Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 35-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders with at least one child, by race-ethnicity, by graduation status and socioeconomic status: 1994

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                                            Asian/                    Black,       White,         
                                           Pacific                     non-         non-        Native
                                 Total     Islander     Hispanic     Hispanic     Hispanic     American
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Overall
  Total                          15.9        42.1         48.5          55.8        45.5         63.7
  High school graduates           9.2        33.5         31.6          42.2        32.0           -
  Other                          45.1          -          62.0          69.8        57.1         69.0
                 
Low socioeconomic status
  Total                          29.3          -          45.8          54.5        46.8         74.2
  High school graduates          18.3          -          27.3          37.5        32.0           -
  Other                          49.8          -          57.5          70.5        55.0           -
                 
Middle socioeconomic status
  Total                          14.8          -          50.0          54.4        45.8           -
  High school graduates           9.4          -          42.4          46.6        30.6           -
  Other                          43.0          -          60.9          65.7        60.6           -
                 
High socioeconomic status
  Total                           4.2          -            -             -         40.8           -       
  High school graduates           2.8          -            -             -         38.5           -                      
  Other                          23.5          -            -             -           -            -           
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-Insufficient sample size to compute reliable estimate.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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