TABLE 6A.  YEARS TAKEN TO START AND COMPLETE VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATES, 1996

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

All people age 18 and over, highest education=vocational
Numbers in thousands; Average years taken.

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|Characteristic         |                          |                          |Complet-|
|                       |From high school to start |Completion of certificate |  ion   |
|                       |--------------------------+--------------------------+--------|
|                       |  Same  |Within 2|  3 or  |Under 1 |3 yrs or|  4 or  |Average |
|                       |  year  |  yrs   |  more  |  year  |  less  |  more  | years  |
|-----------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
|TOTAL                  |   3,854|   1,765|   2,556|   1,637|   5,106|   1,432|     2.6|
|Sex                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  Men                  |   1,383|     746|   1,143|     692|   1,878|     702|     2.9|
|  Women                |   2,472|   1,019|   1,413|     945|   3,228|     730|     2.5|
|Race and ethnicity     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  White                |   3,384|   1,511|   2,098|   1,386|   4,397|   1,211|     2.7|
|   Non-Hispanic        |   3,173|   1,372|   1,954|   1,249|   4,119|   1,132|     2.7|
|  Black                |     303|     185|     346|     173|     486|     176|     2.7|
|  Hispanic*            |     257|     158|     169|     146|     356|      81|     2.4|
|Age                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  18 to 24 years old   |     332|     152|      91|     201|     343|      32|     1.1|
|  25 to 34 years old   |     866|     513|     597|     419|   1,280|     278|     2.0|
|  35 to 44 years old   |     961|     437|     690|     359|   1,293|     436|     2.9|
|  45 to 54 years old   |     753|     208|     549|     256|     961|     293|     2.9|
|  55 to 64 years old   |     374|     156|     272|     166|     481|     155|     3.2|
|  65 years old & over  |     567|     299|     357|     237|     748|     238|     3.2|
|Field of training      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  Business             |     867|     370|     326|     317|   1,082|     164|     2.0|
|  Computers            |     368|     189|     345|     193|     514|     195|     3.0|
|  Social science       |      26|      16|      39|      44|      29|       8|       B|
|  Natural science      |     753|     273|     593|     237|   1,076|     306|     3.0|
|  Education            |      14|       6|       9|       0|      27|       3|       B|
|  Vocational studies   |     992|     511|     605|     476|   1,333|     298|     2.2|
|  Other                |     833|     400|     639|     370|   1,044|     457|     3.3|
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* Hispanics may be of any race
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel