VAR CF0110 R EDUCATION (1)
COLUMNS 98 - 98
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0
1952-1972: How many grades of school did you finish?
1974 and later: What is highest grade of school or year of college
you have completed?
R'S EDUCATION [1]
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
SEE ALSO VCF0140 (FULL-CODE SUMMARY)
Question wording in 1948 is undocumented.
Personal data forms were completed for no-pre cases in 1960: data
from these forms were incorporated into the (pre) education var
listed here for 1960.
In 1992, this question was not part of the short-form questionnaire;
for short-form 'panel' cases, however, 1990 study data were
incorporated into the 1992 education summary var (V3908).
In 1948, no distinction was made between Rs holding college degrees
and those Rs who attended college but did not receive a degree.
All cases coded 'college' in 1948 are coded 3 -- there are no cases
coded 4 for 1948.
Code 4 includes 1 cases in 1968, 2 cases in 1976 and 4 cases in 1974
which were designated by respondents as 'honorary degrees.'
In 1994, 1992 data was incorporated for panel cases.
1. Grade school or less (0-8 grades)
2. High school (12 grades or fewer, incl. non-college
training if applicable)
3. Some College (13 grades or more but no degree; 1948 ONLY:
college, no identification of degree status)
4. College or advanced degree (no cases 1948)
0. DK; NA; no pre IW (1952); short-form 'new' cross section
(1992)
1948: 480048 1952: 520131 1954: 540020
1956: 560181 1958: 580180 1960: 600128
1962: 620078 1964: 640196 1966: 660197
1968: 680156 1970: 700269(type 0) 1972: 720300
1974: 742418 1976: 763389 1978: 780513
1980: 800436 1982: 820542 1984: 840438
1986: 860602 1988: 880422 1990: 900557
1992: 923905,923908 1994: 941206,941209 1996: 960607,960608
1998: 980577
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