1972-1994 General Social Survey Cumulative File
CASEID Case identification number
32380 cases
Type: character Width: 6
Input location: 1/1-6
year GSS YEAR FOR THIS RESPONDENT
PCT N VALUE LABEL
5.0 1613 72
4.6 1504 73
4.6 1484 74
4.6 1490 75
4.6 1499 76
4.7 1530 77
4.7 1532 78
4.5 1468 80
5.7 1860 82
4.9 1599 83
4.5 1473 84
4.7 1534 85
4.5 1470 86
5.6 1819 87
4.6 1481 88
4.7 1537 89
4.2 1372 90
4.7 1517 91
5.0 1606 93
9.2 2992 94
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 72 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 94
Input location: 1/1-2
id RESPONDENT ID NUMBER
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Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 3247
Input location: 1/3-6
wrkstat LABOR FORCE STATUS
Last week were you working full time, part time, going
to school, keeping house, or what?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
47.6 15422 1 WORKING FULLTIME
9.8 3187 2 WORKING PARTTIME
2.2 699 3 TEMP NOT WORKING
3.1 989 4 UNEMPL, LAID OFF
12.2 3950 5 RETIRED
3.0 958 6 SCHOOL
20.7 6694 7 KEEPING HOUSE
1.5 479 8 OTHER
2 9 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0,9
Decimals: 0 Max: 8
Input location: 1/7
hrs1 NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED LAST WEEK
IF WORKING, FULL OR PART TIME: How many hours did you
work last week, at all jobs?
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 89
Input location: 1/8-9
hrs2 NUMBER OF HOURS USUALLY WORK A WEEK
IF WITH A JOB, BUT NOT AT WORK: How many hours a week
do you usually work, at all jobs?
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 89
Input location: 1/10-11
evwork EVER WORK AS LONG AS ONE YEAR
IF RETIRED, IN SCHOOL, KEEPING HOUSE, OR OTHER: Did
you ever work for as long as one year?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
81.6 9845 1 YES
18.4 2213 2 NO
25 9 NA
20297 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 2
Input location: 1/12
occ RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)
What kind of work do you (did you normally) do? That
is, what (is/was) your job called?
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 984
Input location: 1/13-15
prestige RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 12 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 82
Input location: 1/16-17
wrkslf R SELF-EMP OR WORKS FOR SOMEBODY
(Are/Were) you self employed or (do/did) you work for
someone else?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
11.3 3390 1 SELF-EMPLOYED
88.7 26650 2 SOMEONE ELSE
124 9 NA
2216 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 2
Input location: 1/18
wrkgovt GOVT OR PRIVATE EMPLOYEE
(Are/Were) you employed by the federal, state, or
local government or by a private employer (including
non-profit organizations)?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
17.8 501 1 GOVERNMENT
82.2 2321 2 PRIVATE
1 9 NA
29557 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 2
Input location: 1/19
commute TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
About how much time (does/did) it usually take you to
travel to work - about how many minutes?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
4.1 54 0
1.1 14 1
2.6 34 2
1.7 23 3
0.5 6 4
11.5 153 5
0.2 2 6
1.0 13 7
0.6 8 8
0.1 1 9
14.3 190 10
0.1 1 11
1.2 16 12
0.1 1 13
0.2 2 14
15.3 203 15
0.1 1 16
0.2 3 17
13.5 180 20
0.2 2 22
0.1 1 24
4.5 60 25
0.1 1 28
11.7 155 30
0.2 2 32
2.3 30 35
1.7 22 40
0.1 1 43
4.7 63 45
0.1 1 46
0.4 5 50
0.2 3 55
4.1 55 60
0.3 4 70
0.3 4 75
0.6 8 90
0.6 8 97 97+ MINUTES
8 98 DK
32 99 NA
31010 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 97
Input location: 1/20-21
industry RS INDUSTRY CODE (1970)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 17 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 937
Input location: 1/22-24
occ80 RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1980)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 5 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 889
Input location: 1/25-27
prestg80 RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1980)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 17 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 86
Input location: 1/28-29
indus80 RS INDUSTRY CODE (1980)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 10 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 990
Input location: 1/30-32
marital MARITAL STATUS
Are you currently--married, widowed, divorced,
separated, or have you never been married?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
58.9 19066 1 MARRIED
10.4 3377 2 WIDOWED
9.9 3197 3 DIVORCED
3.4 1111 4 SEPARATED
17.4 5624 5 NEVER MARRIED
5 9 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 9
Decimals: 0 Max: 5
Input location: 1/33
agewed AGE WHEN FIRST MARRIED
IF EVER MARRIED: How old were you when you first
married?
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 12 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 73
Input location: 1/34-35
divorce EVER BEEN DIVORCED OR SEPARATED
IF CURRENTLY MARRIED OR WIDOWED: Have you ever been
divorced or legally separated?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
17.6 3930 1 YES
82.4 18350 2 NO
1 8 DK
167 9 NA
9932 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 2
Input location: 1/36
widowed EVER BEEN WIDOWED
IF CURRENTLY MARRIED, SEPARATED, OR DIVORCED: Have you
ever been widowed?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.5 288 1 YES
96.5 8043 2 NO
1 8 DK
179 9 NA
23869 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 2
Input location: 1/37
spwrksta SPOUSE LABOR FORCE STATUS
Last week was your (wife/husband) working full time,
part time, going to school, keeping house, or what?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
53.3 10158 1 WORKING FULLTIME
8.5 1611 2 WORKING PARTTIME
2.0 389 3 TEMP NOT WORKING
2.0 381 4 UNEMPL, LAID OFF
10.5 1997 5 RETIRED
1.0 184 6 SCHOOL
21.2 4037 7 KEEPING HOUSE
1.5 287 8 OTHER
25 9 NA
13311 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0,9
Decimals: 0 Max: 8
Input location: 1/38
sphrs1 NUMBER OF HRS SPOUSE WORKED LAST WEEK
IF WORKING, FULL OR PART TIME: How many hours did
(he/she) work last week, at all jobs?
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 89
Input location: 1/39-40
sphrs2 NO. OF HRS SPOUSE USUALLY WORKS A WEEK
IF WITH A JOB, BUT NOT AT WORK: How many hours a week
does (he/she) usually work, at all jobs?
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 89
Input location: 1/41-42
spevwork SPOUSE EVER WORK AS LONG AS A YEAR
IF RETIRED, IN SCHOOL, KEEPING HOUSE, OR OTHER: did
(he/she) ever work for as long as one year?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
79.4 5147 1 YES
20.6 1335 2 NO
13 8 DK
35 9 NA
25850 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 2
Input location: 1/43
spocc SPOUSE CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)
What kind or work (does/did) your [SPOUSE] normally
do? That is, what (is/was) (his/her) job called?
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 984
Input location: 1/44-46
sppres SPOUSES OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (197
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 12 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 82
Input location: 1/47-48
spwrkslf SPOUSE SELF-EMP. OR WORKS FOR SOMEBODY
(Is/Was) (he/she) self-employed or (does/did) (he/she)
work for someone else?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
13.1 2302 1 SELF-EMPLOYED
86.9 15309 2 SOMEONE ELSE
8 8 DK
100 9 NA
14661 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 2
Input location: 1/49
spind SPOUSES INDUSTRY CODE (1970)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 17 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 937
Input location: 1/50-52
spocc80 SPOUSE CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1980)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 3 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 889
Input location: 1/53-55
sppres80 SPOUSES OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (198
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 17 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 86
Input location: 1/56-57
spind80 SPOUSES INDUSTRY CODE (1970)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 10 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 990
Input location: 1/58-60
paocc16 FATHERS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)
What kind of work did your father (FATHER SUBSTITUTE)
normally do while you were growing up? That is, what
was his job called?
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 984
Input location: 1/61-63
papres16 FATHERS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (197
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 9 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 82
Input location: 1/64-65
pawrkslf FATHER SELF-EMP. OR WORKED FOR SOMEBODY
Was he self-employed or did he work for someone else?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
32.0 8782 1 SELF-EMPLOYED
68.0 18643 2 SOMEONE ELSE
79 8 DK
311 9 NA
4565 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 2
Input location: 1/66
paind16 FATHERS INDUSTRY CODE (1970)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 17 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 937
Input location: 1/67-69
paocc80 FATHERS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1980)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 3 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 889
Input location: 1/70-72
papres80 FATHERS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (198
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 17 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 86
Input location: 1/73-74
paind80 FATHERS INDUSTRY CODE (1980)
See Remarks.
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 10 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 990
Input location: 1/75-77
maocc80 MOTHERS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1980)
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 5 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 889
Input location: 1/78-80
mapres80 MOTHERS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (198
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 17 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 86
Input location: 1/81-82
mawrkslf MOTHER SELF-EMP. OR WORKED FOR SOMEBODY
PCT N VALUE LABEL
12.7 211 1 SELF-EMPLOYED
87.3 1445 2 SOMEONE ELSE
1 8 DK
38 9 NA
30685 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 2
Input location: 1/83
maind80 MOTHERS INDUSTRY CODE (1980)
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 1 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 990
Input location: 1/84-86
sibs NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS
How many brothers and sisters did you have? Please
count those born alive, but no longer living, as well
as those alive now. Also include stepbrothers and
stepsisters, and children adopted by your parents.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
5.3 1727 0
15.1 4859 1
17.2 5558 2
15.1 4884 3
11.5 3717 4
8.8 2844 5
6.8 2206 6
6.3 2030 7
4.0 1295 8
3.1 1006 9
2.1 666 10
1.6 511 11
1.1 358 12
0.8 246 13
0.4 130 14
0.2 80 15
0.2 56 16
0.1 24 17
0.1 21 18
0.0 15 19
0.1 18 20
0.0 4 21
0.0 5 22
0.0 5 23
0.0 2 24
0.0 1 25
0.0 5 26
0.0 6 27
0.0 1 31
0.0 1 35
0.0 1 68
36 98 DK
62 99 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 68
Input location: 1/89-90
childs NUMBER OF CHILDREN
How many children have you ever had? Please count all
that were born alive at any time (including any you
had from a previous marriage).
PCT N VALUE LABEL
26.8 8655 0
15.8 5105 1
23.8 7671 2
15.3 4923 3
8.6 2772 4
4.3 1386 5
2.2 710 6
1.3 411 7
2.0 635 8 EIGHT OR MORE
112 9 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: 9
Decimals: 0 Max: 8
Input location: 1/91
age AGE OF RESPONDENT
What is your date of birth?
32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 18 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 89
Input location: 1/92-93
agekdbrn R'S AGE WHEN 1ST CHILD BORN
PCT N VALUE LABEL
0.1 1 9
0.1 1 12
0.1 2 13
0.3 5 14
0.5 8 15
2.4 39 16
3.9 63 17
6.8 109 18
7.8 125 19
8.9 142 20
8.0 128 21
6.3 101 22
6.6 106 23
7.1 114 24
7.3 117 25
5.8 92 26
5.7 91 27
5.1 82 28
3.8 61 29
3.6 57 30
2.4 39 31
1.8 28 32
1.1 18 33
1.1 17 34
0.9 14 35
0.6 10 36
0.2 3 37
0.4 6 38
0.4 6 39
0.4 6 40
0.1 1 41
0.1 2 42
0.1 1 45
1 98 DK
19 99 NA
30765 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 9 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 45
Input location: 1/95-96
educ HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
What is the highest grade in elementary school or high
school that you finished and got credit for?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
0.3 99 0
0.1 31 1
0.2 74 2
0.6 181 3
0.7 240 4
0.9 306 5
1.5 496 6
2.1 684 7
6.2 2008 8
4.0 1306 9
5.6 1799 10
6.5 2111 11
32.6 10535 12
7.5 2427 13
9.2 2954 14
3.8 1242 15
10.3 3314 16
2.5 820 17
2.6 838 18
1.1 354 19
1.4 464 20
41 98 DK
56 99 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: 97
Decimals: 0 Max: 20
Input location: 1/97-98
paeduc HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED, FATHER
What is the highest grade in elementary school or high
school that your father finished and got credit for?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.5 822 0
0.3 70 1
0.9 216 2
3.4 802 3
3.4 794 4
3.0 698 5
6.5 1510 6
3.5 817 7
18.1 4212 8
3.5 813 9
4.9 1132 10
3.3 768 11
24.9 5797 12
2.5 579 13
5.0 1167 14
1.1 251 15
7.2 1681 16
0.9 198 17
1.8 424 18
0.6 145 19
1.7 398 20
4415 97 NAP
4470 98 DK
201 99 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: 97
Decimals: 0 Max: 20
Input location: 1/99-100
maeduc HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED, MOTHER
What is the highest grade in elementary school or high
school that your mother finished and got credit for?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.2 863 0
0.2 51 1
0.6 165 2
1.9 515 3
2.2 601 4
2.4 639 5
4.8 1281 6
3.0 817 7
16.6 4469 8
3.7 1004 9
6.0 1610 10
4.3 1153 11
34.2 9199 12
3.0 798 13
5.5 1486 14
1.2 324 15
5.4 1455 16
0.4 113 17
0.9 254 18
0.2 41 19
0.3 74 20
1145 97 NAP
4070 98 DK
253 99 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: 97
Decimals: 0 Max: 20
Input location: 1/101-102
speduc HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED, SPOUSE
What is the highest grade in elementary school or high
school that your [husband/wife] finished and got
credit for?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
0.3 56 0
0.1 11 1
0.1 25 2
0.5 97 3
0.6 112 4
0.8 146 5
1.5 274 6
1.9 360 7
6.3 1192 8
3.2 605 9
5.5 1027 10
5.9 1119 11
36.4 6862 12
6.2 1170 13
9.1 1719 14
3.1 580 15
10.9 2046 16
2.4 460 17
2.7 510 18
1.0 185 19
1.5 285 20
13312 97 NAP
164 98 DK
63 99 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: 97
Decimals: 0 Max: 20
Input location: 1/103-104
degree RS HIGHEST DEGREE
IF FINISHED 9TH-12TH GRADE OR DK: Did you ever get a
high school diploma or a GED certificate? Did you
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 complete? Do you have any college degrees? (IF
YES: What degree or degrees?) CODE HIGHEST DEGREE
EARNED.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
27.9 9005 0 LT HIGH SCHOOL
51.3 16546 1 HIGH SCHOOL
3.7 1196 2 JUNIOR COLLEGE
11.8 3821 3 BACHELOR
5.2 1692 4 GRADUATE
19 8 DK
101 9 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 4
Input location: 1/105
padeg FATHERS HIGHEST DEGREE
IF FINISHED 9TH-12TH GRADE OR DK: Did your father ever
get a high school diploma or a GED certificate? Did he
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 he complete? Does he have any college degrees? (IF
YES: What degree or degrees?) CODE HIGHEST DEGREE
EARNED.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
57.6 14517 0 LT HIGH SCHOOL
30.5 7696 1 HIGH SCHOOL
1.1 270 2 JUNIOR COLLEGE
6.5 1639 3 BACHELOR
4.3 1094 4 GRADUATE
4416 7 NAP
2292 8 DK
456 9 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 4
Input location: 1/106
madeg MOTHERS HIGHEST DEGREE
IF FINISHED 9TH-12TH GRADE OR DK: Did your mother ever
get a high school diploma or a GED certificate? Did
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 she complete? Does she have any college degrees?
(IF YES: What degree or degrees?) CODE HIGHEST DEGREE
EARNED.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
51.7 14797 0 LT HIGH SCHOOL
40.0 11458 1 HIGH SCHOOL
1.7 497 2 JUNIOR COLLEGE
4.9 1414 3 BACHELOR
1.6 454 4 GRADUATE
1145 7 NAP
2085 8 DK
530 9 NA
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 4
Input location: 1/107
spdeg SPOUSES HIGHEST DEGREE
IF FINISHED 9TH-12TH GRADE OR DK: Did your
[husband/wife] ever get a high school diploma or a GED
certificate? Did 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 he/she complete? Does he/she
have any college degrees? (IF YES: What degree or
degrees?) CODE HIGHEST DEGREE EARNED.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
25.8 4857 0 LT HIGH SCHOOL
53.0 9998 1 HIGH SCHOOL
3.5 661 2 JUNIOR COLLEGE
11.9 2251 3 BACHELOR
5.8 1090 4 GRADUATE
13312 7 NAP
94 8 DK
116 9 NA
1 . (No Data)
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32380 cases
Type: numeric Min: 0 MD Codes: none
Decimals: 0 Max: 4
Input location: 1/108
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