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What is the highest level of education that your mother completed?
Mother's highest level of education · Asked in 2 waves, 2014–2015 · 11,538 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 | 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 | n | MoE |
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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.
| All respondents | 20% | 40% | 11% | 5% | 5% | 11% | 7% | 5642 | ±2 | |
| 18–29 | 9% | 26% | 18% | 7% | 8% | 19% | 14% | 755 | ±5 | |
| 30–44 | 17% | 35% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 13% | 7% | 1157 | ±4 | |
| 45–64 | 22% | 50% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 2252 | ±3 | |
| 65+ | 36% | 45% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 1478 | ±3 |
SHED 2015 · 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.