Table 3. Employment status of young adults not enrolled in school during the October when age 21 in 2001-2006 by high school graduation status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Table 3. Employment status of young adults not enrolled in school during the October when age 21 in 2001-2006 by high school graduation status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (Percent distribution) Employment status during the October when age 21 High school graduation status during the October when age 21 Employed Serving in Not in the Total civilian Armed Forces Unemployed labor force High school dropouts................ 100.0 60.6 0.3 8.6 30.5 Men .............................. 100.0 68.4 .4 8.6 22.6 Women ............................ 100.0 49.8 .1 8.7 41.4 White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 66.7 .2 7.1 25.9 Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 45.9 .5 10.3 43.4 Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 59.2 .4 11.2 29.3 High school graduates, never enrolled in college (1) ..... 100.0 71.5 6.4 6.0 16.0 Men .............................. 100.0 72.0 10.0 6.2 11.8 Women ............................ 100.0 70.8 1.4 5.7 22.0 White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 76.6 5.6 4.7 13.0 Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 57.7 7.4 11.3 23.6 Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 68.4 7.7 4.9 18.9 Some college, no longer enrolled ... 100.0 77.9 3.8 4.7 13.6 Men .............................. 100.0 78.7 5.9 5.0 10.4 Women ............................ 100.0 77.1 1.8 4.4 16.7 White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 80.1 4.3 3.1 12.5 Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 72.9 2.8 9.5 14.7 Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 74.4 3.8 4.7 17.1 1 Respondents who have received a General Educational Development (GED) credential are counted as high school graduates. NOTE: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 consists of young men and women who were ages 12 to 16 on December 31, 1996. Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity groups are mutually exclusive but not exhaustive. Other race groups, which are included in the overall totals, are not shown separately because their representation in the survey sample is not sufficiently large to provide statistically reliable estimates.
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