The highest level of math r completed in high school

hsmath

Source

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

Details

Question Now, let me ask you to think about the courses you took in high school. What was the highest level of math that you completed in high school?

Values

[0] no math in hs; didn't go to hs
[1] general math, business, or vocational math
[2] pre-algebra
[3] one year of algebra
[4] two years of algebra
[5] geometry (plane or solid or both)
[6] trigonometry/linear programming/analysis
[7] pre-calculus
[8] calculus
[9] statistics/probability
[10] other
[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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/-	2016, 2018
A/B/C	2008
A/C/-	2010
B/C/-	2006, 2012, 2014

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for hsmath.

Counts by year:

year	iap	no math in hs; didn't go to hs	general math, business, or vocational math	pre-algebra	one year of algebra	two years of algebra	geometry (plane or solid or both)	trigonometry/linear programming/analysis	pre-calculus	calculus	statistics/probability	other	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2690	29	266	82	256	285	334	209	98	180	33	15	30	3	-	4510
2008	597	24	230	57	201	212	236	183	92	115	25	11	38	2	-	2023
2010	1370	3	60	17	76	109	96	80	40	82	17	10	20	64	-	2044
2012	1068	8	114	23	126	158	142	91	65	106	25	3	42	3	-	1974
2014	1348	25	159	50	168	229	187	121	65	122	16	1	43	4	-	2538
2016	1532	19	173	58	185	227	227	128	86	137	28	7	50	10	-	2867
2018	1222	19	117	33	176	191	163	121	85	118	29	6	60	8	-	2348
Total	9827	127	1119	320	1188	1411	1385	933	531	860	173	53	283	94	0	18304