Table B–10. Standard errors for table 11: Status completion rates of 18- through 24-year-olds not currently enrolled in high school or below, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2005

Dropout Rates in the United States: 2005

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Year	Total (percent)			Race/ethnicity (percent)
		Sex (percent)		White, non– Hispanic	Black, non– Hispanic	Hispanic
		Male	Female	White, non– Hispanic	Black, non– Hispanic	Hispanic

1972	0.32	0.51	0.48	0.33	1.20	1.83
1973	0.31	0.49	0.47	0.31	1.17	1.83
1974	0.31	0.49	0.46	0.31	1.17	1.70
1975	0.30	0.47	0.46	0.30	1.18	1.72
1976	0.30	0.48	0.45	0.31	1.12	1.68

1977	0.30	0.49	0.45	0.31	1.12	1.66
1978	0.30	0.48	0.45	0.31	1.11	1.61
1979	0.30	0.49	0.45	0.31	1.11	1.58
1980	0.30	0.48	0.43	0.30	1.07	1.51
1981	0.29	0.48	0.43	0.30	1.02	1.46

1982	0.31	0.49	0.45	0.32	1.06	1.57
1983	0.31	0.50	0.45	0.32	1.06	1.59
1984	0.31	0.49	0.45	0.32	0.99	1.54
1985	0.31	0.49	0.44	0.32	1.00	1.58
1986	0.31	0.50	0.45	0.32	0.99	1.51

1987	0.32	0.51	0.47	0.34	0.99	1.47
1988	0.36	0.57	0.51	0.36	1.13	1.78
1989	0.36	0.57	0.51	0.37	1.11	1.73
1990	0.34	0.53	0.50	0.34	1.03	1.54
1991	0.34	0.55	0.50	0.35	1.06	1.53

1992	0.33	0.53	0.49	0.33	1.07	1.53
1993	0.34	0.53	0.50	0.35	1.07	1.49
1994	0.34	0.49	0.45	0.34	1.02	1.43
1995	0.35	0.50	0.47	0.36	1.01	1.40
1996	0.35	0.50	0.48	0.34	1.08	1.49

1997	0.35	0.51	0.47	0.36	1.10	1.42
1998	0.36	0.53	0.47	0.36	1.11	1.37
1999	0.34	0.50	0.46	0.34	1.04	1.39
2000	0.33	0.49	0.44	0.33	1.01	1.36
2001	0.33	0.50	0.43	0.34	0.97	1.31

2002	0.31	0.46	0.41	0.31	0.95	1.15
2003	0.30	0.46	0.40	0.31	0.96	1.15
2004	0.30	0.46	0.40	0.31	0.98	1.12
2005	0.30	0.45	0.38	0.30	0.91	1.12
NOTE: Some of the standard error estimates in this table may differ from those previously published because of 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 (1972–2005).

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