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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 | |
| Northeast | 18% | 45% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 10% | 8% | 1006 | ±4 | |
| Midwest | 17% | 44% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 11% | 6% | 1386 | ±3 | |
| South | 23% | 40% | 10% | 5% | 5% | 11% | 5% | 1978 | ±3 | |
| West | 21% | 32% | 12% | 7% | 5% | 13% | 10% | 1272 | ±4 |
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.