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TABLE B-17
2008 VERMONT RESIDENT BIRTHS BIRTH WEIGHT IN GRAMS BY EDUCATION OF FATHER
NUMBER OF EVENTS AND CUMULATIVE ROW PERCENTS
BIRTH WEIGHT
NUMBER OF EVENTS
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000
EDUCATION OF FATHER < 500 -999 -1499 -1999 -2499 -2999 -3499 -3999 -4499 -4999 -5499 5500+ UNKNOWN TOTAL
8TH GRADE OR LESS 1 0 0 1 2 6 13 21 2 3 0 0 1 50
9TH - 12TH GRADE -
    NO DIPLOMA 0 1 5 12 35 145 199 127 48 6 1 0 0 579
H.S. GRAD / GED CERT 1 6 7 31 84 313 728 611 188 30 4 0 1 2004
SOME COLLEGE - 
    NO DEGREE 0 2 1 8 28 112 293 277 111 10 2 0 0 844
ASSOCIATE DEGREE 0 3 4 5 18 45 144 137 41 8 0 0 0 405
BACHELOR'S DEGREE 0 4 4 11 44 128 424 396 123 24 2 0 1 1161
MASTER'S DEGREE 0 1 3 8 9 40 140 136 62 7 0 0 0 406
DOCTORATE OR 
    PROFESSIONAL DEGREE 0 0 1 4 6 12 69 55 20 4 0 0 0 171
UNKNOWN 4 11 9 24 46 132 254 172 62 7 0 0 0 721
STATE TOTAL 6 28 34 104 272 933 2264 1932 657 99 9 0 3 6341
CUMULATIVE ROW PERCENTS  - EXCLUDING UNKNOWNS
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000
EDUCATION OF FATHER < 500 -999 -1499 -1999 -2499 -2999 -3499 -3999 -4499 -4999 -5499 5500+
8TH GRADE OR LESS 2.0 2.0 2.0 4.1 8.2 20.4 46.9 89.8 93.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
9TH - 12TH GRADE -
    NO DIPLOMA 0.0 0.2 1.0 3.1 9.2 34.2 68.6 90.5 98.8 99.8 100.0 100.0
H.S. GRAD / GED CERT 0.0 0.3 0.7 2.2 6.4 22.1 58.4 88.9 98.3 99.8 100.0 100.0
SOME COLLEGE - 
    NO DEGREE 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.3 4.6 17.9 52.6 85.4 98.6 99.8 100.0 100.0
ASSOCIATE DEGREE 0.0 0.7 1.7 3.0 7.4 18.5 54.1 87.9 98.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
BACHELOR'S DEGREE 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.6 5.4 16.5 53.0 87.2 97.8 99.8 100.0 100.0
MASTER'S DEGREE 0.0 0.2 1.0 3.0 5.2 15.0 49.5 83.0 98.3 100.0 100.0 100.0
DOCTORATE OR 
    PROFESSIONAL DEGREE 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.9 6.4 13.5 53.8 86.0 97.7 100.0 100.0 100.0
UNKNOWN 0.6 2.1 3.3 6.7 13.0 31.3 66.6 90.4 99.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
STATE TOTAL 0.1 0.5 1.1 2.7 7.0 21.7 57.4 87.9 98.3 99.9 100.0 100.0