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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Youth Soc. 2013 Nov 14;48(3):425–447. doi: 10.1177/0044118X13508961

Table 1. Distribution of College Attendance Patterns.

Attendance Patterns Percent Weighted N
4-Year Graduates 46.6 4668
 Stay-ina 4-Year Graduate 30.6 3066
 Stay-in Combinedb 4-Year Graduate 5.8 580
 Late startc 4-Year Graduate 4.4 443
 Late start Combined 4-Year Graduate 0.9 89
 Stopoutd 4-Year Graduate 4.3 433
 Stopout Combined 4-Year Graduate 0.6 57
2-Year Graduates 11.8 1184
 Stay-in 2-Year Graduate 4.6 459
 Stay-in Combined 2-Year Graduate 0.9 86
 Late start 2-Year Graduate 3.9 395
 Late start Combined 2-Year Graduate 0.2 20
 Stopout 2-Year Graduate 1.6 161
 Stopout Combined 2-Year Graduate 0.6 63
Still Enrolled at Age 25 (Non-Graduates) 3.3 329
 Stay-in 4-Year Non-Graduate 0.2 21
 Stay-in Combined Non-Graduate 0.1 12
 Late start 4-Year Non-Graduate 0.9 91
 Late start 2-Year Non-Graduate 0.7 71
 Late start Combined Non-Graduate 0.2 17
 Stopout 4-Year Non-Graduate 0.7 75
 Stopout 2-Year Non-Graduate 0.1 13
 Stopout Combined Non-Graduate 0.3 26
Dropouts 10.8 1084
 Immediate-starte 4-Year Dropoutf 5.2 522
 Late-start 4-Year Dropout 0.7 74
 2-Year Dropout 3.6 357
 Late-start 2-Year Dropout 0.9 87
 Combined Dropout 0.4 44
Never Attenders 27.5 2755

Note. Total N=10,020.

a

Stay-in refers to continuous enrollment until graduation.

b

Combined refers to students who attended both 2-year and 4-year schools across the follow-up waves.

c

Late-start refers to those who did not attend until after age 19.

d

Stop-out refers to those who reported dropping out before returning to graduate.

e

Immediate start refers to students who enrolled the year following high school.

f

Dropout refers to those who left school and did not graduate.