Highest year school completed, father

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Source

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

Details

Question 16. What is the highest grade in elementary school or high school that your father 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	20	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	don't know	iap	no answer	no formal schooling	Total
1972	6	58	44	195	24	40	9	59	5	17	3	12	12	51	57	43	68	49	231	34	297	235	10	54	1613
1973	8	41	44	223	14	48	11	65	6	7	5	14	11	52	46	39	89	45	261	27	216	151	13	68	1504
1974	8	55	37	234	21	48	11	50	4	15	1	10	10	49	46	43	81	47	213	43	223	182	1	52	1484
1975	3	55	39	240	31	44	11	53	12	11	1	13	11	49	50	40	92	55	231	37	204	151	2	55	1490
1976	7	45	41	243	21	40	8	48	9	15	4	12	15	44	47	39	91	50	223	37	217	186	9	48	1499
1977	2	62	38	219	20	38	13	46	5	13	7	15	13	45	64	37	80	49	228	35	267	193	2	39	1530
1978	-	58	29	256	29	51	8	54	16	12	6	11	10	36	39	35	88	53	213	44	235	205	3	41	1532
1980	3	36	36	248	29	42	13	65	13	18	9	10	17	29	51	36	86	36	201	38	178	230	2	42	1468
1982	3	66	36	309	29	55	14	72	10	20	6	7	17	42	46	40	74	49	226	46	323	296	9	65	1860
1983	3	53	39	302	30	57	5	102	9	22	7	12	18	28	32	47	68	39	202	52	224	207	-	41	1599
1984	1	57	43	278	28	51	9	79	9	15	6	4	16	32	41	28	66	29	207	41	201	202	3	27	1473
1985	3	67	45	288	29	64	13	88	7	26	8	14	25	29	36	30	77	39	194	40	187	194	-	31	1534
1986	4	52	44	297	22	54	13	85	6	13	6	5	12	34	35	25	74	30	178	30	193	222	4	32	1470
1987	5	56	45	318	29	63	15	98	15	19	16	8	28	48	44	45	83	39	223	52	234	291	12	33	1819
1988	1	49	30	291	33	43	11	94	10	28	4	11	27	41	24	33	59	26	183	39	208	189	19	28	1481
1989	4	57	33	302	33	58	16	96	10	30	7	14	24	43	28	35	59	36	180	40	172	197	1	62	1537
1990	2	42	20	300	35	54	17	85	9	21	6	11	20	33	29	17	42	25	159	33	165	190	35	22	1372
1991	-	49	38	300	28	77	12	103	12	24	13	7	22	31	22	22	61	27	165	39	211	205	32	17	1517
1993	2	62	34	317	37	79	20	123	12	36	9	9	31	39	22	23	63	34	187	34	185	197	29	22	1606
1994	5	112	53	637	57	161	22	216	19	62	21	17	59	47	35	41	109	60	307	72	330	492	15	43	2992
1996	2	101	59	631	72	148	40	229	22	60	15	6	69	40	40	43	98	43	254	63	324	502	12	31	2904
1998	4	76	56	607	58	145	26	256	31	57	16	15	58	45	40	42	96	53	274	58	275	503	13	28	2832
2000	4	95	59	627	65	129	26	212	13	63	15	19	55	44	36	43	95	35	227	52	326	518	27	32	2817
2002	6	123	59	661	62	158	27	210	18	61	18	19	50	38	28	34	87	32	234	75	185	526	19	35	2765
2004	3	81	65	692	72	165	25	256	29	69	28	5	60	36	27	29	84	48	204	79	182	514	26	33	2812
2006	11	87	56	684	83	168	35	253	28	75	25	24	76	65	36	40	103	48	220	70	185	2049	18	71	4510
2008	1	57	48	502	56	99	22	187	15	44	16	9	38	37	22	26	70	22	138	41	177	354	5	37	2023
2010	5	55	48	536	54	95	19	177	13	59	15	11	40	40	19	29	58	30	133	47	150	370	8	33	2044
2012	6	60	44	475	51	95	15	190	17	44	10	11	59	30	22	28	51	20	122	54	193	338	3	36	1974
2014	5	81	46	660	57	125	33	271	24	62	19	23	56	31	24	25	81	26	144	51	189	459	5	41	2538
2016	8	74	65	774	72	147	35	274	28	67	16	11	59	40	26	24	80	32	157	60	221	550	4	43	2867
2018	1	54	50	596	55	136	29	238	19	65	13	12	48	33	15	25	64	33	112	47	194	464	3	42	2348
2021	2	102	69	1157	105	231	55	538	52	118	31	13	112	34	18	40	82	41	177	71	372	563	7	42	4032
2022	5	91	62	1007	60	186	36	413	29	119	27	10	104	34	27	26	71	31	152	65	-	942	-	47	3544
Total	133	2269	1554	15406	1501	3194	674	5385	536	1387	409	404	1282	1349	1174	1152	2630	1311	6760	1646	7443	13067	351	1373	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