Table 16-1. Event dropout rates of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, by family income: October 1972–2001
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Family income
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| Year |
Event dropout
rate (percent) |
Low
income |
Middle
income |
High
income |
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| 1972 |
6.1 |
14.1 |
6.7 |
2.5 |
| 1973 |
6.3 |
17.3 |
7.0 |
1.8 |
| 1974 |
6.7 |
— |
— |
— |
| 1975 |
5.8 |
15.7 |
6.0 |
2.6 |
| 1976 |
5.9 |
15.4 |
6.8 |
2.1 |
| 1977 |
6.5 |
15.5 |
7.6 |
2.2 |
| 1978 |
6.7 |
17.4 |
7.3 |
3.0 |
| 1979 |
6.7 |
17.1 |
6.9 |
3.6 |
| 1980 |
6.1 |
15.8 |
6.4 |
2.5 |
| 1981 |
5.9 |
14.4 |
6.2 |
2.8 |
| 1982 |
5.5 |
15.2 |
5.6 |
1.8 |
| 1983 |
5.2 |
10.4 |
6.0 |
2.2 |
| 1984 |
5.1 |
13.9 |
5.1 |
1.8 |
| 1985 |
5.2 |
14.2 |
5.2 |
2.1 |
| 1986 |
4.7 |
10.9 |
5.1 |
1.6 |
| 1987 |
4.1 |
10.3 |
4.7 |
1.0 |
| 1988 |
4.8 |
13.7 |
4.7 |
1.3 |
| 1989 |
4.5 |
10.0 |
5.0 |
1.1 |
| 1990 |
4.0 |
9.5 |
4.3 |
1.1 |
| 1991 |
4.1 |
10.6 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
| 1992 |
4.4 |
10.9 |
4.4 |
1.3 |
| 1993 |
4.5 |
12.3 |
4.3 |
1.3 |
| 1994 |
5.3 |
13.0 |
5.2 |
2.1 |
| 1995 |
5.7 |
13.3 |
5.7 |
2.0 |
| 1996 |
5.0 |
11.1 |
5.1 |
2.1 |
| 1997 |
4.6 |
12.3 |
4.1 |
1.8 |
| 1998 |
4.8 |
12.7 |
3.8 |
2.7 |
| 1999 |
5.0 |
11.0 |
5.0 |
2.1 |
| 2000 |
4.8 |
10.0 |
5.2 |
1.6 |
| 2001 |
5.0 |
10.7 |
5.4 |
1.7 |
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—Not available.
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NOTE: “Low income” is defined as the bottom 20 percent of all family incomes for the year; “middle income” is between 20 and 80 percent of all family incomes; and “high income” is the top 20 percent of all family incomes. See supplemental note 2 for a more detailed definition of family income. Data on family income are missing for 1974.
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SOURCE: Kaufman, P., and Chapman, C. (2004). Dropout Rates in the United States: 2001 (NCES 2004–057), table A-1. Data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, 1972–2001.
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