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VCF0140 R Education 6-category

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