Table 1. School enrollment status of young adults during the October when ages 23 to 25 in 2003-10 
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    recipients, not       in          degree
                                            dropouts   college     enrolled in college   college     or more(1)

Total, October when age 23 ....   100.0       10.6      45.5               7.9            17.1         18.7

  Men .........................   100.0       11.7      47.9               9.2            16.8         14.2
  Women .......................   100.0        9.4      43.0               6.6            17.3         23.4

  White, non-Hispanic .........   100.0	       8.3      44.4               7.6            17.0         22.4
  Black, non-Hispanic .........   100.0       16.4      47.7              11.3            15.6          8.8
  Hispanic or Latino ..........   100.0       16.6      52.1               6.8            16.2          8.1

Total, October when age 24 ....   100.0       10.2      45.4               8.5            12.7         23.0

  Men .........................   100.0       11.1      47.8               9.9            12.3         18.7
  Women .......................   100.0        9.2      42.9               6.9            13.2         27.6

  White, non-Hispanic .........   100.0        8.2      44.3               8.0            12.0         27.5
  Black, non-Hispanic .........   100.0       15.7      48.4              12.3            12.4         11.1
  Hispanic or Latino ..........   100.0       15.4      50.9               7.6            15.5         10.2

Total, October when age 25 ....   100.0        9.4      42.9               8.4            13.5         25.7

  Men .........................   100.0       10.2      45.0               9.9            13.2         21.5
  Women .......................   100.0        8.5      40.7               6.8            13.7         30.2

  White, non-Hispanic .........   100.0        7.5      41.7               8.0            12.4         30.2
  Black, non-Hispanic .........   100.0       14.4      45.9              11.4            14.3         13.8
  Hispanic or Latino ..........   100.0       15.0      49.3               8.4            15.0         12.3


   1 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees or professional degrees such as law
or medical degrees.
   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.