EDUC
Description
EDUC reports the respondent's highest completed level of education.
EDUCYRS reports the number of years the respondent spent in educational programs.
EDUC was collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview. Education was not updated at the time of the ATUS interview.
Universe
All CPS household members age 15+.
Quality flags
- QEDUC
- EDUC: allocation flag
Codes/Frequencies
| Description | Code | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 10..999 | ||||
Less than HS diploma |
10..17 | ||||
Less than 1st grade |
10 | 331 | 251 | 236 | 254 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade |
11 | 771 | 539 | 535 | 533 |
5th or 6th grade |
12 | 1599 | 1031 | 1035 | 1012 |
7th or 8th grade |
13 | 2906 | 1882 | 1816 | 1883 |
9th grade |
14 | 3419 | 2293 | 2295 | 2460 |
10th grade |
15 | 3834 | 2596 | 2437 | 2661 |
11th grade |
16 | 3862 | 2662 | 2486 | 2470 |
12th grade - no diploma |
17 | 1279 | 805 | 752 | 880 |
HS diploma, no college |
20..21 | ||||
High school graduate - GED |
20 | 2352 | 1547 | 1333 | 1427 |
High school graduate - diploma |
21 | 21138 | 14992 | 13357 | 13208 |
Some college |
30..32 | ||||
Some college but no degree |
30 | 14244 | 9878 | 8897 | 9005 |
Associate degree - occupational vocational |
31 | 3243 | 2241 | 2147 | 2173 |
Associate degree - academic program |
32 | 2806 | 1895 | 1855 | 1821 |
College degree + |
40..43 | ||||
Bachelor's degree (BA, AB, BS, etc.) |
40 | 12187 | 8636 | 7624 | 7649 |
Master's degree (MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, etc.) |
41 | 4219 | 2940 | 2707 | 2807 |
Professional school degree (MD, DDS, DVM, etc.) |
42 | 958 | 743 | 713 | 665 |
Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, etc.) |
43 | 782 | 571 | 478 | 507 |
Blank |
998 | 27589 | 18418 | 18984 | 19795 |
NIU (Not in universe) |
999 | 1611 | 1008 | 1091 | 1119 |