Table 100. | General Educational Development (GED) credentials issued, and number and age of test takers: United States and outlying areas, 1971 to 1994 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________ | Number of |Number com- | Number of | Percent distribution of test takers, by age |credentials |pleting test| test |____________________________________________ Year | issued, in |battery, in | takers, in | 19 or |20 to 24 |25 to 29 |30 to 34|35 or |thousands\1\|thousands\2\|thousands\3\| less | | | | over ________|____________|____________|____________|________|_________|_________|________|______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ________|____________|____________|____________|________|_________|_________|________|______ 1971 ...| 227 | --- | 377 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1972 ...| 245 | --- | 419 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1973 ...| 249 | --- | 423 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1974 ...| 295 | 412 | 540 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 17 1975 ...| 342 | 507 | 652 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 18 | | | | | | | | 1976 ...| 337 | 507 | 656 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 17 1977 ...| 331 | 488 | 680 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 14 1978 ...| 381 | 467 | 641 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 19 1979 ...| 435 | 583 | 744 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 16 1980 ...| 488 | 708 | 779 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | 1981 ...| 500 | 701 | 770 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 15 1982 ...| 494 | 692 | 756 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 15 1983 ...| 477 | 678 | 740 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 15 1984 ...| 437 | 613 | 676 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 16 1985 ...| 427 | 622 | 685 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 16 | | | | | | | | 1986 ...| 439 | 648 | 713 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 16 1987 ...| 458 | 662 | 729 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 18 1988 ...| 421 | 617 | 701 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 17 1989 ...| 364 | 554 | 645 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 16 1990 ...| 419 | 628 | 727 | 35 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 17 | | | | | | | | 1991 ...| 471 | 672 | 770 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 17 1992 ...| 465 | 653 | 754 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 16 1993 ...| 476 | 652 | 757 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 16 1994 ...| 498 | 682 | 788 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 16 ________|____________|____________|____________|________|_________|_________|________|______ |
\1\Number of people receiving high school equivalency credentials based on the GED
tests. Note.--Because of rounding, percentages may not add to 100. Source: American Council on Education, General Educational Development Testing Service. (This table was prepared June 1995.) |