
TABLE A5. LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED BY MOTHER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
YEARS OF SCHOOL NUMBER PERCENT* CUMULATIVE PERCENT*
COMPLETED BY NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL BIRTHS 42,277 22,798 19,479 100.0 100.0 100.0
0-6 YEARS 375 251 124 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.6
7-9 YEARS 3,264 1,681 1,583 7.7 7.4 8.1 8.6 8.5 8.8
10, 11 YEARS 6,870 2,685 4,185 16.3 11.8 21.5 24.9 20.4 30.3
12 YEARS 13,780 6,569 7,211 32.7 29.0 37.1 57.6 49.3 67.4
1-3 YEARS
COLLEGE 10,545 5,933 4,612 25.0 26.2 23.7 82.7 75.4 91.1
4 OR MORE YEARS
OF COLLEGE 7,301 5,569 1,732 17.3 24.5 8.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
UNKNOWN 142 110 32
MEDIAN YEARS
COMPLETED* 12.8 13.1 12.5
* CALCULATIONS EXCLUDE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WITH EDUCATION UNKNOWN.
