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TABLE 34

Youth Neither Enrolled in School Nor Working: Percentage of Youth Ages 16 to 19 Who are Neither Enrolled in School Nor

Working by Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, Selected Years 1984– 1999

Characteristic 1984 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 a 1995 a 1996 a 1997 a 1998 a 1999 a

All youth ages 16– 19

Total 12 11 10 11 10 10 10 9 8

Gender

Male 9 9 8 9888 8 7

Female 14 13 12 13 12 11 11 11 11 10 9 9

Race and Hispanic origin

White, non-Hispanic 10 9 8 8877 7776 6

Black, non-Hispanic 19 18 15 17 17 15 14 14 15 14 13 13

Hispanicb 18 17 17 16 17 16 16 16 16 14 14 14

Youth ages 16– 17

Total 5 5 5 5444 4 4

Gender

Male 4 5 4 4344 4 4

Female 6 6 5 5555 5 4

Race and Hispanic origin

White, non-Hispanic 5 5 4 4333 3 3

Black, non-Hispanic 6 6 6 7665 6 5

Hispanicb 111010 9999 9 9

Youth ages 18– 19

Total 18 17 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 14 13 13

Gender

Male 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1

Female 21 20 18 19 19 17 17 17 17 15 13 14

Race and Hispanic origin

White, non-Hispanic 14 14 12 13 12 11 11 11 11 10 9 9

Black, non-Hispanic 32 30 23 27 28 25 25 24 25 23 21 21

Hispanicb 25 24 24 23 24 23 24 23 23 20 19 20

aData for 1994 and subsequent years are not strictly comparable with data for prior years, because of major revisions in the Current Population Survey question-

naire and data collection methodology and because of the inclusion of 1990 Census-based population controls in the estimation process.

bPersons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

Note: The figures represent an average based on responses to the survey questions for the months that youth are usually in school (January through May and

September through December). Results are based on uncomposited estimates and are not comparable to data from published tables.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.

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