Highest year school completed, mother

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 17. What is the highest grade in elementary school or high school that your mother finished and got credit for?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	1	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	don't know	iap	no answer	no formal schooling	20	Total
1972	8	85	54	328	19	60	14	42	3	7	3	12	43	43	43	78	47	262	36	263	80	16	67	-	1613
1973	7	74	60	342	28	50	8	47	2	4	-	7	32	38	41	76	39	254	40	207	67	22	56	3	1504
1974	2	90	61	331	33	53	10	48	3	10	2	10	25	38	48	78	35	243	47	201	55	1	58	2	1484
1975	4	90	57	360	33	49	7	53	1	8	2	7	30	34	40	64	71	253	53	193	38	3	40	-	1490
1976	4	66	67	354	25	46	11	47	2	2	1	12	35	35	27	80	54	243	41	236	51	6	50	4	1499
1977	1	78	59	378	23	44	10	50	3	9	1	1	21	49	27	63	57	256	44	243	53	4	56	-	1530
1978	1	71	67	421	22	65	16	48	5	7	1	8	18	31	26	74	42	242	49	216	51	5	41	5	1532
1980	5	67	46	383	34	69	5	62	7	9	-	4	27	41	29	75	39	227	50	181	62	3	41	2	1468
1982	4	96	60	491	39	59	22	79	8	10	-	11	30	23	49	88	42	229	62	313	66	13	62	4	1860
1983	2	70	68	483	40	73	14	76	8	9	4	13	24	33	33	61	46	221	46	179	48	3	44	1	1599
1984	1	103	50	450	35	68	21	57	6	7	2	7	19	21	28	43	32	201	55	161	68	4	33	1	1473
1985	-	74	59	482	36	62	11	73	7	18	6	12	25	26	27	60	35	201	48	172	67	-	31	2	1534
1986	-	59	48	472	25	75	10	71	7	14	2	5	24	22	29	50	40	193	48	191	47	4	33	1	1470
1987	2	92	73	508	51	103	17	87	9	25	1	9	29	29	35	76	33	238	71	205	61	13	42	10	1819
1988	2	66	48	470	56	79	15	74	4	8	3	6	28	28	23	48	30	176	43	177	37	18	36	6	1481
1989	2	87	36	475	47	78	26	92	4	20	2	7	23	19	28	63	29	182	49	162	41	2	60	3	1537
1990	1	54	50	436	54	71	22	80	6	14	1	3	24	16	26	38	19	160	52	151	32	33	25	4	1372
1991	1	71	43	455	56	84	16	80	8	18	-	7	15	14	24	39	32	192	49	176	45	63	24	5	1517
1993	1	76	47	573	47	101	22	102	5	17	3	8	14	23	23	40	37	177	35	159	41	27	23	5	1606
1994	3	141	100	1007	95	197	47	187	15	38	7	16	29	38	33	87	58	319	86	284	135	13	41	16	2992
1996	3	130	93	1009	76	243	46	214	16	48	8	8	23	31	31	69	48	243	75	292	123	17	34	24	2904
1998	3	129	103	932	98	204	44	235	22	47	5	16	26	27	33	87	36	229	72	269	124	40	32	19	2832
2000	-	129	81	939	88	201	41	218	17	41	4	17	39	34	23	79	37	233	77	284	132	33	46	24	2817
2002	3	121	84	997	116	205	40	206	12	52	6	14	28	27	23	71	36	224	68	178	168	21	44	21	2765
2004	1	116	115	945	82	236	55	282	14	48	12	13	25	14	23	70	40	179	86	181	166	36	39	34	2812
2006	7	114	93	971	117	233	42	261	18	69	14	22	37	32	29	109	36	222	78	167	1687	31	94	27	4510
2008	5	100	65	725	73	143	27	182	12	50	1	7	19	17	23	69	25	128	43	156	83	4	52	14	2023
2010	4	87	68	716	72	144	29	191	20	46	8	9	21	24	20	58	24	153	47	160	78	5	41	19	2044
2012	3	68	71	680	68	158	36	185	12	51	8	6	26	15	21	73	24	113	50	148	74	7	49	28	1974
2014	3	101	84	902	76	223	38	230	18	77	15	10	32	31	29	64	27	146	63	181	83	3	68	34	2538
2016	5	98	86	1055	100	236	53	302	20	89	10	11	27	16	32	77	29	182	61	180	101	5	59	33	2867
2018	6	70	69	826	71	208	43	278	24	59	7	10	26	19	33	67	28	98	65	169	84	6	52	30	2348
2021	4	146	79	1580	163	374	84	517	48	106	15	7	15	17	30	57	34	144	71	316	100	3	55	67	4032
2022	2	118	87	1340	120	272	55	470	40	109	11	7	31	23	13	81	27	120	68	-	422	-	50	78	3544
Total	100	3137	2331	22816	2118	4566	957	5226	406	1146	165	322	890	928	1002	2312	1268	6883	1928	6751	4570	464	1578	526	72390

Values

• 0 no formal schooling

• 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