dipged
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question Was that a diploma awarded by your high school at graduation at the end of 12th grade, a GED awarded after you took a test, or something else?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | ged | high school diploma | high school diploma after post high school class | no answer | other | don't know | skipped on web | 7 | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 288 | 133 | 1543 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 330 | 196 | 1990 | - | 6 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 328 | 245 | 2237 | - | 15 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 262 | 183 | 1891 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 269 | 306 | 3396 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 7 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 359 | 276 | 2858 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3544 |
| Total | 56923 | 1339 | 13915 | 21 | 66 | 103 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 72390 |
1 high school diploma
2 ged
3 other
5 high school diploma after post high school class
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