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In what year did your spouse receive their (COLLEGE NAME) degree? I. Sector of Institution?
Type of college spouse attended · Asked in 3 waves, 2012–2016 · 1,095 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 | Administrative unit | Public, 4-year or above | Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above | Private for-profit, 4-year or above |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 408 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 419 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 268 |
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.
| Public, 2-year |
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| Private for-profit, 2-year |
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| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | – | 60% | 30% | 1% | 9% | – | 408 | ±5 | |
| Less than high school † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | ±34 |
| High school † | – | 55% | 25% | 3% | 18% | – | 53 | ±15 | |
| Some college | – | 49% | 36% | 1% | 14% | – | 77 | ±13 | |
| Bachelor's | – | 66% | 25% | – | 10% | – | 156 | ±8 | |
| Postgraduate | – | 61% | 35% | 1% | 2% | – | 112 | ±10 |
General Social Survey 2016 · 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.