Table B–5. Standard errors for table 6: Status dropout rates and number and distribution of dropouts of 16- through 24-year-olds, by selected background characteristics: October 2005

Dropout Rates in the United States: 2005

NCES 2007-059
June 2007

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Characteristic	Status dropout rate (percent)	Number of status dropouts (thousands)	Percent of all dropouts	Percent of population

Total	0.22	81.7	†	†

Sex
Male	0.33	61.8	1.22	0.38
Female	0.29	53.3	1.22	0.38

Race/ethnicity
White, non–Hispanic	0.23	52.2	1.21	0.37
Black, non–Hispanic	0.66	33.9	0.95	0.28
Hispanic	0.87	55.1	1.39	0.33
Asian/Pacific Islander,
non–Hispanic	0.66	10.1	0.30	0.16
More than one race	1.63	11.2	0.33	0.11

Age
16	0.34	15.5	0.45	0.25
17	0.45	19.6	0.56	0.25
18	0.65	24.4	0.70	0.23
19	0.69	26.2	0.75	0.23
20–24	0.34	68.3	1.11	0.38

Recency of immigration
Born outside the 50 states and District of Columbia
Hispanic	1.57	40.5	1.25	0.22
Non–Hispanic	0.69	13.8	0.40	0.17
First generation
Hispanic	1.24	26.5	0.79	0.20
Non–Hispanic	0.54	11.7	0.34	0.18
Second generation or more
Hispanic	1.31	21.4	0.64	0.18
Non–Hispanic	0.23	60.8	1.24	0.34

Region
Northeast	0.43	28.7	0.80	0.28
Midwest	0.39	33.9	0.92	0.31
South	0.44	56.6	1.31	0.39
West	0.52	43.8	1.16	0.34
† Not applicable. The corresponding statistic refers to the total population, which is, by definition, 100 percent of the distribution. NOTE: Standard errors for population estimates in table 6 cannot be calculated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2005.

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