Highest year school completed, spouse

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Source

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

Details

Question 18. What is the highest grade in elementary school or high school that your husband/wife 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	skipped on web	Total
1972	70	65	95	420	1	66	4	25	8	92	15	20	12	18	36	3	25	5	95	44	14	453	19	8	-	1613
1973	50	67	78	360	-	79	2	30	7	100	8	20	16	20	22	8	26	13	111	37	9	428	9	4	-	1504
1974	48	64	79	378	1	84	1	27	3	87	10	20	9	23	19	7	37	9	102	39	12	419	2	4	-	1484
1975	48	74	62	373	-	74	3	21	8	85	6	14	7	25	13	7	29	13	89	41	9	488	-	1	-	1490
1976	50	70	75	346	-	61	-	31	4	77	6	18	15	18	14	13	34	9	81	39	8	525	1	4	-	1499
1977	39	58	67	350	-	79	-	24	7	100	7	17	10	15	19	5	31	10	86	38	9	555	2	2	-	1530
1978	56	63	53	372	1	66	1	27	-	79	4	18	7	27	14	9	18	17	80	34	9	571	3	3	-	1532
1980	57	50	38	345	2	68	2	19	7	79	6	18	12	20	14	11	23	12	60	37	6	579	2	1	-	1468
1982	76	58	65	361	1	70	4	29	7	103	5	25	12	20	18	5	17	15	56	31	9	867	4	2	-	1860
1983	57	51	57	358	-	90	-	31	9	105	7	26	7	26	13	12	20	14	39	27	12	634	1	3	-	1599
1984	46	40	41	318	-	79	-	35	6	77	9	25	4	22	6	13	10	10	50	29	5	644	1	3	-	1473
1985	51	41	50	317	2	92	-	24	-	100	5	22	2	23	8	7	17	11	63	28	5	663	1	2	-	1534
1986	48	38	46	314	-	76	1	28	1	103	-	20	6	21	11	10	7	14	48	30	4	644	-	-	-	1470
1987	65	43	44	342	2	89	-	30	6	108	8	23	4	30	13	8	14	14	37	17	13	903	5	1	-	1819
1988	53	32	44	299	-	90	2	29	6	81	2	17	6	26	7	9	10	14	34	21	3	693	-	3	-	1481
1989	56	46	51	310	-	86	3	29	5	94	5	29	4	21	6	12	6	20	34	20	4	690	-	6	-	1537
1990	54	25	34	240	1	84	-	30	2	87	3	22	3	26	9	11	11	20	30	25	6	645	-	4	-	1372
1991	62	38	39	281	-	77	-	19	3	118	3	21	2	23	18	9	6	21	29	19	11	713	3	2	-	1517
1993	65	45	34	287	-	99	1	27	2	139	2	29	2	34	4	9	10	15	20	22	6	747	5	2	-	1606
1994	119	59	67	491	-	210	1	65	6	232	1	56	6	72	10	17	9	29	48	27	10	1451	5	1	-	2992
1996	108	44	60	473	2	172	-	61	2	201	5	47	3	67	3	16	10	45	43	19	5	1514	4	-	-	2904
1998	96	47	55	427	-	175	4	51	1	227	2	37	6	56	12	13	5	40	27	30	26	1487	8	-	-	2832
2000	86	39	52	437	-	171	4	56	2	191	-	28	5	51	4	25	2	34	35	24	11	1538	21	1	-	2817
2002	98	35	47	393	1	178	6	40	3	230	-	36	2	68	10	16	10	37	27	14	14	1496	3	1	-	2765
2004	112	36	59	481	-	171	2	51	-	278	2	40	4	85	5	24	5	56	24	20	15	1333	6	3	-	2812
2006	106	35	47	413	2	189	5	43	7	252	7	52	2	70	18	20	11	44	30	38	9	3095	7	8	-	4510
2008	69	35	28	322	2	115	1	37	5	166	-	32	1	56	14	17	2	28	12	19	9	1046	5	2	-	2023
2010	46	26	28	273	-	116	2	33	2	162	1	29	1	55	10	21	4	30	18	22	6	1152	6	1	-	2044
2012	63	19	27	282	2	102	1	36	4	154	3	23	4	50	21	20	4	43	12	22	5	1074	1	2	-	1974
2014	67	24	42	352	-	120	1	48	6	232	5	35	4	78	11	28	2	53	14	18	8	1376	6	8	-	2538
2016	85	30	30	389	-	136	-	38	3	231	1	37	4	94	13	31	3	35	15	18	11	1654	7	2	-	2867
2018	63	26	43	270	1	115	1	39	2	221	1	28	4	78	19	17	3	31	6	18	4	1348	8	2	-	2348
2021	123	30	29	489	-	216	2	79	1	514	1	101	4	155	10	51	5	100	19	17	18	2029	31	4	4	4032
2022	92	18	28	380	-	166	3	67	2	319	2	65	1	125	11	40	2	82	15	13	21	2074	14	3	1	3544
2024	63	20	19	352	-	170	-	53	-	343	-	67	4	100	12	31	2	67	15	10	17	1957	-	7	-	3309
Total	2447	1491	1713	12595	21	4031	57	1312	137	5767	142	1117	195	1698	447	555	430	1010	1504	907	343	37485	190	100	5	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