TABLE 3.1B. MARCH 1997 CPS: ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVEL BY RACE-ETHNICITY AGE 25 AND OVER:

            FEMALES - VALUES/PERCENTS



Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Internet Release date:  August 7, 1998



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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|

|Total             |   88,961|    7,721|   81,240|    4,403|      909|      441|    1,288|      679|   67,176|   10,361|    3,704|

|Educational       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Attainment        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Less than 5th     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|grade             |    1,387|      736|      650|      538|       51|       28|       78|       41|      339|      136|      175|

|5th to 8th grade  |    5,449|    1,528|    3,921|      996|      130|       86|      213|      103|    3,010|      637|      274|

|9th to 12th grade |    9,000|    1,240|    7,760|      729|      176|       46|      184|      105|    5,852|    1,663|      245|

|High school       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|graduate or more  |   73,126|    4,217|   68,909|    2,141|      552|      281|      812|      431|   57,975|    7,924|    3,010|

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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|

|Total             |    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|

|Educational       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Attainment        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Less than 5th     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|grade             |      1.6|      9.5|      0.8|     12.2|      5.6|      6.4|      6.1|      6.0|      0.5|      1.3|      4.7|

|5th to 8th grade  |      6.1|     19.8|      4.8|     22.6|     14.3|     19.5|     16.6|     15.2|      4.5|      6.1|      7.4|

|9th to 12th grade |     10.1|     16.1|      9.6|     16.5|     19.4|     10.5|     14.3|     15.4|      8.7|     16.1|      6.6|

|High school       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|graduate or more  |     82.2|     54.6|     84.8|     48.6|     60.7|     63.6|     63.1|     63.4|     86.3|     76.5|     81.3|

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NOTE:    1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE:  CPS MARCH 1997

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