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.
Last Modified Date: January 23, 2009
