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Dropout rate
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Never
Characteristics Total retained Retained
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Total 0.29 0.29 1.04
No disability 0.30 0.29 1.14
Disabled 1.18 1.26 2.57
Learning only 2.45 3.17 3.75
Learning & other 5.21 7.68 6.83
All other disabilities 1.38 1.34 3.98
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-/ Not applicableSOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October 1995, unpublished data.