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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.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| 20% |
| 40% |
| 11% |
| 5% |
| 5% |
| 11% |
| 7% |
| 5642 |
| ±2 |
| Rural | 25% | 43% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 883 | ±5 |
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.