Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table A26-Standard errors for Table 26: Percentage of 1988 eighth graders by employment and education status, by high school completion status, by sex and socioeconomic status

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                                                                    Not enrolled in
                                                                     postsecondary    
                                                                       education
                                                                      or employed
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			      Post-      Post-
                            secondary  secondary        		
                            education  education   Employed    Un-      Not in
                              only      and work     only    employed    labor  forceTotal
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Sex
  Male
    Total                     1.00       0.73        0.99      0.44      0.31      0.53
    High school graduates     1.06       0.81        0.92      0.27      0.22      0.35
    Other                     0.61       1.77        2.45      1.80      1.25      2.07
  Female
    Total                     0.93       0.61        0.85      0.45      0.54      0.69
    High school graduates     0.94       0.70        0.82      0.29      0.31      0.41
    Other                     1.05       0.63        2.57      1.90      2.41      2.66

Socioeconomic status
  Low SES
    Total                     0.90       0.81        1.38      0.77      0.74      1.01
    High school graduates     1.24       1.17        1.56      0.64      0.58      0.84
    Other                     0.43       0.65        2.19      1.30      1.87      2.13
  Middle SES
    Total                     0.81       0.71        0.83      0.31      0.47      0.56
    High school graduates     0.87       0.74        0.82      0.30      0.27      0.40
    Other                     0.96       2.05        2.74      1.14      2.33      2.45
  High SES
    Total                     1.35       0.93        0.95      0.77      0.25      0.80
    High school graduates     1.16       0.96        0.70      0.09      0.24      0.25
    Other                     3.29       3.63        8.32      9.66      1.94      9.44
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

[Appendix A: Table 25]

[Appendix A: Table 27]