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Dropout Rates in the United States: 2005
NCES 2007-059
June 2007

Table B–6.  Standard errors for table 7: Status dropout rates and number of status dropouts among 16- through 24-year-olds: October 1972 through October 2005

Year Status dropout rate
(percent)
Number of status dropouts
(thousands)
     
1972 0.28 91.1
1973 0.27 90.9
1974 0.27 92.0
1975 0.27 92.0
1976 0.26 93.3
     
1977 0.27 94.9
1978 0.27 95.6
1979 0.27 96.8
1980 0.26 95.4
1981 0.26 96.1
     
1982 0.27 100.0
1983 0.27 98.6
1984 0.27 96.1
1985 0.27 93.2
1986 0.27 91.4
     
1987 0.28 92.3
1988 0.30 100.2
1989 0.31 98.0
1990 0.29 92.0
1991 0.30 92.8
     
1992 0.28 87.7
1993 0.28 87.5
1994 0.26 91.4
1995 0.27 92.9
1996 0.27 90.1
     
1997 0.27 87.4
1998 0.27 90.8
1999 0.26 89.7
2000 0.26 89.3
2001 0.25 89.3
     
2002 0.24 84.2
2003 0.23 82.6
2004 0.23 84.8
2005 0.22 81.7
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. Standard errors for population estimates in table 7 cannot be calculated.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October (1972–2005).

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