Table B–9. Standard errors for table 10: Status completion rates and number of completers among 18- through 24-year-olds: October 1972 through October 2005

Dropout Rates in the United States: 2005

NCES 2007-059
June 2007

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Year	Completion rate (percent)	Number of completers (thousands)

1972	0.32	82.8
1973	0.31	82.3
1974	0.31	83.3
1975	0.30	83.8
1976	0.30	85.3

1977	0.30	94.5
1978	0.30	87.4
1979	0.30	88.9
1980	0.30	87.5
1981	0.29	88.9

1982	0.31	93.1
1983	0.31	92.2
1984	0.31	89.8
1985	0.31	86.6
1986	0.31	85.1

1987	0.32	86.0
1988	0.36	93.7
1989	0.36	91.7
1990	0.34	86.5
1991	0.34	84.4

1992	0.33	82.3
1993	0.34	82.1
1994	0.34	79.8
1995	0.35	80.3
1996	0.35	80.9

1997	0.35	82.3
1998	0.36	85.8
1999	0.34	83.8
2000	0.33	83.4
2001	0.33	83.4

2002	0.31	79.8
2003	0.30	78.6
2004	0.30	80.3
2005	0.30	78.0
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 10 cannot be calculated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October (1972–2005).

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