Table A.1

Weighted Distribution of School-Leaving Groups for Men and Women,
by Age at First Interview (1979)

Age	N	HSDO	HSG	SC	CG	BA+	<78	Missing
a. Men
14	504	33.31	35.00	16.62	4.97	1.59	0.00	8.31
15	807	35.32	31.83	17.87	7.02	2.99	0.13	4.84
16	781	33.95	31.39	13.17	7.38	1.57	1.12	11.42
17	753	24.63	33.03	16.05	7.03	1.97	7.73	9.56
18	770	15.46	30.80	12.64	6.37	2.08	22.82	9.93
19	642	3.79	19.16	14.34	6.70	5.19	44.61	6.21
20	620	0.76	2.07	12.89	8.77	2.70	68.12	4.69
21	558	0.00	0.62	9.49	11.12	3.83	70.88	4.06
22	144	0.00	0.00	7.95	4.46	1.34	83.13	3.14
Total	5579	17.78	22.30	13.95	7.35	2.71	28.67	7.24
b. Women
14	444	25.25	34.61	20.12	11.04	2.27	0.00	6.71
15	759	27.98	38.39	17.87	6.69	2.44	0.13	6.50
16	783	26.95	37.66	14.31	7.27	2.77	1.37	9.67
17	751	17.29	35.10	20.47	8.34	2.30	6.81	9.69
18	769	9.85	27.23	23.75	8.94	2.75	18.93	8.55
19	755	2.22	14.82	19.20	7.95	2.37	47.48	5.96
20	688	0.62	1.62	19.14	6.75	1.65	65.38	4.84
21	728	0.03	0.00	9.02	8.37	1.24	76.81	4.53
22	150	0.00	0.00	8.13	9.67	4.33	72.44	5.43
Total	5827	12.88	22.52	17.60	8.11	2.28	29.62	6.99
NOTES: <78 School leaving occurred before January 1978 (excluded from sample as missing data). Missing Specific missing data problems, in order of importance: unable to distinguish high school diploma from high school equivalency certificate, left school during missing interview, still in school, invalid BA date (excluded from sample as missing data).