Details of Element: Degree
Component of Activities and Attitudes Quest.

Unique Name: degre
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? Yes

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 2659 677 3336
Number of Distinct Participants 1338 576 1914
Year First Collected 1958 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1994 1994 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    0 < High School
    1 High School
    2 High School plus
    3 Junior College
    4 Bachelors
    5 Masters
    6 Doctorate
    7 Honorary Doctorate
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 7.
Masterfile Index: 501-01-41
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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