Table 105. | Distribution of 18- to 29-year-olds, by high school completion status and selected characteristics: 1997 to 1999 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |______________________|_______________________|____________________________________ Characteristics | | Com- | Com- | | Com- | Com- | | Com- | Com- |Dropout|pleted|pleted |Dropout|pleted |pleted |Dropout |pleted |pleted | |by GED| by | |by GED | by | |by GED | by | | |diploma| | |diploma| | |diploma ____________________________|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ____________________________|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|____________ Number, in thousands .......| 5,496 |3,057 |33,787 | 5,636 | 3,321 |33,706 |5,576 (122)|3,314 (92)|33,819 (379) Percent distribution .....| 13.0 | 7.2 | 79.8 | 13.2 | 7.8 | 79.0 | 13.1 (0.3)| 7.8 (0.2)| 79.2 (0.3) |_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|____________ Sex ........................| 100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 --- |100.0 --- | 100.0 --- Male .....................| 54.4 | 49.3 | 48.6 | 57.0 | 47.3 | 48.4 | 53.5 (1.0)| 49.6 (1.3)| 48.0 (0.4) Female ...................| 45.6 | 50.7 | 51.4 | 43.0 | 52.7 | 51.6 | 46.5 (1.0)| 50.4 (1.3)| 52.0 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | Age ........................| 100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 --- |100.0 --- | 100.0 --- 18 and 19 ................| 18.9 | 9.5 | 14.6 | 19.6 | 13.4 | 15.2 | 18.8 (0.8)| 13.2 (0.9)| 15.3 (0.3) 20 and 21 ................| 16.2 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 18.0 (0.8)| 14.0 (0.9)| 16.5 (0.3) 22 to 24 .................| 23.8 | 22.7 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 25.6 | 24.3 | 24.5 (0.9)| 25.6 (1.2)| 25.4 (0.4) 25 to 29 .................| 41.1 | 52.4 | 44.1 | 37.1 | 44.8 | 44.4 | 38.8 (1.0)| 47.2 (1.3)| 42.7 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity .............| 100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 --- |100.0 --- | 100.0 --- White, non-Hispanic ......| 41.2 | 65.8 | 71.3 | 40.0 | 67.5 | 70.6 | 39.1 (1.0)| 67.7 (1.3)| 70.2 (0.4) Black, non-Hispanic ......| 15.9 | 16.6 | 13.0 | 15.7 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 14.8 (0.8)| 14.8 (1.0)| 13.4 (0.3) Hispanic .................| 39.0 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 41.6 | 13.2 | 10.7 | 42.5 (1.2)| 12.7 (1.0)| 10.5 (0.3) Other ....................| 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 3.5 (0.4)| 4.8 (0.7)| 5.9 (0.2) | | | | | | | | | Educational attainment .....| 100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 --- |100.0 --- | 100.0 --- Less than high school ....| 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |100.0 --- | 0.0 --- | 0.0 --- Completed high school ....| 0.0 | 68.0 | 36.6 | 0.0 | 47.1 | 38.3 | 0.0 --- | 45.8 (1.3)| 37.2 (0.4) Some college .............| 0.0 | 17.8 | 35.6 | 0.0 | 36.1 | 33.8 | 0.0 --- | 36.3 (1.3)| 33.8 (0.4) Associate degree .........| 0.0 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 0.0 --- | 6.7 (0.7)| 7.5 (0.2) Bachelor's degree ....... | 0.0 | 7.7 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 17.1 | 0.0 --- | 9.0 (0.8)| 18.1 (0.3) Masters or higher degree .| 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 0.0 --- | 2.1 (0.4)| 3.4 (0.2) | | | | | | | | | Family income quartile .....| 100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 --- |100.0 --- | 100.0 --- Lowest quartile ..........| 47.7 | 27.4 | 19.3 | 46.3 | 27.8 | 18.5 | 42.4 (1.0)| 24.6 (1.2)| 18.7 (0.3) Low-middle quartile ......| 30.2 | 29.5 | 25.1 | 30.6 | 29.7 | 24.6 | 33.0 (1.0)| 29.0 (1.2)| 24.4 (0.4) High-middle quartile .....| 14.5 | 24.4 | 27.4 | 16.6 | 23.1 | 28.4 | 17.0 (0.8)| 28.0 (1.2)| 27.9 (0.4) Highest quartile .........| 7.6 | 18.7 | 28.3 | 6.5 | 19.3 | 28.5 | 7.7 (0.5)| 18.3 (1.0)| 29.0 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | Employment status ..........| 100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0 --- |100.0 --- | 100.0 --- Employed .................| 58.2 | 76.7 | 74.8 | 61.6 | 71.8 | 76.0 | 60.6 (1.0)| 72.2 (1.2)| 75.6 (0.4) Unemployed ...............| 11.7 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 9.1 (0.6)| 7.2 (0.7)| 4.2 (0.2) Not in labor force .......| 30.1 | 14.1 | 20.9 | 30.0 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 30.3 (0.9)| 20.6 (1.1)| 20.2 (0.3) ____________________________|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|____________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Excludes persons still enrolled in high school. Data are based on sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared December 2000.)
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