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Carnegie Council National Surveys of Higher Education, Graduate Student Sample (1975)

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > National > Other National Surveys > Analysis

ED_DAD

What is the highest level of formal education reached by your mother?

	0) Refused
	2) 8th grade or less
	3) Some high school
	4) Completed high school
	5) Some college
	6) Graduated from college
	7) Attended graduate or professional school
	8) Attained advanced degree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Refused	486	2.2%	2.2%	-2.66
8th grade or less	2412	11%	13.3%	-1.45
Some high school	2202	10.1%	23.3%	-.84
Completed high school	7695	35.2%	58.6%	-.24
Some college	3952	18.1%	76.6%	.37
Graduated from college	2893	13.2%	89.9%	.97
Attended graduate or professional school	1055	4.8%	94.7%	1.58
Attained advanced degree	1156	5.3%	100%	2.18

Variable Comparisons

Race (I-RACE)

	Refused	White\Causcasian	Black\Negro\African-American	Mexican-American\Chicano\Puerto Rican	Oriental\Other Asian	Other	TOTAL
Refused	54.0% 169	1.2% 239	4.0% 35	2.3% 4	2.7% 24	4.0% 15	2.2% 486
8th grade or less	4.5% 14	9.0% 1724	27.6% 240	39.4% 69	32.4% 288	20.5% 77	11.0% 2412
Some high school	4.8% 15	9.6% 1844	17.6% 153	12.0% 21	12.1% 108	16.2% 61	10.1% 2202
Completed high school	15.0% 47	36.6% 7046	24.1% 210	30.3% 53	25.5% 227	29.8% 112	35.2% 7695
Some college	8.6% 27	19.0% 3662	12.6% 110	6.3% 11	10.3% 92	13.3% 50	18.1% 3952
Graduated from college	6.4% 20	14.0% 2697	5.7% 50	5.7% 10	10.2% 91	6.6% 25	13.2% 2893
Attended graduate or professional school	3.5% 11	5.0% 963	3.8% 33	2.3% 4	3.1% 28	4.3% 16	4.8% 1055
Attained advanced degree	3.2% 10	5.5% 1051	4.6% 40	1.7% 3	3.6% 32	5.3% 20	5.3% 1156
TOTAL	100.0% 313	100.0% 19226	100.0% 871	100.0% 175	100.0% 890	100.0% 376	21851

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Refused	Married (once only)	Married (remarried)	Separated	Single (never married)	Single (divorced/widowed)	TOTAL
Refused	45.4% 109	1.2% 130	1.1% 7	1.8% 5	2.4% 204	3.2% 31	2.2% 486
8th grade or less	4.2% 10	12.6% 1409	16.2% 99	9.3% 26	8.8% 750	12.0% 118	11.0% 2412
Some high school	7.9% 19	11.2% 1254	14.1% 86	10.7% 30	8.0% 687	12.8% 126	10.1% 2202
Completed high school	17.9% 43	36.8% 4115	31.0% 189	38.1% 107	34.4% 2942	30.4% 299	35.2% 7695
Some college	11.3% 27	17.6% 1964	18.7% 114	16.4% 46	18.9% 1617	18.7% 184	18.1% 3952
Graduated from college	6.7% 16	12.2% 1365	10.7% 65	12.8% 36	15.1% 1290	12.3% 121	13.2% 2893
Attended graduate or professional school	3.3% 8	4.2% 466	3.1% 19	6.4% 18	5.9% 501	4.4% 43	4.8% 1055
Attained advanced degree	3.3% 8	4.2% 471	5.1% 31	4.6% 13	6.7% 573	6.1% 60	5.3% 1156
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 11174	100.0% 610	100.0% 281	100.0% 8564	100.0% 982	21851

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Refused	Male	Female	TOTAL
Refused	69.2% 153	1.5% 189	1.6% 144	2.2% 486
8th grade or less	3.2% 7	11.4% 1457	10.8% 948	11.0% 2412
Some high school	5.4% 12	10.1% 1299	10.1% 891	10.1% 2202
Completed high school	9.0% 20	37.1% 4753	33.2% 2922	35.2% 7695
Some college	6.3% 14	17.4% 2235	19.3% 1703	18.1% 3952
Graduated from college	4.1% 9	13.4% 1712	13.3% 1172	13.2% 2893
Attended graduate or professional school	1.4% 3	4.3% 550	5.7% 502	4.8% 1055
Attained advanced degree	1.4% 3	4.9% 622	6.0% 531	5.3% 1156
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 12817	100.0% 8813	21851

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Jewish	Roman Catholic	Other religions	None/No answer/not answered	TOTAL
Refused	1.5% 98	1.4% 22	1.6% 65	1.9% 26	3.2% 268	2.2% 479
8th grade or less	11.4% 760	6.6% 103	16.1% 643	16.2% 218	8.3% 685	11.0% 2409
Some high school	10.1% 672	8.5% 132	13.5% 540	9.0% 121	8.9% 734	10.1% 2199
Completed high school	34.0% 2267	36.4% 567	40.6% 1617	30.9% 416	34.1% 2820	35.2% 7687
Some college	19.1% 1271	19.8% 308	13.6% 543	18.1% 244	19.1% 1582	18.1% 3948
Graduated from college	14.1% 937	13.0% 202	8.2% 326	12.6% 170	15.2% 1253	13.2% 2888
Attended graduate or professional school	4.8% 323	5.4% 84	3.7% 147	5.1% 69	5.2% 426	4.8% 1049
Attained advanced degree	5.0% 334	9.0% 140	2.6% 105	6.0% 81	6.0% 496	5.3% 1156
TOTAL	100.0% 6662	100.0% 1558	100.0% 3986	100.0% 1345	100.0% 8264	21815