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REPORT
November 1, 2005

The Higher Dropout Rate of Foreign-born Teens:
The Role of Schooling Abroad

by

Richard Fry

Pew Hispanic Center A Pew Research Center Project www.pewhispanic.org

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CONTENTS
Executive Summary Introduction I. Foreign-Born Teen Populations II. Most Early Childhood Arrivals are in School III. School Difficulties Abroad Persist in America IV. The Characteristics of Foreign-Born Teen Populations Conclusions References Appendix A: Data Source A1: Unweighted Sample Sizes of 15-to-17 Year-Old Foreign-Born Youths About the Author Figures School Dropout Rates for Native and Foreign-Born Youth, by Age, 2000 15-to-17 Year-Old School Dropout Rate, 2000 Dropout Rates for Foreign-Born 15-to-17 Year-Olds, 2000 The Few Recent Arrivals with Education Difficulties before Migration are a Large Proportion of Dropouts Tables Population Groups Within 15-to-17 Year-Old Foreign-Born Youths School Dropout Rates of 15-to-17 Year-Old Foreign-Born Youths, 2000 School Dropout Rates of 15-to-17 Year-Old Foreign-Born Youths, 2000 Arrival Status of 15-to-17 Year-Old Foreign-Born School Dropouts, 2000 Average Characteristics of 15-to-17 Year-Old Foreign-Born Youths, 2000 Industrial Distribution of 16-to-17 Year-Old Foreign-Born Youths, 2000 Labor Market Involvement of 16-to-17 Year-Old Foreign-Born Youths, 2000 i 1 2 4 7 11 17 19 21 22 23

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The Higher Dropout Rate of Foreign-born Teens: The Role of Schooling Abroad

Pew Hispanic Center

Executive Summary Foreign-born youths are significant contributors to the nation’s teen school dropout population. Only 8 percent of the nation’s teens are foreign born, but nearly 25 percent of teen school dropouts were born outside the United States, according to...