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Was that a diploma awarded by your high school at graduation at the end of 12th grade, a GED awarded after you took a test, or something else? As of 2024, DIPGED has been recoded to only account for three categories. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of DIPGED. The original DIPGED containing data 2012 to 2022 has been renamed DIPGED_1222.
High school diploma, GED, or other (2012-2022 version) · Asked in 6 waves, 2012–2022 · 15,467 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. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | High school diploma | Ged | Other | High school diploma after post high school class | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 3,185 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 3,763 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 2,086 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 2,539 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 2,208 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,686 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 91% |
| 8% |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| 3185 |
| ±3 |
| 18–29 | 96% | 3% | 1% | – | 493 | ±7 |
| 30–44 | 88% | 11% | 1% | – | 827 | ±5 |
| 45–64 | 91% | 9% | 1% | – | 924 | ±5 |
| 65+ | 92% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 750 | ±6 |
General Social Survey 2022 · 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.