American Community Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2010

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USA_2010_CS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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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: 0 - 116

Format: Numeric

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

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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