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What is the highest level of education that your mother completed?
Mother's highest level of education · Asked in 6 waves, 2017–2022 · 70,865 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of CH2 first asked in 2017: wording or answer options differ from shed:CH2.
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 | Less than High School degree | High school degree or GED | Some college but no degree | Certificate or technical degree | Associate degree | Bachelor’s degree | Graduate degree |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2022 24 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 11,667 |
| SHED 2021 91 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 11,874 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 12,173 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 11,316 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 12,187 |
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.
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 19% | 38% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 14% | 8% | 11667 | ±1 | |
| 18–29 | 10% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 10% | 26% | 14% | 1672 | ±3 | |
| 30–44 | 16% | 34% | 10% | 6% | 8% | 17% | 10% | 2646 | ±2 | |
| 45–64 | 18% | 45% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 11% | 6% | 3994 | ±2 | |
| 65+ | 31% | 45% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 3% | 3355 | ±2 |
SHED 2022 · US adults 18+. 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.