R's highest degree

degree

Source

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

Details

Question 19. If finished 9th-12th grade: Did you ever get a high school diploma or a GED certificate?

Overview

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
2024	299	721	474	1506	306	-	3	-	3309
Total	4654	11969	6427	37952	14498	143	47	9	75699

Values

• 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(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