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Table 4. Number and Percent of 1984 Lower
Secondary School Graduates, by Activity
Immediately Following Graduation

Activity

Number

Percent

Upper secondary school:
Full-time regular course
Part-time regular course
Correspondence regular course
Short-term course
Subtotal: upper
secondary

 
Technical college
Vocational training
Subtotal: technical
and vocational

 
Employment
Unemployment
Deceased, unknown
 
Grand total

 
  1,723,021
    34,587
     4,804
        249
 
             1,762,661

      9,563
    43,617
 
             53,180

             51,318
             15,039
                 570

         1,882,768

 
91.52
1.84
 .26
 .01
 
      93.62
 
 .51
2.32
 
      2.82
 
       2.73
       .80
       .03
 
     100.00

 

Source: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan. Statistical Abstract of Education, Science and Culture. 1985 edition. Tokyo: The Ministry, 1985. pp. 40-41.

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