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This card (CARD BH) lists general levels of education. As far as you know, what is (NAME)'s highest level of education? PROBE: Your best guess. RECORD VERBATIM IF NOT CODEABLE. ASK FOR EACH NAME. • Education of First Person
Education level of household member 1 · Asked in 2 waves, 1985–2004 · 2,514 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
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 | 1-6 years | 7-9 years | 10-12 years | H.s. grad | Some college |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,116 |
| General Social Survey 1985 | 1985-02-09 to 1985-04-23 | face to face | 1,534 | 1,398 |
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.
| Asso. degree |
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| Bach. degree |
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| Grad or prof |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 1% | 4% | 11% | 29% | 16% | 7% | 19% | 13% | 1116 | ±4 | |
| Less than high school | 3% | 13% | 20% | 38% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 127 | ±10 | |
| High school | 0% | 2% | 17% | 43% | 18% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 298 | ±7 | |
| Some college | 1% | 2% | 9% | 28% | 19% | 10% | 19% | 10% | 322 | ±6 | |
| Bachelor's | 1% | 3% | 3% | 15% | 15% | 5% | 39% | 19% | 247 | ±8 | |
| Postgraduate | – | – | 2% | 10% | 11% | 4% | 30% | 43% | 122 | ±10 |
General Social Survey 2004 · 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.