Standard errors for the percentage of high school completers who were enrolled in college the October immediately following high school completion, by race/ethnicity and family income: 1972

Student Effort and Educational Progress: Standard Error Tables

Transition to College

Table S24-1. Standard errors for the percentage of high school completers who were enrolled in college the October immediately following high school completion, by race/ethnicity and family income: 1972–2006

		Race/ethnicity					Family income
Year	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Gap between White and Black	Gap between White and Hispanic	Low	Middle	High	Gap between low and high

1972	1.31	1.42	4.62	9.74	4.84	9.84	3.45	1.75	2.19	4.08
1973	1.29	1.40	4.30	9.01	4.52	9.12	3.18	1.70	2.13	3.83
1974	1.28	1.39	4.58	8.94	4.78	9.04	†	†	†	†
1975	1.26	1.37	4.69	8.44	4.89	8.55	3.59	1.69	2.09	4.15
1976	1.31	1.43	4.82	7.97	5.03	8.10	4.20	1.76	2.06	4.68
1977	1.29	1.41	4.65	7.96	4.86	8.09	3.54	1.76	2.01	4.07
1978	1.28	1.41	4.51	8.44	4.72	8.56	3.74	1.74	2.05	4.27
1979	1.28	1.41	4.69	7.92	4.90	8.04	3.78	1.74	2.04	4.29
1980	1.30	1.43	4.44	8.70	4.66	8.81	3.47	1.78	2.08	4.05
1981	1.30	1.44	4.44	8.19	4.67	8.32	3.90	1.75	2.09	4.43
1982	1.36	1.52	4.33	7.96	4.59	8.10	3.81	1.81	2.13	4.36
1983	1.39	1.55	4.34	8.96	4.61	9.10	4.02	1.88	2.17	4.56
1984	1.37	1.54	4.15	7.67	4.42	7.83	3.62	1.89	2.09	4.18
1985	1.45	1.62	4.78	9.76	5.05	9.89	4.14	2.02	2.16	4.67
1986	1.43	1.62	4.38	8.85	4.67	9.00	3.59	1.97	2.28	4.25
1987	1.46	1.65	4.82	8.25	5.10	8.42	3.88	2.07	2.16	4.44
1988	1.57	1.79	4.91	10.14	5.23	10.30	4.39	2.14	2.52	5.06
1989	1.64	1.85	5.27	10.51	5.59	10.67	4.56	2.28	2.61	5.25
1990	1.60	1.80	5.08	10.82	5.39	10.97	4.76	2.14	2.54	5.39
1991	1.62	1.82	5.25	9.58	5.55	9.75	4.50	2.25	2.39	5.09
1992	1.58	1.84	4.92	8.50	5.25	8.70	4.37	2.18	2.35	4.96
1993	1.59	1.85	5.28	8.22	5.60	8.42	4.56	2.15	2.46	5.18
1994	1.43	1.61	4.42	6.28	4.70	6.48	3.96	1.94	2.22	4.54
1995	1.41	1.64	4.20	4.92	4.51	5.19	3.56	2.00	1.86	4.02
1996	1.42	1.67	4.03	5.79	4.37	6.03	3.78	1.95	2.27	4.41
1997	1.38	1.64	4.12	4.53	4.43	4.82	3.66	1.97	1.98	4.16
1998	1.38	1.61	4.05	4.92	4.35	5.18	3.62	1.89	2.21	4.24
1999	1.38	1.64	3.86	4.76	4.19	5.03	3.66	1.90	2.22	4.28
2000	1.41	1.66	4.11	5.03	4.43	5.30	3.67	1.97	2.22	4.29
2001	1.41	1.64	3.97	5.33	4.30	5.58	3.61	1.97	2.08	4.17
2002	1.31	1.53	3.84	4.55	4.13	4.81	3.60	1.78	2.11	4.18
2003	1.35	1.61	4.25	4.61	4.54	4.88	3.83	1.87	2.02	4.33
2004	1.31	1.57	3.77	4.76	4.08	5.01	3.95	1.79	1.98	4.42
2005	1.31	1.52	4.15	4.18	4.43	4.45	3.86	1.81	1.98	4.34
2006	1.33	1.60	4.33	4.18	4.61	4.48	3.92	1.82	2.01	4.41

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, 1972–2006.

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