons 6 to 34 years old, by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: October 1970 to October 1997 |
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Year, | | | | | |
race/ethnicity, |16 and 17|18 and 19|20 and 21|22 to 24|25 to 29|30 to 34
and sex | years | years | years | years | years | years
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
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October 1970 | | | | | |
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All races .........| 8.0 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 22.5 | 26.5
Male ............| 7.1 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 21.4 | 26.2
Female ..........| 8.9 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 19.4 | 23.6 | 26.8
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White\1\ ............| 7.3 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 16.3 | 19.9 | 24.6
Male ..............| 6.3 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 19.0 | 24.2
Female ............| 8.4 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 20.7 | 24.9
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Black\1\ ............| 12.8 | 31.2 | 29.6 | 37.8 | 44.4 | 43.5
Male ..............| 13.3 | 36.4 | 29.6 | 39.5 | 43.1 | 45.9
Female ............| 12.4 | 26.6 | 29.6 | 36.4 | 45.6 | 41.5
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October 1980 | | | | | |
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All races .........| 8.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 13.9 | 14.6
Male ............| 8.9 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 13.8 | 14.0
Female ..........| 8.8 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.2
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White, non-Hispanic .| 8.6 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 11.0
Male ..............| 8.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 10.6 | 10.7
Female ............| 8.6 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.3
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 7.0 | 21.0 | 24.6 | 23.6 | 22.4 | 23.1
Male ..............| 7.2 | 22.2 | 30.8 | 24.6 | 22.2 | 21.9
Female ............| 6.8 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 24.0
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Hispanic origin .....| 16.5 | 39.0 | 41.6 | 40.6 | 40.9 | 45.4
Male ..............| 18.1 | 43.1 | 41.4 | 42.9 | 40.1 | 43.9
Female ............| 15.0 | 34.6 | 41.9 | 38.6 | 41.7 | 47.0
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October 1990 | | | | | |
| | | | | |
All races .........| 6.3 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 12.9
Male ............| 6.6 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 13.3
Female ..........| 6.1 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 12.5
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White, non-Hispanic .| 5.4 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.7
Male ..............| 5.9 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.4
Female ............| 5.0 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 8.0
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 6.9 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 19.3 | 16.7
Male ..............| 6.3 | 15.5 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 18.9 | 16.4
Female ............| 7.5 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 13.9 | 19.6 | 16.9
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Hispanic origin .....| 12.9 | 34.2 | 31.6 | 42.8 | 41.7 | 42.4
Male ..............| 13.1 | 39.4 | 37.9 | 41.4 | 42.6 | 41.4
Female ............| 12.5 | 29.4 | 25.0 | 44.4 | 40.7 | 43.5
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October 1995\2\ | | | | | |
| | | | | |
All races .........| 5.4 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.7
Male ............| 4.8 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.0
Female ..........| 6.1 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 11.4
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White, non-Hispanic .| 4.7 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 7.7
Male ..............| 4.2 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.9
Female ............| 5.2 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 7.5
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 5.6 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 11.6
Male ..............| 4.1 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 12.1
Female ............| 7.3 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 11.1
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Hispanic origin .....| 10.7 | 30.8 | 34.4 | 37.4 | 39.0 | 36.6
Male ..............| 11.2 | 27.0 | 33.4 | 39.0 | 42.1 | 35.5
Female ............| 10.2 | 35.0 | 35.4 | 35.3 | 35.6 | 37.8
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October 1997\2\ | | | | | |
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All races .........| 4.8 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 11.8
Male ............| 5.0 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.0
Female ..........| 4.7 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 10.7
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White, non-Hispanic .| 4.3 | 11.2 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.5
Male ..............| 5.1 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.1
Female ............| 3.4 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 6.0
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 5.5 | 14.9 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 11.7 | 12.7
Male ..............| 4.5 | 16.0 | 19.6 | 15.6 | 9.5 | 15.4
Female ............| 6.4 | 13.9 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 13.4 | 10.4
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Hispanic origin .....| 7.3 | 25.2 | 29.2 | 35.3 | 37.6 | 39.5
Male ..............| 5.1 | 28.0 | 32.2 | 37.5 | 39.9 | 40.1
Female ............| 9.6 | 22.1 | 25.7 | 32.7 | 34.9 | 38.7
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\1\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
\2\Because of changes in data collection procedures, data may not be comparable with figures for earlier years. NOTE.--"Status" dropouts are 16- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and who have not completed a high school program, regarless of when they left school. People who have received GED credentials are counted as high school completers. Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared September 1998.) |
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