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Highest year of school completed
Variable: educ
Module:
Core
Subject:
Education
Related Variables
educemp bilinged engteach colaff colaffy pubsch homesch cathsch chrissch denomsch relsch privsch othsch kdeduc1 kdeduc2 kdeduc3 kdeduc4 kdeduc5 kdeduc6 kdeduc7 kdeduc8 kdeduc9 whencol trstprof classics ethhist colsci colscinm major1 major2 colmajr1 colmajr2 majorcol coneduc coneducy datesch teacheth schleth whoteach paeduc padeg memfrat memgreek solgreek actgreek educ1 educ2 educ3 educ4 educ5 aidneedy aidsmart aidavg govedop nateduc nateducy nateducz whenhs hsmath hsbio hschem hsphys hsbasics hssexed hsrespct hslibart hsjudge hsjobtr hssci hscaring hsorder hsclass1 hsclass2 dipged voedcol voednme1 voedncol voednme2 coldeg1 natdeg undoccol eddone eddone1 schoolng schlhead maeduc madeg educop colop chldeduc scimath inteduc topprob1 topprob2 sppaeduc spmaeduc fstspedc fstspdeg fstspped fstspmed speduc spdeg spdipged degree oppared opeduc memschl solschl actschl sexeduc sbeduc sbdeg more...
Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

ASK ALL PARTS OF QUESTION ABOUT RESPONDENT BEFORE GOING ON TO ASK ABOUT R'S FATHER; AND THEN R'S MOTHER; THEN R'S SPOUSE, IF R IS CURRENTLY MARRIED.
A. What is the highest grade in elementary school or high school that (you/your father/ your mother/your [husband/wife]) finished and got credit for? CODE EXACT GRADE.
B. IF FINISHED 9th-12th GRADE OR DK*: Did (you/he/she) ever get a high school diploma or a GED certificate? [SEE D BELOW.] [See REMARKS]
C. Did (you/he/she) complete one or more years of college for credit--not including schooling such as business college, technical or vocational school? IF YES: How many years did (you/he/she) complete?
Do you (Does [he/she]) have any college degrees? (IF YES: What degree or degrees?) CODE HIGHEST DEGREE EARNED.

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Summary Statistics
Valid cases 62292
Missing cases 174