Description

For sample children who have at least one residential parent, EDUCPARENT reports the highest level of education of all of the sample child’s parents. The highest level of education is reported for the parent with the highest education.

Related Variables

EDUCPARENT is one of several variables that NCHS makes available about the demographic characteristics of parents of sample children. For a complete list of these variables, see the variable description for NUMRESPRNT.

Comparability

This variable is largely comparable over time. Users should note that, in order to protect privacy, NCHS collapsed Professional and Doctoral degrees into a single category in 2021.

Universe

Availability

• 2019-2023

Weights

• 2019-2023 : SAMPWEIGHT