Veterans of World War II have returned in large numbers to the high school classroom or to the college campus, either alone or with their families , to take advantage of educational op- portunities offered them under the "GI Bill of Rights." In October , 1946 , veteran males comprised three-fourths of the male schoo l popu- lation, 18 to 29 years of age, according t o esti- mates issued today by J. C. Capt, Director, Bureau o f the Census , Departmen t of Commerce. These statistics were obtained in connection with the Bureau's monthly cross-section survey of the civilian population for October, 1946.

Tables

Table 1 - School Enrollment of Persons 6 to 24 Years Old, by Age and Sex, for the United States, Urban and Rural: Civilian Noninstitutional Population, October 1946, and October 1945, and Total Population, April 194 [<1.0 MB]

Tables 2 and 3 [<1.0 MB]

Tables 4 and 5 [<1.0 MB]

Table 6 - Class of Worker of Persons 14 to 17 and 18 and 19 Years Old Employed in Agriculture and in Non-Agricultural Industries, by School Enrollment and Sex, for the United States: Civilian Noninstitutional Population, October 1946 [<1.0 MB]

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