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Education

Education At the household level, the highest school attainment among adult women (hhed5f) and among adult men (hhed5m) are taken from individual education records. Adults are defined as individuals 21 years or older. In households without an adult 21 or older, the education of the person listed as head or head's spouse is taken. The highest overall adult education (hhed5adult) is the maximum of highest male and highest female education.

Variable label N obs N missing Mean Std dev
hhed5m Highest male 21+ educ 39,272 2282 6.9 5.1
hhed5f Highest female 21+ educ 40,767 787 4.3 4.9
hhed5adult Highest adult(21+) educ 41,499 55 7.1 5.1

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