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Education 1948-2020
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| '48 | '50 | '52 | '54 | '56 | '58 | '60 | '62 | '64 | '66 | '68 | '70 | '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th Grade or Lower | 44 (292) |
** | 41 (740) |
37 (416) |
31 (542) |
31 (550) |
30 (584) |
28 (359) |
25 (388) |
26 (337) |
23 (359) |
25 (368) |
20 (539) |
18 (448) |
17 (476) |
12 (274) |
12 (194) |
11 (159) |
11 (242) |
9 (194) |
10 (199) |
10 (188) |
8 (193) |
6 (98) |
5 (81) |
6 (72) |
4 (78) |
3 (52) |
5 (56) |
** | 2 (55) |
** | 2 (125) |
** | 1 (51) |
** | 1 (98) |
| High School (Grades 9-12) | 40 (266) |
** | 44 (788) |
46 (517) |
50 (882) |
49 (887) |
48 (937) |
48 (622) |
51 (802) |
50 (647) |
50 (769) |
51 (763) |
51 (1374) |
51 (1263) |
50 (1423) |
53 (1207) |
51 (824) |
46 (644) |
48 (1073) |
48 (1026) |
48 (957) |
50 (975) |
46 (1106) |
49 (856) |
47 (802) |
44 (565) |
44 (790) |
44 (659) |
41 (500) |
** | 41 (943) |
** | 38 (2236) |
** | 37 (1562) |
** | 33 (2687) |
| Some College, no Degree | 15 (100) |
** | 8 (148) |
12 (136) |
11 (189) |
10 (189) |
12 (234) |
12 (154) |
13 (198) |
14 (178) |
14 (221) |
13 (195) |
16 (435) |
17 (436) |
18 (526) |
19 (445) |
21 (331) |
24 (345) |
25 (554) |
23 (502) |
22 (450) |
21 (406) |
23 (565) |
25 (448) |
27 (456) |
28 (351) |
28 (505) |
28 (423) |
29 (346) |
** | 29 (667) |
** | 30 (1764) |
** | 31 (1309) |
** | 29 (2376) |
| College Degree/ Post-grad | 0 (0) |
** | 6 (114) |
6 (66) |
8 (141) |
10 (176) |
10 (194) |
12 (156) |
11 (174) |
10 (123) |
13 (203) |
12 (174) |
13 (354) |
14 (349) |
15 (430) |
16 (366) |
16 (261) |
19 (265) |
17 (374) |
20 (430) |
20 (397) |
19 (378) |
23 (559) |
20 (360) |
22 (372) |
23 (288) |
24 (426) |
24 (364) |
26 (310) |
** | 28 (647) |
** | 29 (1721) |
** | 31 (1313) |
** | 37 (2986) |
| N | 658 | 0 | 1790 | 1135 | 1754 | 1802 | 1949 | 1291 | 1562 | 1285 | 1552 | 1500 | 2702 | 2496 | 2855 | 2292 | 1610 | 1413 | 2243 | 2152 | 2003 | 1947 | 2423 | 1762 | 1711 | 1276 | 1799 | 1498 | 1212 | 0 | 2312 | 0 | 5846 | 0 | 4235 | 0 | 8147 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 1A.4.
Source: VCF0110 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)
Note:
1948 NOTE: A single category represented all respondents who had attended college at all; all such respondents have been re-coded to "Some College" here.
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.