Highest year school completed, mother (or youngest same-sex parent)

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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 year of college	10th grade	11th grade	12th grade	1st grade	2 years of college	2nd grade	3 years of college	3rd grade	4 years of college	4th grade	5 years of college	5th grade	6 years of college	6th grade	7 years of college	7th grade	8th grade	9th grade	don't know	iap	no answer	no formal schooling	8 or more years of college	not available in this release	Total
1972	19	85	54	328	8	60	12	14	43	42	43	3	43	7	78	3	47	262	36	263	80	16	67	-	-	1613
1973	28	74	60	342	7	50	7	8	32	47	38	2	41	4	76	-	39	254	40	207	67	22	56	3	-	1504
1974	33	90	61	331	2	53	10	10	25	48	38	3	48	10	78	2	35	243	47	201	55	1	58	2	-	1484
1975	33	90	57	360	4	49	7	7	30	53	34	1	40	8	64	2	71	253	53	193	38	3	40	-	-	1490
1976	25	66	67	354	4	46	12	11	35	47	35	2	27	2	80	1	54	243	41	236	51	6	50	4	-	1499
1977	23	78	59	378	1	44	1	10	21	50	49	3	27	9	63	1	57	256	44	243	53	4	56	-	-	1530
1978	22	71	67	421	1	65	8	16	18	48	31	5	26	7	74	1	42	242	49	216	51	5	41	5	-	1532
1980	34	67	46	383	5	69	4	5	27	62	41	7	29	9	75	-	39	227	50	181	62	3	41	2	-	1468
1982	39	96	60	491	4	59	11	22	30	79	23	8	49	10	88	-	42	229	62	313	66	13	62	4	-	1860
1983	40	70	68	483	2	73	13	14	24	76	33	8	33	9	61	4	46	221	46	179	48	3	44	1	-	1599
1984	35	103	50	450	1	68	7	21	19	57	21	6	28	7	43	2	32	201	55	161	68	4	33	1	-	1473
1985	36	74	59	482	-	62	12	11	25	73	26	7	27	18	60	6	35	201	48	172	67	-	31	2	-	1534
1986	25	59	48	472	-	75	5	10	24	71	22	7	29	14	50	2	40	193	48	191	47	4	33	1	-	1470
1987	51	92	73	508	2	103	9	17	29	87	29	9	35	25	76	1	33	238	71	205	61	13	42	10	-	1819
1988	56	66	48	470	2	79	6	15	28	74	28	4	23	8	48	3	30	176	43	177	37	18	36	6	-	1481
1989	47	87	36	475	2	78	7	26	23	92	19	4	28	20	63	2	29	182	49	162	41	2	60	3	-	1537
1990	54	54	50	436	1	71	3	22	24	80	16	6	26	14	38	1	19	160	52	151	32	33	25	4	-	1372
1991	56	71	43	455	1	84	7	16	15	80	14	8	24	18	39	-	32	192	49	176	45	63	24	5	-	1517
1993	47	76	47	573	1	101	8	22	14	102	23	5	23	17	40	3	37	177	35	159	41	27	23	5	-	1606
1994	95	141	100	1007	3	197	16	47	29	187	38	15	33	38	87	7	58	319	86	284	135	13	41	16	-	2992
1996	76	130	93	1009	3	243	8	46	23	214	31	16	31	48	69	8	48	243	75	292	123	17	34	24	-	2904
1998	98	129	103	932	3	204	16	44	26	235	27	22	33	47	87	5	36	229	72	269	124	40	32	19	-	2832
2000	88	129	81	939	-	201	17	41	39	218	34	17	23	41	79	4	37	233	77	284	132	33	46	24	-	2817
2002	116	121	84	997	3	205	14	40	28	206	27	12	23	52	71	6	36	224	68	178	168	21	44	21	-	2765
2004	82	116	115	945	1	236	13	55	25	282	14	14	23	48	70	12	40	179	86	181	166	36	39	34	-	2812
2006	117	114	93	971	7	233	22	42	37	261	32	18	29	69	109	14	36	222	78	167	1687	31	94	27	-	4510
2008	73	100	65	725	5	143	7	27	19	182	17	12	23	50	69	1	25	128	43	156	83	4	52	14	-	2023
2010	72	87	68	716	4	144	9	29	21	191	24	20	20	46	58	8	24	153	47	160	78	5	41	19	-	2044
2012	68	68	71	680	3	158	6	36	26	185	15	12	21	51	73	8	24	113	50	148	74	7	49	28	-	1974
2014	76	101	84	902	3	223	10	38	32	230	31	18	29	77	64	15	27	146	63	181	83	3	68	34	-	2538
2016	100	98	86	1055	5	236	11	53	27	302	16	20	32	89	77	10	29	182	61	180	101	5	59	33	-	2867
2018	71	70	69	826	6	208	10	43	26	278	19	24	33	59	67	7	28	98	65	169	84	6	52	30	-	2348
2021	163	146	79	1580	4	374	7	84	15	517	17	48	30	106	57	15	34	144	71	316	100	3	55	67	-	4032
2022	120	118	87	1339	2	272	7	55	31	470	23	40	13	109	81	11	26	120	68	326	98	-	50	78	-	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	2118	3137	2331	22815	100	4566	322	957	890	5226	928	406	1002	1146	2312	165	1267	6883	1928	7077	4246	464	1578	526	3309	75699

Values

• 0 no formal schooling

• 1 1st grade

• 2 2nd grade

• 3 3rd grade

• 4 4th grade

• 5 5th grade

• 6 6th grade

• 7 7th grade

• 8 8th grade

• 9 9th grade

• 10 10th grade

• 11 11th grade

• 12 12th grade

• 13 1 year of college

• 14 2 years of college

• 15 3 years of college

• 16 4 years of college

• 17 5 years of college

• 18 6 years of college

• 19 7 years of college

• 20 8 or more years of college

• 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