Spouse's highest degree

spdeg

Source

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

Details

Question RESPONDENT'S SPOUSE'S DEGREE

Values

• [0] less than high school

• [1] high school

• [2] associate/junior college

• [3] bachelor's

• [4] graduate

• [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, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
A/B/C/D	2006
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 spdeg.

Counts by year:

year	less than high school	high school	associate/junior college	bachelor's	graduate	don't know	iap	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1972	403	568	10	92	37	15	453	35	-	1613
1973	379	500	20	100	53	2	428	22	-	1504
1974	373	526	20	95	42	5	419	4	-	1484
1975	315	524	17	92	50	3	488	1	-	1490
1976	336	483	21	79	50	2	525	3	-	1499
1977	319	478	27	97	45	4	555	5	-	1530
1978	268	508	29	90	55	7	571	4	-	1532
1980	250	469	24	82	56	2	579	6	-	1468
1982	272	521	24	115	50	8	867	3	-	1860
1983	216	535	34	117	58	4	634	1	-	1599
1984	194	459	30	95	48	2	644	1	-	1473
1985	202	469	48	99	49	3	663	1	-	1534
1986	183	440	38	114	48	3	644	-	-	1470
1987	191	501	35	123	52	9	903	5	-	1819
1988	150	463	30	85	57	3	693	-	-	1481
1989	171	457	43	115	53	4	690	4	-	1537
1990	135	390	32	107	56	2	645	5	-	1372
1991	153	436	33	128	44	6	713	4	-	1517
1993	133	454	44	148	72	5	747	3	-	1606
1994	214	817	102	278	115	5	1451	10	-	2992
1996	189	753	99	218	126	2	1514	3	-	2904
1998	173	693	103	237	121	12	1487	6	-	2832
2000	179	665	95	209	116	9	1538	6	-	2817
2002	149	653	83	241	135	8	1496	-	-	2765
2004	156	733	115	292	173	5	1333	5	-	2812
2006	219	640	121	274	147	7	3095	7	-	4510
2008	97	499	71	195	105	5	1046	5	-	2023
2010	103	435	68	177	105	2	1152	2	-	2044
2012	117	444	56	169	112	2	1074	-	-	1974
2014	129	529	89	238	169	4	1376	4	-	2538
2016	113	578	89	261	163	6	1654	3	-	2867
2018	112	443	79	221	138	2	1348	5	-	2348
2021	151	769	146	517	388	19	2029	-	13	4032
2022	110	618	106	339	273	21	2074	2	1	3544
Total	6854	18450	1981	5839	3361	198	35528	165	14	72390

See also

Other Core: codipged, cosector, dipged, madeg, major1, major2, spdipged, whencol, whenhs

Other Education: dipged, madeg, major1, major2, spdipged, whencol, whenhs