Table 1. School enrollment status of young adults during the October when ages 18 to 21 in 1998-2006 by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Table 1. School enrollment status of young adults during the October when ages 18 to 21 in 1998-2006 by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (Percent distribution) School enrollment status High School General Educational Characteristic Total High Enrolled graduates, not Development (GED) Enrolled school in high enrolled in recipients, not in dropouts school college enrolled in college college Total, October when age 18........ 100.0 15.3 28.2 21.4 0.6 34.5 Men ............................ 100.0 16.7 32.5 21.5 .6 28.7 Women .......................... 100.0 13.8 23.8 21.3 .6 40.5 White, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 13.8 26.9 20.3 .6 38.5 Black, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 20.3 33.3 20.4 .8 25.2 Hispanic or Latino ............. 100.0 18.9 31.0 28.3 .7 21.1 Total, October when age 19 ....... 100.0 16.7 4.1 32.9 1.6 44.7 Men ............................ 100.0 19.2 4.7 35.3 1.5 39.3 Women .......................... 100.0 14.1 3.5 30.2 1.7 50.5 White, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 14.7 2.7 32.0 1.6 49.0 Black, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 23.3 7.7 34.9 1.7 32.5 Hispanic or Latino ............. 100.0 21.4 7.4 37.8 1.5 31.8 Total, October when age 20 ....... 100.0 15.4 1.2 38.9 2.1 42.5 Men ............................ 100.0 17.7 1.3 41.3 2.0 37.7 Women .......................... 100.0 13.1 1.0 36.2 2.2 47.5 White, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 13.1 0.8 38.0 2.0 46.1 Black, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 23.3 2.1 41.5 2.4 30.7 Hispanic or Latino ............. 100.0 20.2 1.7 44.5 2.2 31.3 Total, October when age 21 ....... 100.0 13.1 .5 43.3 2.3 40.8 Men ............................ 100.0 14.9 .5 46.3 2.4 35.9 Women .......................... 100.0 11.3 .4 40.3 2.2 45.8 White, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 11.2 .2 41.9 2.2 44.4 Black, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 19.8 1.0 46.5 2.9 29.7 Hispanic or Latino ............. 100.0 17.3 1.2 49.9 2.2 29.3 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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