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This article was originally published as an Indicator of the Month, taken from The Condition of Education: 1999. The sample survey data are from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS). | |||
As a whole, Hispanics drop out of high school at higher rates and attain lower levels of education than non-Hispanics. The relative recency of migration among Hispanics may at least partially account for this trend. Evidence of the undereducation of Hispanics has implications for developing retention strategies as well as for assessing the educational and training needs of the population. The status dropout rate for an age group (the percentage of that age group that is not enrolled in school and has not completed high school) is one measure of dropping out.
Figure 1. - Percentage distribution of 16- to 24-year olds, by race/ethnicity and recency of migration: 1997
NOTE: People born in Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories are considered born in other countries. Individuals are classified as first generation if they were born in one of the 50 states or Washington, DC, and at least one of their parents was not. Later generation includes those who were born in one of the 50 states or Washington, DC, as were both their parents.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1997.
Table 1. - Percentage distribution of 16- to 24-year olds who were not enrolled in school and had not completed high school, by race/ethnicity and recency of migration: 1997
NOTE: People born in Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories are considered born in other countries. Individuals are classified as first generation if they were born in one of the 50 states or Washington, DC, and at least one of their parents was not. Later generation includes those who were born in one of the 50 states or Washington, DC, as were both their parents.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1997.
Table 2. - Percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds who were not enrolled in school and had not completed high school, by race/ethnicity and recency of migration: 1979, 1989, and 1997
- Not Available
* Total includes a small proportion of whom recency of migration is unknown.
NOTE: People born in Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories are considered born in other countries. Individuals are classified as first generation if they were born in one of the 50 states or Washington, DC, and at least one of their parents was not. Later generation includes those who were born in one of the 50 states or Washington, DC, as were both their parents.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1997.
Figure 2. - Percentage distribution of 25- to 34-year-olds who were not enrolled and had not completed high school, by race/ethnicity and recency of migration: 1979, 1989, and 1997
NOTE: People born in Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories are considered born in other countries. Individuals are classified as first generation if they were born in one of the 50 states or Washington, DC, and at least one of their parents was not. Later generation includes those who were born in one of the 50 states or Washington, DC, as were both their parents.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS), November 1979 and 1989 and October 1997.
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