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QUESTION:
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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? Did you get a high school diploma or pass a high
school equivalency test?
1974,1976: Do you have a college degree? (IF YES:) What degree is that?
1978-1984: Do you have a college degree? (IF YES:) What is the highest
degree that you have earned?
1986 AND LATER: What is the highest degree that you have earned?
VALID_CODES:
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1. 8 grades or less ('grade school')
2. 9-12 grades ('high school'), no diploma/equivalency
3. 12 grades, diploma or equivalency
4. 12 grades, diploma or equivalency plus non-academic
training
5. Some college, no degree; junior/community college
level degree (AA degree)
6. BA level degrees; advanced degrees incl. LLB
MISSING_CODES:
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8. DK
9. NA; no Pre IW; short-form 'new' Cross Section (1992)
Inap. question not used
NOTES:
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See also VCF0110.
GENERAL NOTE:
Code 6 includes 1 cases in 1968, 2 cases in 1976 and 4 cases in 1974
which were designated by respondents as 'honorary degrees.'
In 1986 and later, the equivalent to code 4 was not used.
1952 NOTE:
The category recoded to code 6 only mentioned "has a degree" or
"completed college," without specifying Bachelor's degree or 4-year
college. Another code present specified "some college" and has been
recoded to 5.
1956 NOTE:
same as 1952
1958 NOTE:
same as 1952
1960 NOTE:
Personal data forms were completed for no-pre cases: data from these
forms were incorporated.
1992 NOTE:
This question was not part of the 'short-form' questionnaire; for short-
form panel cases, however, 1990 study data were incorporated.
1994 NOTE:
For panel cases, 1992 data were incorporated.
2002 NOTE:
For panel cases, 2000 data were incorporated.
2004 NOTE:
Code 1 includes 1 cases with number of grades NA without high school
diploma or equivalency.
WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a
TYPE:
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Numeric Dec 0
SOURCE_VARS:
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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: 742423
1976: 763389
1978: 780513
1980: 800436
1982: 820542
1984: 840438
1986: 860602
1988: 880422
1990: 900557
1992: 923908
1994: 941209
1996: 960610
1998: 980577
2000: 000913
2002: 023131
2004: 043254
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03