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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

(Numbers in thousands)
Table 33. Labor force status of 2008 high school graduates and 2007-08 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment and sex, October 2008
CharacteristicCivilian
noninstitutional
population
Civilian labor forceNot in
labor force
TotalPercent of
population
EmployedUnemployed
TotalPercent of
population
TotalPercent of
labor force

Total, 2008 high school graduates (1)

3,1511,64452.21,31041.633420.31,507

Women

1,51181754.166844.214818.2694

Men

1,64082750.464139.118622.5813

Enrolled in college

2,16188841.175635.013214.91,274

Percent of total 2008 graduates

68.654.0-57.7-39.5-84.5

Women

1,08149946.142839.67014.1583

Percent of female 2008 graduates

71.561.1-64.1-47.3-84.0

Men

1,08038936.032730.36215.9691

Percent of male 2008 graduates

65.947.0-51.0-33.3-85.0

Not enrolled in college

98975676.455456.020226.7234

Percent of total 2008 graduates

31.446.0-42.3-60.5-15.5

Women

43031874.124055.97824.6111

Percent of female 2008 graduates

28.538.9-35.9-52.7-16.0

Men

56043878.131456.112428.2122

Percent of male 2008 graduates

34.153.0-49.0-66.7-15.0

Total, 2007-08 high school dropouts (2)

40019448.411729.37739.5206

Women

2109143.46129.23032.7119

Men

19110353.95629.34745.688

Footnotes:
(1) Data refer to persons who graduated from high school between October 2007 and October 2008.
(2) Data refer to persons who dropped out of school between October 2007 and October 2008.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.

 

SOURCE: October 2008 School Enrollment supplement to the Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.