Type of college respondent attended

sector

Source

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

Details

Question In what year did you receive the (COLLEGE NAME) degree? A. Sector of Institution?

Values

• [0] administrative unit

• [1] public, 4-year or above

• [2] private not-for-profit, 4-year or above

• [3] private for-profit, 4-year or above

• [4] public, 2-year

• [5] private not-for-profit, 2-year or less

• [6] private for-profit, 2-year

• [7] public, less than 2-year

• [9] private for-profit, less than 2-year

• [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	2012, 2014, 2016, 2018

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	administrative unit	public, 4-year or above	private not-for-profit, 4-year or above	private for-profit, 4-year or above	public, 2-year	private not-for-profit, 2-year or less	private for-profit, 2-year	private for-profit, less than 2-year	skipped on web	not available in this year	Total
2012	1346	1	325	183	8	97	4	4	6	-	-	1974
2014	1748	-	432	242	23	90	2	1	-	-	-	2538
2016	1936	-	538	269	15	100	-	2	-	7	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
Total	7378	1	1295	694	46	287	6	7	6	7	0	9727

See also

Other Core: barate, eftotlt, gradtounder, speftotlt, spsector, voedcol, voedncol, voednme1, voednme2