Highest year school completed, spouse

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Source

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

Details

Question 18. What is the highest grade in elementary school or high school that your husband/wife 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	skipped on web	Total
1972	1	65	95	420	70	66	25	92	20	18	3	4	5	8	15	12	36	25	95	44	14	453	19	8	-	1613
1973	-	67	78	360	50	79	30	100	20	20	8	2	13	7	8	16	22	26	111	37	9	428	9	4	-	1504
1974	1	64	79	378	48	84	27	87	20	23	7	1	9	3	10	9	19	37	102	39	12	419	2	4	-	1484
1975	-	74	62	373	48	74	21	85	14	25	7	3	13	8	6	7	13	29	89	41	9	488	-	1	-	1490
1976	-	70	75	346	50	61	31	77	18	18	13	-	9	4	6	15	14	34	81	39	8	525	1	4	-	1499
1977	-	58	67	350	39	79	24	100	17	15	5	-	10	7	7	10	19	31	86	38	9	555	2	2	-	1530
1978	1	63	53	372	56	66	27	79	18	27	9	1	17	-	4	7	14	18	80	34	9	571	3	3	-	1532
1980	2	50	38	345	57	68	19	79	18	20	11	2	12	7	6	12	14	23	60	37	6	579	2	1	-	1468
1982	1	58	65	361	76	70	29	103	25	20	5	4	15	7	5	12	18	17	56	31	9	867	4	2	-	1860
1983	-	51	57	358	57	90	31	105	26	26	12	-	14	9	7	7	13	20	39	27	12	634	1	3	-	1599
1984	-	40	41	318	46	79	35	77	25	22	13	-	10	6	9	4	6	10	50	29	5	644	1	3	-	1473
1985	2	41	50	317	51	92	24	100	22	23	7	-	11	-	5	2	8	17	63	28	5	663	1	2	-	1534
1986	-	38	46	314	48	76	28	103	20	21	10	1	14	1	-	6	11	7	48	30	4	644	-	-	-	1470
1987	2	43	44	342	65	89	30	108	23	30	8	-	14	6	8	4	13	14	37	17	13	903	5	1	-	1819
1988	-	32	44	299	53	90	29	81	17	26	9	2	14	6	2	6	7	10	34	21	3	693	-	3	-	1481
1989	-	46	51	310	56	86	29	94	29	21	12	3	20	5	5	4	6	6	34	20	4	690	-	6	-	1537
1990	1	25	34	240	54	84	30	87	22	26	11	-	20	2	3	3	9	11	30	25	6	645	-	4	-	1372
1991	-	38	39	281	62	77	19	118	21	23	9	-	21	3	3	2	18	6	29	19	11	713	3	2	-	1517
1993	-	45	34	287	65	99	27	139	29	34	9	1	15	2	2	2	4	10	20	22	6	747	5	2	-	1606
1994	-	59	67	491	119	210	65	232	56	72	17	1	29	6	1	6	10	9	48	27	10	1451	5	1	-	2992
1996	2	44	60	473	108	172	61	201	47	67	16	-	45	2	5	3	3	10	43	19	5	1514	4	-	-	2904
1998	-	47	55	427	96	175	51	227	37	56	13	4	40	1	2	6	12	5	27	30	26	1487	8	-	-	2832
2000	-	39	52	437	86	171	56	191	28	51	25	4	34	2	-	5	4	2	35	24	11	1538	21	1	-	2817
2002	1	35	47	393	98	178	40	230	36	68	16	6	37	3	-	2	10	10	27	14	14	1496	3	1	-	2765
2004	-	36	59	481	112	171	51	278	40	85	24	2	56	-	2	4	5	5	24	20	15	1333	6	3	-	2812
2006	2	35	47	413	106	189	43	252	52	70	20	5	44	7	7	2	18	11	30	38	9	3095	7	8	-	4510
2008	2	35	28	322	69	115	37	166	32	56	17	1	28	5	-	1	14	2	12	19	9	1046	5	2	-	2023
2010	-	26	28	273	46	116	33	162	29	55	21	2	30	2	1	1	10	4	18	22	6	1152	6	1	-	2044
2012	2	19	27	282	63	102	36	154	23	50	20	1	43	4	3	4	21	4	12	22	5	1074	1	2	-	1974
2014	-	24	42	352	67	120	48	232	35	78	28	1	53	6	5	4	11	2	14	18	8	1376	6	8	-	2538
2016	-	30	30	389	85	136	38	231	37	94	31	-	35	3	1	4	13	3	15	18	11	1654	7	2	-	2867
2018	1	26	43	270	63	115	39	221	28	78	17	1	31	2	1	4	19	3	6	18	4	1348	8	2	-	2348
2021	-	30	29	489	123	216	79	514	101	155	51	2	100	1	1	4	10	5	19	17	18	2026	31	4	7	4032
2022	-	18	28	379	91	165	67	317	65	125	40	3	82	2	2	1	11	2	15	13	-	2080	34	3	1	3544
Total	21	1471	1694	12242	2383	3860	1259	5422	1050	1598	524	57	943	137	142	191	435	428	1489	897	305	35531	210	93	8	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