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

2003-2010: CPS household members age 15+.

Quality flags

QEDUC: EDUC: allocation flag

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code	Description	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
10..17	Less than HS diploma
10	Less than 1st grade	46	28	32	29	29	21	19	28
11	1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade	139	94	101	92	91	86	95	96
12	5th or 6th grade	332	205	204	192	186	191	185	165
13	7th or 8th grade	613	361	346	406	343	337	300	288
14	9th grade	662	469	440	481	409	388	387	388
15	10th grade	795	511	466	512	470	472	473	499
16	11th grade	800	532	510	492	409	460	441	518
17	12th grade - no diploma	247	169	134	178	141	139	119	152
20..21	HS diploma, no college
20	High school graduate - GED	597	329	311	342	273	236	235	205
21	High school graduate - diploma	5193	3564	3217	3075	3029	3088	3234	3209
30..32	Some college
30	Some college but no degree	3776	2520	2307	2256	2122	2252	2364	2378
31	Associate degree - occupational vocational	958	627	631	654	563	520	549	541
32	Associate degree - academic program	790	519	537	536	539	604	645	670
40..43	College degree +
40	Bachelor's degree (BA, AB, BS, etc.)	3668	2598	2429	2315	2369	2504	2636	2595
41	Master's degree (MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, etc.)	1522	1019	982	1011	934	1026	1047	1087
42	Professional school degree (MD, DDS, DVM, etc.)	291	215	212	206	184	199	213	220
43	Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, etc.)	291	213	179	166	157	200	191	221
999	NIU (Not in universe)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

Code	Description	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
10..17	Less than HS diploma
10	Less than 1st grade	126	83	76	80	78	47	56	87
11	1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade	352	223	232	215	211	170	226	227
12	5th or 6th grade	744	474	480	427	441	428	460	410
13	7th or 8th grade	1361	838	811	884	756	708	685	698
14	9th grade	1667	1104	1142	1191	987	1029	974	971
15	10th grade	1904	1243	1123	1239	1141	1139	1115	1163
16	11th grade	1847	1287	1153	1133	1062	1099	1139	1199
17	12th grade - no diploma	573	345	302	375	330	302	302	340
20..21	HS diploma, no college
20	High school graduate - GED	1146	681	594	641	506	445	429	405
21	High school graduate - diploma	10558	7223	6397	6127	5948	6069	6352	6558
30..32	Some college
30	Some college but no degree	7695	5090	4650	4488	4304	4356	4581	4679
31	Associate degree - occupational vocational	1873	1226	1176	1186	1049	987	1010	1044
32	Associate degree - academic program	1567	1015	1041	1001	1010	1165	1233	1285
40..43	College degree +
40	Bachelor's degree (BA, AB, BS, etc.)	7172	5150	4557	4451	4481	4667	4914	4851
41	Master's degree (MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, etc.)	2826	1939	1782	1878	1737	1845	1921	1977
42	Professional school degree (MD, DDS, DVM, etc.)	595	431	420	423	365	396	398	421
43	Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, etc.)	538	382	349	327	301	330	359	383
999	NIU (Not in universe)	16385	10678	11117	11081	9859	10435	10314	10802

Code	Description	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
10..17	Less than HS diploma
10	Less than 1st grade	158	112	108	111	85	78	84	84
11	1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade	367	261	238	259	227	204	235	227
12	5th or 6th grade	734	466	446	446	461	463	401	380
13	7th or 8th grade	1385	844	845	863	792	733	683	713
14	9th grade	1339	969	913	965	898	846	807	767
15	10th grade	1641	1058	1036	1091	1042	1060	977	1004
16	11th grade	1708	1168	1102	1064	1041	1044	1044	1125
17	12th grade - no diploma	558	381	342	427	379	355	321	344
20..21	HS diploma, no college
20	High school graduate - GED	1231	761	707	749	600	517	463	442
21	High school graduate - diploma	10457	7516	6740	6612	6873	6774	6735	6660
30..32	Some college
30	Some college but no degree	6998	4866	4402	4540	4452	4478	4553	4544
31	Associate degree - occupational vocational	1676	1122	1114	1171	1073	968	974	969
32	Associate degree - academic program	1392	938	948	957	1036	1140	1151	1198
40..43	College degree +
40	Bachelor's degree (BA, AB, BS, etc.)	6200	4351	3988	3965	4238	4188	4295	4334
41	Master's degree (MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, etc.)	2199	1502	1436	1484	1466	1556	1554	1612
42	Professional school degree (MD, DDS, DVM, etc.)	479	366	349	328	341	337	333	347
43	Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, etc.)	415	323	248	259	262	295	266	313
999	NIU (Not in universe)	1	--	15	12	18	25	21	22

Code	Description	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
10..17	Less than HS diploma
10	Less than 1st grade	331	251	236	254	189	154	188	202
11	1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade	771	539	535	533	516	425	488	508
12	5th or 6th grade	1599	1031	1035	1012	1066	990	995	905
13	7th or 8th grade	2906	1882	1816	1883	1739	1596	1501	1545
14	9th grade	3419	2293	2295	2460	2267	2170	2015	2000
15	10th grade	3834	2596	2437	2661	2548	2521	2421	2419
16	11th grade	3862	2662	2486	2470	2533	2460	2522	2578
17	12th grade - no diploma	1279	805	752	880	828	770	754	786
20..21	HS diploma, no college
20	High school graduate - GED	2352	1547	1333	1427	1198	978	890	870
21	High school graduate - diploma	21138	14992	13357	13208	13503	13431	13508	13706
30..32	Some college
30	Some college but no degree	14244	9878	8897	9005	8892	8847	8983	9117
31	Associate degree - occupational vocational	3243	2241	2147	2173	2100	1895	1869	1892
32	Associate degree - academic program	2806	1895	1855	1821	1976	2208	2247	2348
40..43	College degree +
40	Bachelor's degree (BA, AB, BS, etc.)	12187	8636	7624	7649	8109	8093	8153	8330
41	Master's degree (MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, etc.)	4219	2940	2707	2807	2791	2910	2970	3058
42	Professional school degree (MD, DDS, DVM, etc.)	958	743	713	665	672	666	629	660
43	Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, etc.)	782	571	478	507	489	492	528	559
999	NIU (Not in universe)	29200	19426	20075	20914	20124	19997	19295	20130

EDUC

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Respondents

Respondents and Household Members

Respondents and Non-respondents

Respondents and Non-respondents plus Household Members