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SPEDUC

Description

SPEDUC reports the highest completed level of education of the respondent's spouse or unmarried partner.

SPEDUC was collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview. Spouse or unmarried partner's education was not updated at the time of the ATUS interview. Therefore, respondents whose spouse or unmarried partner was not in the household at the time of the CPS interview have a value of 998 for SPEDUC because information on education is not available.

Universe

2003-2010: ATUS respondents with a spouse or unmarried partner in the household.

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
10..17 Less than HS diploma  
10

Less than 1st grade

 14 16 13 15 19 9 9 10
11

1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade

 87 52 52 51 46 38 56 61
12

5th or 6th grade

 197 131 122 112 116 106 133 93
13

7th or 8th grade

 234 140 126 139 116 105 99 119
14

9th grade

 183 110 98 123 101 111 102 83
15

10th grade

 248 174 119 110 96 112 94 122
16

11th grade

 242 188 110 122 123 130 136 114
17

12th grade - no diploma

 121 82 69 71 68 57 59 56
20..21 HS diploma, no college  
20

High school graduate - GED

 305 212 162 166 142 112 102 96
21

High school graduate - diploma

 3122 2106 1836 1635 1585 1641 1708 1699
30..32 Some college  
30

Some college but no degree

 2033 1391 1213 1137 1102 1044 1119 1103
31

Associate degree - occupational vocational

 611 385 357 344 306 287 318 309
32

Associate degree - academic program

 523 322 313 302 302 353 381 376
40..43 College degree +  
40

Bachelor's degree (BA, AB, BS, etc.)

 2483 1815 1541 1501 1490 1539 1594 1541
41

Master's degree (MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, etc.)

 965 695 603 635 595 633 622 682
42

Professional school degree (MD, DDS, DVM, etc.)

 230 164 149 155 131 144 140 158
43

Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, etc.)

 203 137 140 126 109 100 135 127
998 Not available (see description) 118 77 108 86 58 84 90 90
999 NIU (Not in universe) 8801 5776 5907 6113 5743 6118 6236 6421