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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 19. If finished 9th-12th grade: Did you ever get a high school diploma or a GED certificate?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | associate/junior college | bachelor's | graduate | high school | less than high school | no answer | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 17 | 124 | 52 | 762 | 635 | 23 | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 20 | 132 | 65 | 720 | 552 | 15 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 25 | 139 | 73 | 722 | 524 | 1 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 33 | 140 | 50 | 732 | 534 | 1 | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 24 | 152 | 61 | 728 | 528 | 6 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 34 | 139 | 74 | 741 | 536 | 4 | 2 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 42 | 151 | 62 | 804 | 470 | 2 | 1 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 45 | 158 | 71 | 745 | 445 | 3 | 1 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 74 | 165 | 84 | 938 | 590 | 5 | 4 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 61 | 202 | 80 | 835 | 419 | - | 2 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 54 | 175 | 77 | 764 | 400 | 3 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 60 | 175 | 90 | 795 | 414 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 48 | 192 | 80 | 750 | 399 | 1 | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 77 | 238 | 87 | 934 | 473 | 8 | 2 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 65 | 179 | 89 | 785 | 362 | 1 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 96 | 189 | 95 | 814 | 336 | 5 | 2 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 75 | 197 | 87 | 726 | 282 | 5 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 73 | 224 | 81 | 825 | 305 | 9 | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 97 | 253 | 118 | 840 | 294 | 2 | 2 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 176 | 497 | 216 | 1586 | 507 | 7 | 3 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 187 | 471 | 224 | 1567 | 448 | 5 | 2 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 209 | 478 | 205 | 1500 | 430 | 10 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 206 | 435 | 218 | 1501 | 439 | 16 | 2 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 202 | 443 | 230 | 1485 | 400 | - | 5 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 224 | 507 | 281 | 1435 | 364 | - | 1 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 377 | 763 | 403 | 2273 | 691 | 3 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 173 | 355 | 194 | 1003 | 297 | - | 1 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 145 | 375 | 218 | 1001 | 305 | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 151 | 354 | 205 | 976 | 288 | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 186 | 472 | 281 | 1269 | 330 | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 216 | 536 | 318 | 1461 | 328 | 8 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 196 | 465 | 247 | 1178 | 262 | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 370 | 1036 | 760 | 1597 | 246 | - | 14 | 9 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 317 | 737 | 477 | 1654 | 359 | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 4355 | 11248 | 5953 | 36446 | 14192 | 143 | 44 | 9 | 72390 |
0 less than high school
1 high school
2 associate/junior college
3 bachelor's
4 graduate
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook