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

maeduc

Source

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

Details

Question RESPONDENT'S MOTHER'S (SUBSTITUTE MOTHER'S) EDUCATION

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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
Full	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	no formal schooling	1st grade	2nd grade	3rd grade	4th grade	5th grade	6th grade	7th grade	8th grade	9th grade	10th grade	11th grade	12th grade	1 year of college	2 years of college	3 years of college	4 years of college	5 years of college	6 years of college	7 years of college	don't know	iap	no answer	8 or more years of college	Total
1972	67	8	12	43	43	43	78	47	262	36	85	54	328	19	60	14	42	3	7	3	263	80	16	-	1613
1973	56	7	7	32	38	41	76	39	254	40	74	60	342	28	50	8	47	2	4	-	207	67	22	3	1504
1974	58	2	10	25	38	48	78	35	243	47	90	61	331	33	53	10	48	3	10	2	201	55	1	2	1484
1975	40	4	7	30	34	40	64	71	253	53	90	57	360	33	49	7	53	1	8	2	193	38	3	-	1490
1976	50	4	12	35	35	27	80	54	243	41	66	67	354	25	46	11	47	2	2	1	236	51	6	4	1499
1977	56	1	1	21	49	27	63	57	256	44	78	59	378	23	44	10	50	3	9	1	243	53	4	-	1530
1978	41	1	8	18	31	26	74	42	242	49	71	67	421	22	65	16	48	5	7	1	216	51	5	5	1532
1980	41	5	4	27	41	29	75	39	227	50	67	46	383	34	69	5	62	7	9	-	181	62	3	2	1468
1982	62	4	11	30	23	49	88	42	229	62	96	60	491	39	59	22	79	8	10	-	313	66	13	4	1860
1983	44	2	13	24	33	33	61	46	221	46	70	68	483	40	73	14	76	8	9	4	179	48	3	1	1599
1984	33	1	7	19	21	28	43	32	201	55	103	50	450	35	68	21	57	6	7	2	161	68	4	1	1473
1985	31	-	12	25	26	27	60	35	201	48	74	59	482	36	62	11	73	7	18	6	172	67	-	2	1534
1986	33	-	5	24	22	29	50	40	193	48	59	48	472	25	75	10	71	7	14	2	191	47	4	1	1470
1987	42	2	9	29	29	35	76	33	238	71	92	73	508	51	103	17	87	9	25	1	205	61	13	10	1819
1988	36	2	6	28	28	23	48	30	176	43	66	48	470	56	79	15	74	4	8	3	177	37	18	6	1481
1989	60	2	7	23	19	28	63	29	182	49	87	36	475	47	78	26	92	4	20	2	162	41	2	3	1537
1990	25	1	3	24	16	26	38	19	160	52	54	50	436	54	71	22	80	6	14	1	151	32	33	4	1372
1991	24	1	7	15	14	24	39	32	192	49	71	43	455	56	84	16	80	8	18	-	176	45	63	5	1517
1993	23	1	8	14	23	23	40	37	177	35	76	47	573	47	101	22	102	5	17	3	159	41	27	5	1606
1994	41	3	16	29	38	33	87	58	319	86	141	100	1007	95	197	47	187	15	38	7	284	135	13	16	2992
1996	34	3	8	23	31	31	69	48	243	75	130	93	1009	76	243	46	214	16	48	8	292	123	17	24	2904
1998	32	3	16	26	27	33	87	36	229	72	129	103	932	98	204	44	235	22	47	5	269	124	40	19	2832
2000	46	-	17	39	34	23	79	37	233	77	129	81	939	88	201	41	218	17	41	4	284	132	33	24	2817
2002	44	3	14	28	27	23	71	36	224	68	121	84	997	116	205	40	206	12	52	6	178	168	21	21	2765
2004	39	1	13	25	14	23	70	40	179	86	116	115	945	82	236	55	282	14	48	12	181	166	36	34	2812
2006	94	7	22	37	32	29	109	36	222	78	114	93	971	117	233	42	261	18	69	14	167	1687	31	27	4510
2008	52	5	7	19	17	23	69	25	128	43	100	65	725	73	143	27	182	12	50	1	156	83	4	14	2023
2010	41	4	9	21	24	20	58	24	153	47	87	68	716	72	144	29	191	20	46	8	160	78	5	19	2044
2012	49	3	6	26	15	21	73	24	113	50	68	71	680	68	158	36	185	12	51	8	148	74	7	28	1974
2014	68	3	10	32	31	29	64	27	146	63	101	84	902	76	223	38	230	18	77	15	181	83	3	34	2538
2016	59	5	11	27	16	32	77	29	182	61	98	86	1055	100	236	53	302	20	89	10	180	101	5	33	2867
2018	52	6	10	26	19	33	67	28	98	65	70	69	826	71	208	43	278	24	59	7	169	84	6	30	2348
2021	55	4	7	15	17	30	57	34	144	71	146	79	1580	163	374	84	517	48	106	15	316	100	3	67	4032
2022	50	2	7	31	23	13	81	26	120	68	118	87	1339	120	272	55	470	40	109	11	326	98	-	78	3544
2024	39	3	7	18	16	22	61	24	118	49	103	76	1238	128	285	57	412	29	87	13	284	170	-	70	3309
Total	1617	103	329	908	944	1024	2373	1291	7001	1977	3240	2407	24053	2246	4851	1014	5638	435	1233	178	7361	4416	464	596	75699

See also

Other Core: age, agekdbrn, codeg, coeduc, degree, educ, padeg, paeduc, speduc

Other Education: degree, educ, padeg, paeduc, speduc