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Follow-up Study March, 1978 Page 3 completed all, or a major part of, training before termi- nating. The degree of success of these completors will be a better indication of program effectiveness than analysis which does not distinguish between completors and non- completors. Of the 190 former participants who were found, 75% were program completors, but of those not found, only 54% were completors, This means that if in this report we had eli- minated all non-completors from consideration, our find- rate would have been 63%, rather than 55%; and of those found, 73%,rather than 70`K, would be employed, Overall Results Labor force status information about those found is shown in Table 3. Of the 190 persons found; 133 (or 70%) were working, including 4 underemployed, (i.e., working part-time but seeking full-time work), - 49 (or 26%) were unemployed, 7 (or 4%) were not in the labor force (neither,;working nor seeking work), Most of these were in school or military service, This employment rate (70%) is considerably higher than that found in the previous follow-up (53%). The percentage of those who were not in the labor force (4%) is lower than in the previous follow-up (15%). This lower percentage may be a reflection, in general, of better selec* tion of serious participants, and, in particular, of the shift in emphasis in the Out-of-School/HRD-GED program as discussed in another section of this report. Income Before and After Training One rough indicator of overall program success, as used in the previous follow-up, is the program's ability to increase the incomes of its participants. The total annual income of all participants for the year before training compared with the total annualized income earned after training shows an overall increase of 208%. The average participant