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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. 2. Education of Second Person
Education level of household member 2 · Asked in 2 waves, 1985–2004 · 2,005 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 | 835 |
| General Social Survey 1985 | 1985-02-09 to 1985-04-23 | face to face | 1,534 | 1,170 |
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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| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 1% | 3% | 5% | 29% | 20% | 6% | 22% | 13% | 835 | ±4 | |
| Protestant | 0% | 2% | 8% | 31% | 22% | 7% | 20% | 10% | 454 | ±5 | |
| Catholic | 1% | 5% | 4% | 27% | 23% | 4% | 24% | 13% | 197 | ±9 | |
| Jewish † | – | – | 2% | 12% | 7% | 12% | 13% | 54% | 28 | ±21 | |
| Other faith † | 5% | – | 3% | 21% | 9% | 5% | 29% | 28% | 42 | ±17 | |
| None | 1% | 4% | 1% | 38% | 15% | 8% | 25% | 9% | 109 | ±11 |
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.