Rachelle Ann A.

Laganas
EN212 – 01268
September 3, 2007
HW No. 6

Educational Attainment of Persons 25 Years Old and Over

Highest Level Completed
Year High School(4 years or more) College(4 years or more)

1970 52.3164 10.7431

1980 66.5432 16.2982
1982 71.0178 17.7341
1984 73.3124 19.1628
1993 80.2431 21.9316
1996 81.7498 23.6874

Source: Adapted from Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1997(117th ed) Washington D.C

Table 1.Educational Attainment of Persons 25 Years Old and Over

Highest Level Completed

Year
High School (4 years or more) College (4 years or more)

1996 81.75 23.69

1993 80.24 21.93
1984 73.31 19.16
1982 71.02 17.73
1980 66.54 16.30
1970 52.32 10.74

Source: Adapted from Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1997(117th ed) Washington D.C

According to the guidelines on “How to Construct a Table”, Try to include rows or

columns and horizontal rules to separate headings from the data. As you can see at the first table
the heading is not separate from the data. In the second table, the title is separated from the data.
In using vertical rules, it separate columns and it is now easier to compare individual values. The
years and corresponding data were arranged according to the latest information, unlike the first
table. The significant decimal must be round to the nearest whole number to understand of the
readers like the second table. The table should be ¾ of the size of the paper.