RESPONDENT'S PARTNER'S EDUCATION
Partner's highest year of school completed · Asked in 7 waves, 2012–2024 · 1,818 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Showing the first 8 of 19 answers.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 260 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 310 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 372 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 231 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 264 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 213 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 168 |
| Group | No formal schooling | 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 | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 0% | – | – | – | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 38% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 21% | 4% | 4% | – | 3% | 260 | ±8 | |
| Men | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 40% | 11% | 6% | 4% | 23% | 5% | 6% | – | 1% | 120 | ±12 | |
| Women | 0% | – | – | – | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 35% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 19% | 2% | 1% | – | 5% | 139 | ±11 |
General Social Survey 2024 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.