Table B-5. Standard errors for table 6: Status dropout rates and number and distribution of dropouts of 16- through 24-year-olds, by selected background characteristics: October 2004 | ||||
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Characteristic | Status dropout rate |
Number of status dropouts (thousands) |
Percent of all dropouts |
Percent of population |
Total | 0.23 | 85 | † | † |
Sex | ||||
Male | 0.34 | 63 | 1.18 | 0.38 |
Female | 0.31 | 56 | 1.18 | 0.38 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||
White, non-Hispanic | 0.24 | 55 | 1.17 | 0.37 |
Black, non-Hispanic | 0.70 | 36 | 0.92 | 0.28 |
Hispanic | 0.89 | 56 | 1.32 | 0.33 |
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | 0.72 | 11 | 0.31 | 0.17 |
More than one race | 1.47 | 9 | 0.26 | 0.11 |
Age | ||||
16 | 0.42 | 19 | 0.49 | 0.25 |
17 | 0.51 | 21 | 0.55 | 0.24 |
18 | 0.73 | 28 | 0.73 | 0.23 |
19 | 0.74 | 29 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
20–24 | 0.34 | 69 | 1.11 | 0.38 |
Recency of immigration | ||||
Born outside the 50 states and District of Columbia | ||||
Hispanic | 1.61 | 40 | 1.17 | 0.22 |
Non-Hispanic | 0.81 | 16 | 0.43 | 0.17 |
First generation | ||||
Hispanic | 1.27 | 27 | 0.75 | 0.20 |
Non-Hispanic | 0.51 | 11 | 0.28 | 0.18 |
Second generation or more | ||||
Hispanic | 1.39 | 23 | 0.65 | 0.18 |
Non-Hispanic | 0.24 | 64 | 1.18 | 0.34 |
Region | ||||
Northeast | 0.47 | 33 | 0.83 | 0.28 |
Midwest | 0.42 | 35 | 0.88 | 0.31 |
South | 0.44 | 56 | 1.24 | 0.39 |
West | 0.56 | 46 | 1.13 | 0.34 |
NOTE: Standard errors for population estimates in table 6 cannot be calculated.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2004. |