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Table B–8. Standard errors for table 9: Status completion rates, and number and distribution of completers ages 18–24 not currently enrolled in high school or below, by selected background characteristics: October 2005
Characteristic | Completion rate (percent) |
Number of completers (thousands) |
Percent of all completers |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 0.30 | 78.0 | † |
Sex | |||
Male | 0.45 | 59.0 | 0.48 |
Female | 0.38 | 50.8 | 0.48 |
Race/ethnicity | |||
White, non–Hispanic | 0.30 | 49.9 | 0.46 |
Black, non–Hispanic | 0.91 | 32.1 | 0.35 |
Hispanic | 1.12 | 51.3 | 0.38 |
Asian/Pacific Islander, | |||
non–Hispanic | 0.93 | 10.5 | 0.22 |
More than one race | 2.24 | 10.1 | 0.13 |
Age | |||
18–19 | 0.60 | 37.2 | 0.41 |
20–21 | 0.53 | 43.7 | 0.45 |
22–24 | 0.45 | 52.8 | 0.48 |
Recency of immigration | |||
Born outside the 50 states and | |||
District of Columbia | |||
Hispanic | 1.79 | 37.6 | 0.24 |
Non–Hispanic | 0.89 | 14.3 | 0.24 |
First generation | |||
Hispanic | 1.75 | 24.7 | 0.24 |
Non–Hispanic | 0.78 | 11.4 | 0.23 |
Second generation or more | |||
Hispanic | 1.91 | 20.3 | 0.21 |
Non–Hispanic | 0.31 | 57.8 | 0.42 |
Region | |||
Northeast | 0.57 | 26.8 | 0.35 |
Midwest | 0.54 | 33.4 | 0.40 |
South | 0.57 | 53.3 | 0.49 |
West | 0.69 | 42.2 | 0.43 |
† Not applicable. The corresponding statistic refers to the total population, which is, by definition, 100 percent of the
distribution.
NOTE: Standard errors for population estimates in table 9 cannot be calculated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2005. |