Highest year school completed, father (or oldest same-sex parent)

paeduc

Source

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

Details

Question 16. What is the highest grade in elementary school or high school that your father 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	8 or more years of college	8th grade	9th grade	don't know	iap	no answer	no formal schooling	not available in this release	Total
1972	24	58	44	195	6	40	12	9	51	59	57	5	43	17	68	3	49	12	231	34	297	235	10	54	-	1613
1973	14	41	44	223	8	48	14	11	52	65	46	6	39	7	89	5	45	11	261	27	216	151	13	68	-	1504
1974	21	55	37	234	8	48	10	11	49	50	46	4	43	15	81	1	47	10	213	43	223	182	1	52	-	1484
1975	31	55	39	240	3	44	13	11	49	53	50	12	40	11	92	1	55	11	231	37	204	151	2	55	-	1490
1976	21	45	41	243	7	40	12	8	44	48	47	9	39	15	91	4	50	15	223	37	217	186	9	48	-	1499
1977	20	62	38	219	2	38	15	13	45	46	64	5	37	13	80	7	49	13	228	35	267	193	2	39	-	1530
1978	29	58	29	256	-	51	11	8	36	54	39	16	35	12	88	6	53	10	213	44	235	205	3	41	-	1532
1980	29	36	36	248	3	42	10	13	29	65	51	13	36	18	86	9	36	17	201	38	178	230	2	42	-	1468
1982	29	66	36	309	3	55	7	14	42	72	46	10	40	20	74	6	49	17	226	46	323	296	9	65	-	1860
1983	30	53	39	302	3	57	12	5	28	102	32	9	47	22	68	7	39	18	202	52	224	207	-	41	-	1599
1984	28	57	43	278	1	51	4	9	32	79	41	9	28	15	66	6	29	16	207	41	201	202	3	27	-	1473
1985	29	67	45	288	3	64	14	13	29	88	36	7	30	26	77	8	39	25	194	40	187	194	-	31	-	1534
1986	22	52	44	297	4	54	5	13	34	85	35	6	25	13	74	6	30	12	178	30	193	222	4	32	-	1470
1987	29	56	45	318	5	63	8	15	48	98	44	15	45	19	83	16	39	28	223	52	234	291	12	33	-	1819
1988	33	49	30	291	1	43	11	11	41	94	24	10	33	28	59	4	26	27	183	39	208	189	19	28	-	1481
1989	33	57	33	302	4	58	14	16	43	96	28	10	35	30	59	7	36	24	180	40	172	197	1	62	-	1537
1990	35	42	20	300	2	54	11	17	33	85	29	9	17	21	42	6	25	20	159	33	165	190	35	22	-	1372
1991	28	49	38	300	-	77	7	12	31	103	22	12	22	24	61	13	27	22	165	39	211	205	32	17	-	1517
1993	37	62	34	317	2	79	9	20	39	123	22	12	23	36	63	9	34	31	187	34	185	197	29	22	-	1606
1994	57	112	53	637	5	161	17	22	47	216	35	19	41	62	109	21	60	59	307	72	330	492	15	43	-	2992
1996	72	101	59	631	2	148	6	40	40	229	40	22	43	60	98	15	43	69	254	63	324	502	12	31	-	2904
1998	58	76	56	607	4	145	15	26	45	256	40	31	42	57	96	16	53	58	274	58	275	503	13	28	-	2832
2000	65	95	59	627	4	129	19	26	44	212	36	13	43	63	95	15	35	55	227	52	326	518	27	32	-	2817
2002	62	123	59	661	6	158	19	27	38	210	28	18	34	61	87	18	32	50	234	75	185	526	19	35	-	2765
2004	72	81	65	692	3	165	5	25	36	256	27	29	29	69	84	28	48	60	204	79	182	514	26	33	-	2812
2006	83	87	56	684	11	168	24	35	65	253	36	28	40	75	103	25	48	76	220	70	185	2049	18	71	-	4510
2008	56	57	48	502	1	99	9	22	37	187	22	15	26	44	70	16	22	38	138	41	177	354	5	37	-	2023
2010	54	55	48	536	5	95	11	19	40	177	19	13	29	59	58	15	30	40	133	47	150	370	8	33	-	2044
2012	51	60	44	475	6	95	11	15	30	190	22	17	28	44	51	10	20	59	122	54	193	338	3	36	-	1974
2014	57	81	46	660	5	125	23	33	31	271	24	24	25	62	81	19	26	56	144	51	189	459	5	41	-	2538
2016	72	74	65	774	8	147	11	35	40	274	26	28	24	67	80	16	32	59	157	60	221	550	4	43	-	2867
2018	55	54	50	596	1	136	12	29	33	238	15	19	25	65	64	13	33	48	112	47	194	464	3	42	-	2348
2021	105	102	69	1157	2	231	13	55	34	538	18	52	40	118	82	31	41	112	177	71	372	563	7	42	-	4032
2022	60	91	62	1007	5	186	10	36	34	413	27	29	26	119	71	27	31	104	152	65	333	609	-	47	-	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	1501	2269	1554	15406	133	3194	404	674	1349	5385	1174	536	1152	1387	2630	409	1311	1282	6760	1646	7776	12734	351	1373	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