Table 1. School enrollment status of young adults during the October when ages 20 to 22 in 2000-07 by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Table 1. School enrollment status of young adults during the October when ages 20 to 22 in 2000-07 by sex, race,
and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
(Percent distribution)
School enrollment status
High School General Educational
Characteristic Total High graduates, not Development (GED) Enrolled Bachelor's
school enrolled in recipient, not in degree
dropouts college enrolled in college college or more(1)
Total, October when age 20........ 100.0 13.1 39.7 5.4 40.5 0.2
Men ............................ 100.0 14.6 42.2 6.3 35.3 0.3
Women .......................... 100.0 11.3 36.9 4.4 46.2 0.1
White, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 10.4 38.8 5.6 44.3 0.2
Black, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 20.6 42.0 6.5 28.7 0.1
Hispanic or Latino ............. 100.0 19.2 45.2 4.2 29.6 (2)
Total, October when age 21 ....... 100.0 12.2 42.7 6.5 37.2 1.0
Men ............................ 100.0 13.5 45.4 7.6 32.3 0.7
Women .......................... 100.0 10.8 39.7 5.2 42.5 1.4
White, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 9.7 41.4 6.4 41.2 1.0
Black, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 19.0 44.9 8.5 25.8 0.8
Hispanic or Latino ............. 100.0 18.1 48.8 5.4 26.0 0.7
Total, October when age 22 ....... 100.0 11.3 44.3 7.3 27.0 9.8
Men ............................ 100.0 12.4 46.6 8.5 25.2 6.9
Women .......................... 100.0 10.2 41.9 5.9 29.1 12.8
White, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 9.0 43.3 7.1 29.0 11.5
Black, non-Hispanic ............ 100.0 17.3 47.3 10.3 20.3 4.2
Hispanic or Latino ............. 100.0 17.2 49.5 5.9 22.9 3.8
1 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees or professional degrees such as law or
medical degrees.
2 Less than 0.05 percent.
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 28, 2010
