MAXEDUC
Highest level of education of all the adults in SA's/SC's family
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
23
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22
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21
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20
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19
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Never attended/kindergarten only | · | · | · | · | · |
| 01 | Grade 1-11 | X | X | X | X | X |
| 02 | 12th grade, no diploma | X | X | X | X | X |
| 03 | GED or equivalent | X | X | X | X | X |
| 04 | High school graduate | X | X | X | X | X |
| 05 | Some college, no degree | X | X | X | X | X |
| 06 | Associate degree: occupational, technical, or vocational program | X | X | X | X | X |
| 07 | Associate degree: academic program | X | X | X | X | X |
| 08 | Bachelor's degree (BA, AB, BS, BBA) | X | X | X | X | X |
| 09 | Master's degree (MA, MS, Meng, Med, MBA) | X | X | X | X | X |
| 20 | Professional school or Doctoral degree (topcode) | X | X | X | · | · |
| 21 | Professional school degree (MD, DDS, DVM, JD) | · | · | · | X | X |
| 22 | Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD) | · | · | · | X | X |
| 96 | NIU | X | X | X | X | X |
| 97 | Refused | · | · | · | · | · |
| 98 | Not ascertained | · | · | · | · | · |
| 99 | Don't know | · | · | · | · | · |
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Description
For sample children and sample adults in a family in which the sample adult has a known response to EDUC, MAXEDUC reports the highest educational attainment of all the adults in their family.
Universe
- 2019-2023: Sample children ages 0-17 and sample adults ages 18+ in a family in which the sample adult has a known response to EDUC.
Availability
- 2019-2023
Weights
- 2019-2023 : SAMPWEIGHT
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