Table B-3. Standard errors for table 3: Event dropout rates of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2004
		Sex			Race/ethnicity
Year	Total	Male	Female		White non-Hispanic	Black non-Hispanic	Hispanic
1972	0.33	0.46	0.48		0.34	1.32	2.81
1973	0.33	0.49	0.45		0.35	1.35	2.65
1974	0.34	0.51	0.46		0.35	1.41	2.52
1975	0.32	0.44	0.46		0.33	1.25	2.50
1976	0.32	0.48	0.43		0.35	1.15	2.05
1977	0.34	0.49	0.46		0.37	1.20	2.13
1978	0.34	0.51	0.46		0.36	1.31	2.75
1979	0.34	0.49	0.48		0.37	1.32	2.43
1980	0.33	0.49	0.45		0.35	1.21	2.56
1981	0.33	0.47	0.46		0.34	1.29	2.28
1982	0.34	0.49	0.46		0.36	1.21	2.31
1983	0.33	0.50	0.45		0.35	1.17	2.44
1984	0.33	0.49	0.46		0.36	1.06	2.51
1985	0.34	0.50	0.48		0.36	1.26	2.55
1986	0.32	0.46	0.45		0.34	1.05	2.69
1987	0.30	0.44	0.41		0.33	1.14	1.89
1988	0.36	0.52	0.50		0.39	1.20	3.09
1989	0.36	0.51	0.51		0.37	1.39	2.65
1990	0.34	0.48	0.47		0.36	1.15	2.29
1991	0.34	0.46	0.49		0.36	1.20	2.17
1992	0.35	0.46	0.53		0.38	1.09	2.23
1993	0.36	0.51	0.50		0.40	1.20	2.03
1994	0.34	0.48	0.49		0.37	1.03	1.52
1995	0.35	0.51	0.48		0.38	1.00	1.61
1996	0.34	0.49	0.51		0.38	1.05	1.50
1997	0.32	0.47	0.43		0.35	0.92	1.45
1998	0.33	0.45	0.47		0.36	0.91	1.48
1999	0.33	0.44	0.49		0.36	1.00	1.28
2000	0.33	0.49	0.43		0.37	1.01	1.24
2001	0.33	0.49	0.44		0.37	1.01	1.38
2002	0.27	0.39	0.37		0.28	0.87	1.01
2003	0.28	0.40	0.38		0.31	0.85	1.06
2004	0.30	0.44	0.41		0.34	0.94	1.20
NOTE: Some of the standard error estimates in this table may differ from those previously published due to changes in the generalized variance parameters developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1972–2004.