Highest year school completed, spouse

speduc

Source

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

Details

Question RESPONDENT'S SPOUSE'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, 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 speduc.

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	skipped on web	Total
1972	8	1	4	8	15	12	36	25	95	44	65	95	420	70	66	25	92	20	18	3	5	14	453	19	-	1613
1973	4	-	2	7	8	16	22	26	111	37	67	78	360	50	79	30	100	20	20	8	13	9	428	9	-	1504
1974	4	1	1	3	10	9	19	37	102	39	64	79	378	48	84	27	87	20	23	7	9	12	419	2	-	1484
1975	1	-	3	8	6	7	13	29	89	41	74	62	373	48	74	21	85	14	25	7	13	9	488	-	-	1490
1976	4	-	-	4	6	15	14	34	81	39	70	75	346	50	61	31	77	18	18	13	9	8	525	1	-	1499
1977	2	-	-	7	7	10	19	31	86	38	58	67	350	39	79	24	100	17	15	5	10	9	555	2	-	1530
1978	3	1	1	-	4	7	14	18	80	34	63	53	372	56	66	27	79	18	27	9	17	9	571	3	-	1532
1980	1	2	2	7	6	12	14	23	60	37	50	38	345	57	68	19	79	18	20	11	12	6	579	2	-	1468
1982	2	1	4	7	5	12	18	17	56	31	58	65	361	76	70	29	103	25	20	5	15	9	867	4	-	1860
1983	3	-	-	9	7	7	13	20	39	27	51	57	358	57	90	31	105	26	26	12	14	12	634	1	-	1599
1984	3	-	-	6	9	4	6	10	50	29	40	41	318	46	79	35	77	25	22	13	10	5	644	1	-	1473
1985	2	2	-	-	5	2	8	17	63	28	41	50	317	51	92	24	100	22	23	7	11	5	663	1	-	1534
1986	-	-	1	1	-	6	11	7	48	30	38	46	314	48	76	28	103	20	21	10	14	4	644	-	-	1470
1987	1	2	-	6	8	4	13	14	37	17	43	44	342	65	89	30	108	23	30	8	14	13	903	5	-	1819
1988	3	-	2	6	2	6	7	10	34	21	32	44	299	53	90	29	81	17	26	9	14	3	693	-	-	1481
1989	6	-	3	5	5	4	6	6	34	20	46	51	310	56	86	29	94	29	21	12	20	4	690	-	-	1537
1990	4	1	-	2	3	3	9	11	30	25	25	34	240	54	84	30	87	22	26	11	20	6	645	-	-	1372
1991	2	-	-	3	3	2	18	6	29	19	38	39	281	62	77	19	118	21	23	9	21	11	713	3	-	1517
1993	2	-	1	2	2	2	4	10	20	22	45	34	287	65	99	27	139	29	34	9	15	6	747	5	-	1606
1994	1	-	1	6	1	6	10	9	48	27	59	67	491	119	210	65	232	56	72	17	29	10	1451	5	-	2992
1996	-	2	-	2	5	3	3	10	43	19	44	60	473	108	172	61	201	47	67	16	45	5	1514	4	-	2904
1998	-	-	4	1	2	6	12	5	27	30	47	55	427	96	175	51	227	37	56	13	40	26	1487	8	-	2832
2000	1	-	4	2	-	5	4	2	35	24	39	52	437	86	171	56	191	28	51	25	34	11	1538	21	-	2817
2002	1	1	6	3	-	2	10	10	27	14	35	47	393	98	178	40	230	36	68	16	37	14	1496	3	-	2765
2004	3	-	2	-	2	4	5	5	24	20	36	59	481	112	171	51	278	40	85	24	56	15	1333	6	-	2812
2006	8	2	5	7	7	2	18	11	30	38	35	47	413	106	189	43	252	52	70	20	44	9	3095	7	-	4510
2008	2	2	1	5	-	1	14	2	12	19	35	28	322	69	115	37	166	32	56	17	28	9	1046	5	-	2023
2010	1	-	2	2	1	1	10	4	18	22	26	28	273	46	116	33	162	29	55	21	30	6	1152	6	-	2044
2012	2	2	1	4	3	4	21	4	12	22	19	27	282	63	102	36	154	23	50	20	43	5	1074	1	-	1974
2014	8	-	1	6	5	4	11	2	14	18	24	42	352	67	120	48	232	35	78	28	53	8	1376	6	-	2538
2016	2	-	-	3	1	4	13	3	15	18	30	30	389	85	136	38	231	37	94	31	35	11	1654	7	-	2867
2018	2	1	1	2	1	4	19	3	6	18	26	43	270	63	115	39	221	28	78	17	31	4	1348	8	-	2348
2021	4	-	2	1	1	4	10	5	19	17	30	29	489	123	216	79	514	101	155	51	100	18	2029	31	4	4032
2022	3	-	3	2	2	1	11	2	15	13	18	28	380	92	166	67	319	65	125	40	82	21	2074	14	1	3544
Total	93	21	57	137	142	191	435	428	1489	897	1471	1694	12243	2384	3861	1259	5424	1050	1598	524	943	326	35528	190	5	72390

See also

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

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