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American Community Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2010
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USA_2010_CS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Dec 23, 2014
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Educational attainment (US2010A_0728)

Data file: USA2010-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 976
End: 978
Width: 3
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
11. What is the highest degree or level of school this person has completed? Mark (X) one box. If currently enrolled, mark the previous grade or highest degree received.

No schooling completed

[] No schooling completed

Nursery or preschool through grade 12

[] Nursery school
[] Kindergarten
[] Grade 1 through 11 Specify grade 1-11: ____
[] 12th grade - No diploma

High school graduate

[] Regular high school diploma
[] GED or alternative credential

College or some college

[] Some college credit, but less than 1 year of college credit
[] 1 or more years of college credit, no degree
[] Associate's degree (for example: AA, AS)
[] Bachelor's degree (for example: BA, BS)

After bachelor's degree

[] Master's degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA)
[] Professional degree beyond a bachelor's degree (for example: MD, DDS, DVM, LLB, JD)
[] Doctorate degree (for example: PhD, EdD)
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
2 No schooling completed
11 Nursery school, preschool
12 Kindergarten
14 Grade 1
15 Grade 2
16 Grade 3
17 Grade 4
22 Grade 5
23 Grade 6
25 Grade 7
26 Grade 8
30 Grade 9
40 Grade 10
50 Grade 11
61 12th grade, no diploma
63 Regular high school diploma
64 Graduate equivalency diploma (GED) or alternative credential
65 Some college, but less than 1 year
71 1 or more years of college credit, no degree
81 Associate's degree, type not specified
101 Bachelor's degree
114 Master's degree
115 Professional degree beyond a bachelor's degree
116 Doctoral degree
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's educational attainment.
Universe
Persons age 3+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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