Table 5. Employment status during the October when ages 20 and 21 in 2001-2006 of youths not enrolled in school at age 20 or 21 by high school graduation status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Table 5. Employment status during the October when ages 20 and 21 in 2001-2006 of youths not enrolled in school at age 20 or 21 by high school graduation status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (Percent distribution) Percent of youths (1) High school graduation status during the October when age 21 Not employed Employed at Employed at Employed Total in either age 20, but age 21, but both October not age 21 not age 20 Octobers High school dropouts ............... 100.0 24.3 14.8 18.3 42.6 Men .............................. 100.0 20.2 11.5 19.4 49.0 Women ............................ 100.0 29.7 19.2 16.9 34.2 White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 18.5 14.4 18.2 48.9 Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 39.2 13.6 19.3 28.0 Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 24.0 17.5 18.8 39.7 High school graduates, not enrolled in college (2) ....... 100.0 9.5 9.8 12.7 68.0 Men .............................. 100.0 7.4 8.4 11.6 72.7 Women ............................ 100.0 12.0 11.6 14.1 62.3 White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 7.4 8.3 11.4 72.9 Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 16.3 14.7 17.1 51.9 Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 11.2 11.1 13.7 64.0 1 The employed category includes both civilian employment and service in the Armed Forces. 2 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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