Index - E

Economy, 79

Education
     25- to 29-year-olds who attained selected levels of education, percentage of, by race/ethnicity, March 1971 and 2000, 140f
     charter and public school students in segregated minority schools, percentage of, by race/ethnicity, 2000-01, 143t
     children ages 3-5 who were enrolled in center-based early childhood care and education programs characteristics, percentage of: selected years 1991-2001, 133 (t 7.4)
     college and minorities, 137-142
     college enrollment rates of high school completers, by race/ethnicity, 1960-2001, 132t
     desegregation and, 142-143
     drop outs, 135-136
     dropout rates and number/percentage distribution of dropouts ages 16-24, by selected characteristics: October 2000, 139t
     educational attainment, 129-130
     first-time kindergartners according to the frequency with which teachers reported they persist at tasks, are eager to learn new things, and pay attention well, by child and family characteristics, percentage distribution of, fall 1998, 134t
     high school/college graduates by race/Hispanic origin, 2000, 131f
     high school dropouts among persons 16 to 24 years old, by sex and race/ethnicity, percent of, April 1960 to October 2001, 138t
     Hispanic students in grades K-12, by language spoken at home and grade, percentage distribution of, 1999, 133 (t 7.3)
     mathematics achievement, average scale scores of students ages 9/13/17 by age/child/family characteristics, selected years 1982-99, 137t
     National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 131-134
     No Child Left Behind Act, 143-144
     public opinion on equal opportunity in, 164, 164 (f10.3)
     public school students enrolled in grades K-12 who were minorities, percentage distribution of: October 1972-2000, 131t
     public school students enrolled in grades K-12 who were minorities, percentage of, by region: 1972-2000, 130f
     reading achievement, average scale scores of students ages 9/13/17 by age/child/family characteristics, selected years 1980-99, 136t
     risk factors in, 134-135
     SAT scores, by racial/ethnic group, 1993/2002/2003, 140t
     student demographics, 129
     students who withdrew, dropped out, or were chronically truant, total number and percentage of, by reason, race/ethnicity, sex, 1993-94, 135t

EEOC (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), 61-62

Elderly, poverty of, 78

Electoral districts, 161-162

Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) (California), 141

Emancipation Proclamation, 14, 43

Employment
     employment status of civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 2001-02, 49t-50t
     employment status of civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin, 2002-03, 45t-46t
     employment status of population 16 years and older in civilian labor force by sex, race, Hispanic origin, March 2002, 51 (t 3.6)
     See also Labor force participation; Occupations

Ethnicity. See Race/ethnicity