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

paeduc

Source

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

Details

Question RESPONDENT'S FATHER'S (FATHER SUBSTITUTE'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 paeduc.

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	8 or more years of college	don't know	iap	no answer	Total
1972	54	6	12	51	57	43	68	49	231	34	58	44	195	24	40	9	59	5	17	3	12	297	235	10	1613
1973	68	8	14	52	46	39	89	45	261	27	41	44	223	14	48	11	65	6	7	5	11	216	151	13	1504
1974	52	8	10	49	46	43	81	47	213	43	55	37	234	21	48	11	50	4	15	1	10	223	182	1	1484
1975	55	3	13	49	50	40	92	55	231	37	55	39	240	31	44	11	53	12	11	1	11	204	151	2	1490
1976	48	7	12	44	47	39	91	50	223	37	45	41	243	21	40	8	48	9	15	4	15	217	186	9	1499
1977	39	2	15	45	64	37	80	49	228	35	62	38	219	20	38	13	46	5	13	7	13	267	193	2	1530
1978	41	-	11	36	39	35	88	53	213	44	58	29	256	29	51	8	54	16	12	6	10	235	205	3	1532
1980	42	3	10	29	51	36	86	36	201	38	36	36	248	29	42	13	65	13	18	9	17	178	230	2	1468
1982	65	3	7	42	46	40	74	49	226	46	66	36	309	29	55	14	72	10	20	6	17	323	296	9	1860
1983	41	3	12	28	32	47	68	39	202	52	53	39	302	30	57	5	102	9	22	7	18	224	207	-	1599
1984	27	1	4	32	41	28	66	29	207	41	57	43	278	28	51	9	79	9	15	6	16	201	202	3	1473
1985	31	3	14	29	36	30	77	39	194	40	67	45	288	29	64	13	88	7	26	8	25	187	194	-	1534
1986	32	4	5	34	35	25	74	30	178	30	52	44	297	22	54	13	85	6	13	6	12	193	222	4	1470
1987	33	5	8	48	44	45	83	39	223	52	56	45	318	29	63	15	98	15	19	16	28	234	291	12	1819
1988	28	1	11	41	24	33	59	26	183	39	49	30	291	33	43	11	94	10	28	4	27	208	189	19	1481
1989	62	4	14	43	28	35	59	36	180	40	57	33	302	33	58	16	96	10	30	7	24	172	197	1	1537
1990	22	2	11	33	29	17	42	25	159	33	42	20	300	35	54	17	85	9	21	6	20	165	190	35	1372
1991	17	-	7	31	22	22	61	27	165	39	49	38	300	28	77	12	103	12	24	13	22	211	205	32	1517
1993	22	2	9	39	22	23	63	34	187	34	62	34	317	37	79	20	123	12	36	9	31	185	197	29	1606
1994	43	5	17	47	35	41	109	60	307	72	112	53	637	57	161	22	216	19	62	21	59	330	492	15	2992
1996	31	2	6	40	40	43	98	43	254	63	101	59	631	72	148	40	229	22	60	15	69	324	502	12	2904
1998	28	4	15	45	40	42	96	53	274	58	76	56	607	58	145	26	256	31	57	16	58	275	503	13	2832
2000	32	4	19	44	36	43	95	35	227	52	95	59	627	65	129	26	212	13	63	15	55	326	518	27	2817
2002	35	6	19	38	28	34	87	32	234	75	123	59	661	62	158	27	210	18	61	18	50	185	526	19	2765
2004	33	3	5	36	27	29	84	48	204	79	81	65	692	72	165	25	256	29	69	28	60	182	514	26	2812
2006	71	11	24	65	36	40	103	48	220	70	87	56	684	83	168	35	253	28	75	25	76	185	2049	18	4510
2008	37	1	9	37	22	26	70	22	138	41	57	48	502	56	99	22	187	15	44	16	38	177	354	5	2023
2010	33	5	11	40	19	29	58	30	133	47	55	48	536	54	95	19	177	13	59	15	40	150	370	8	2044
2012	36	6	11	30	22	28	51	20	122	54	60	44	475	51	95	15	190	17	44	10	59	193	338	3	1974
2014	41	5	23	31	24	25	81	26	144	51	81	46	660	57	125	33	271	24	62	19	56	189	459	5	2538
2016	43	8	11	40	26	24	80	32	157	60	74	65	774	72	147	35	274	28	67	16	59	221	550	4	2867
2018	42	1	12	33	15	25	64	33	112	47	54	50	596	55	136	29	238	19	65	13	48	194	464	3	2348
2021	42	2	13	34	18	40	82	41	177	71	102	69	1157	105	231	55	538	52	118	31	112	372	563	7	4032
2022	47	5	10	34	27	26	71	31	152	65	91	62	1007	60	186	36	413	29	119	27	104	333	609	-	3544
2024	34	2	8	23	16	26	69	26	134	51	72	49	967	92	179	53	355	33	82	20	98	303	617	-	3309
Total	1407	135	412	1372	1190	1178	2699	1337	6894	1697	2341	1603	16373	1593	3373	727	5740	569	1469	429	1380	8079	13351	351	75699

See also

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

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