List of Figures

Figure 1	Young persons as a percentage of the total population, by age group: Various years, 1960 to 2002
Figure 2	Percentage change in population projections of 14- to 24-year-olds, by age group and race/ethnicity: Various years, 2000 to 2020
Figure 3	Living arrangements of 18- to 24-year-olds: Various years, 1960 to 2003
Figure 4	Median age at first marriage, by sex: Various years, 1950 to 2003
Figure 5	Percentage of family households of 20- to 24-year-olds with own children, by race/ethnicity of householder: 1990 and 2000
Figure 6	Birth rates for 15- to 19-year-old and 20- to 24-year-old females: Various years, 1950 to 2002
Figure 7	Percentage of 1988 male and female eighth-graders, by educational level and timing of parenthood: 2000
Figure 8	Birth rates for unmarried females, by age group and race of mother: Various years, 1950 to 2002
Figure 9	Percentage of population 14 to 29 years old enrolled in school, by selected age group: Various years, October 1960 to October 2003
Figure 10	Percentage of students 3 to 34 years old who are Black or Hispanic, by level of school enrollment: Various years, October 1975 to October 2003
Figure 11	Pupil/teacher ratios and total expenditures per student in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools: Various years, 1965 to 2002
Figure 12	Average number of Carnegie units earned by public high school graduates, by subject area: 1990 and 2000
Figure 13	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading scores of 13- and 17-year-olds, by race/ethnicity: Various years, 1971 to 2004
Figure 14	Average scores on reading literacy assessments among 15-year-old students in selected countries: 2003
Figure 15	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scores of 13- and 17-year-olds, by race/ethnicity: Various years, 1973 to 2004
Figure 16	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science scores of 13- and 17-year-olds, by race/ethnicity: Various years, 1973 to 1999
Figure 17	Average scores in mathematics and science literacy assessments among 15-year-old students in selected countries: 2003
Figure 18	Percentage of 10th-graders who expected to attain various levels of education: 1980, 1990, and 2002
Figure 19	Percentage of persons ages 16 to 24 years who were status dropouts, by race/ethnicity: 1972 to 2003
Figure 20	Percentage of 25- to 29-year-olds who have not completed high school and percentage who completed a bachelor’s or higher degree: Various years, 1960 to 2004
Figure 21	Percentage distribution of 1988 eighth-graders’ educational attainment by 2000, by eighth-grade mathematics achievement: 2000
Figure 22	Enrollment of 18- to 24-year-olds in degree-granting institutions as a percentage of all 18- to 24-year-olds, by race/ethnicity: Various years, 1970 to 2003
Figure 23	Enrollment of 18- to 24-year-olds in higher education as a percentage of all 18- to 24-year-olds, by country: 1999 and 2001
Figure 24	Average net college price and average net tuition and fees (in 1999 constant dollars) for dependent full-time, full-year undergraduates, by type of institution: 1989–90 and 1999–2000
Figure 25	Percentage of bachelor’s, master’s, first-professional, and doctoral degrees awarded to females: Various years, 1959–60 to 2001–02
Figure 26	Percentage of 16- and 17-year-old students who are employed, by sex and race: Various years, 1970 to 2001
Figure 27	Labor force participation rate of young adults, by sex and age group: Various years, 1960 to 2003
Figure 28	Unemployment rates of 16- to 24-year-olds, by sex, race/ethnicity, and age group: 2003
Figure 29	Labor force participation rate of high school completers in year of completion, by college enrollment status: Various years, October 1965 to October 2003
Figure 30	Percentage of 16- to 24-year-old full-time college students who were employed, by hours worked per week: October 1970 to October 2003
Figure 31	Labor force status of 16- to 24-year-olds who dropped out of school between October 2002 and October 2003
Figure 32	Median income of full-time, year-round workers, by sex and age group: Various years, 1955 to 2002
Figure 33	Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds in poverty, by race/ethnicity: Various years, 1985 to 2002
Figure 34	Percentage of high school seniors who participated in various school-related extracurricular activities, by sex: 1990 and 2001
Figure 35	Percentage of high school seniors who reported watching TV; reading books, magazines, or newspapers; or working around the house at least once a week: Various years, 1979 to 2001
Figure 36	Percentage of high school seniors who participated in community affairs or volunteer work at least once or twice per month, by sex and race: 1980 and 2001
Figure 37	Percentage of 3- to 24-year-olds who use a home computer, by age group and race/ethnicity: 2003
Figure 38	Percentage of employed high school seniors spending “most” or “all or almost all” of their earnings on selected activities or expenses, by race and college plans: 2001
Figure 39	Average annual expenditures of households, by type of expenditure and age of head of household: 2001
Figure 40	Percentage of high school seniors reporting religious involvement: 1976 to 2001
Figure 41	Percentage of U.S. citizens 18 to 24 years old who reported being registered to vote and voting, by school enrollment status: November 2000
Figure 42	Number of arrests per 1,000 persons in the U.S. population, ages 14 to 34 years old, by age group: Various years, 1950 to 2002
Figure 43	Number of violent crime victims per 1,000 persons, by age group and sex: Various years, 1995 to 2002
Figure 44	Percentage of persons 18 years and older who reported being in excellent or very good health, by educational attainment and age group: 2002
Figure 45	Percentage of high school students who participated in vigorous physical activity, by sex: Various years, 1997 to 2003
Figure 46	Percentage of high school students who reported selected weight control and dieting characteristics, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2003
Figure 47	Number and rate of newly reported cases of selected diseases among 15- to 24-year-olds: Various years, 1985 to 2002
Figure 48	Percentage of high school seniors who currently use cigarettes, alcohol, or illicit drugs, by race/ethnicity: 2004
Figure 49	Percentage of high school students who participated in behaviors that may endanger their safety, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2003
Figure 50	Percentage of high school students receiving HIV/AIDS education, percentage who never had sexual intercourse, and percentage who are currently sexually active: Various years, 1991 to 2003
Figure 51	Number of deaths per 100,000 persons 15 to 24 years old, by sex and race: Various years, 1960 to 2001