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Status Percent
dropout of
Characteristics rate population
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White non-Hispanic
Total 0.30
No disability 0.31 1.17
Disabled 1.26 1.17
Learning only 2.77 0.72
Learning & other 5.84 0.45
All other disabilities 1.39 0.86
Black non-Hispanic
Total 0.75
No disability 0.75 2.10
Disabled 4.34 2.10
Learning only
Learning & other
All other disabilities 5.37 1.74
Hispanic
Total 1.09
No disability 1.12 0.78
Disabled 4.60 0.78
Learning only
Learning & other
All other disabilities 5.52 0.78
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-/ Not applicable.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October 1995, unpublished data.