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Table B-1. Standard errors for table 1: Event dropout rates and number and distribution of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, by selected background characteristics: October 2004 | |||||
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Characteristic | Event dropout rate |
Number of event dropouts (thousands) |
Population enrolled (thousands) |
Percent of all dropouts |
Percent of population enrolled |
Total | 0.30 | 31 | 128 | † | † |
Sex | |||||
Male | 0.44 | 23 | 91 | 3.30 | 0.72 |
Female | 0.41 | 21 | 90 | 3.30 | 0.72 |
Race/ethnicity | |||||
White, non-Hispanic | 0.34 | 22 | 102 | 3.31 | 0.69 |
Black, non-Hispanic | 0.94 | 14 | 51 | 2.67 | 0.53 |
Hispanic | 1.20 | 19 | 58 | 3.38 | 0.58 |
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | 0.83 | 4 | 28 | 0.72 | 0.30 |
More than one race | 2.29 | 5 | 19 | 1.03 | 0.22 |
Family income | |||||
Low income | 1.24 | 16 | 48 | 2.97 | 0.47 |
Middle income | 0.39 | 24 | 98 | 3.29 | 0.71 |
High income | 0.41 | 13 | 66 | 2.42 | 0.66 |
Age | |||||
15–16 | 0.51 | 16 | 65 | 2.92 | 0.66 |
17 | 0.42 | 15 | 32 | 2.75 | 0.68 |
18 | 0.56 | 15 | 41 | 2.76 | 0.62 |
19 | 1.40 | 11 | 36 | 2.14 | 0.37 |
20–24 | 3.81 | 11 | 25 | 2.50 | 0.24 |
Region | |||||
Northeast | 0.58 | 12 | 54 | 2.30 | 0.54 |
Midwest | 0.49 | 12 | 60 | 2.33 | 0.59 |
South | 0.60 | 21 | 80 | 3.45 | 0.72 |
West | 0.77 | 18 | 65 | 3.22 | 0.64 |
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2004. |
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