How far in school did your biological father go?
Add Health
Wave I In-Home Interview
S13Q4 EDUCATION LEVEL OF BIO DAD-W1
Represented Variable
Name
H1NF4
Label
How far in school did your biological father go?
Conceptual Variable
How far in school did your biological father go?Representation Type
Code List
Selection Style
SelectOne
Measurement Unit
numeric
eighth grade or less, more than eighth grade, but did not graduate from high school, went to a business, trade, or vocational school instead of high school-
1 
eighth grade or less -
2 more than eighth grade, but did not graduate from high school -
3 went to a business, trade, or vocational school instead of high school -
4 high school graduate -
5 completed a GED -
6 went to a business, trade, or vocational school after high school -
7 went to college, but did not graduate -
8 graduated from a college or university -
9 professional training beyond a four-year college or university -
10 he never went to school -
11 he went to school, but respondent doesn't know what level -
12 respondent doesn't know if he went to school
Concordance
| Add Health | |||
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| Wave I | |||
| Wave I In-Home Interview | |||
| Wave I In-Home Interview Data | |||
| H1NF4 | |||
| eighth grade or less |
5.40%
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| more than eighth grade, but did not graduate from high school |
11.30%
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| went to a business, trade, or vocational school instead of high school |
0.63%
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| high school graduate |
33.82%
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| completed a GED |
2.82%
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| went to a business, trade, or vocational school after high school |
4.18%
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| went to college, but did not graduate |
8.59%
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| graduated from a college or university |
13.80%
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| professional training beyond a four-year college or university |
4.95%
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| he never went to school |
0.17%
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| he went to school, but respondent doesn't know what level |
9.28%
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| respondent doesn't know if he went to school |
5.06%
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| Add Health | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wave I | |||
| Wave I In-Home Interview | |||
| Wave I In-Home Interview Data | |||
| H1NF4 | |||
| eighth grade or less |
1.83%
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| more than eighth grade, but did not graduate from high school |
3.82%
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| went to a business, trade, or vocational school instead of high school |
0.21%
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| high school graduate |
11.44%
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||
| completed a GED |
0.95%
|
||
| went to a business, trade, or vocational school after high school |
1.41%
|
||
| went to college, but did not graduate |
2.91%
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||
| graduated from a college or university |
4.67%
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||
| professional training beyond a four-year college or university |
1.67%
|
||
| he never went to school |
0.06%
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| he went to school, but respondent doesn't know what level |
3.14%
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| respondent doesn't know if he went to school |
1.71%
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| Dataset | Variable | Valid | Invalid | Min | First Quartile | Median | Third Quartile | Max | Mean | StdDev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave I In-Home Interview Data | H1NF4 | 7,016 | 13,729 | 1 | 12 |
| Add Health | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wave I | |||
| Wave I In-Home Interview | |||
| Wave I In-Home Interview Data | |||
| H1NF4 | |||
| eighth grade or less | 1 | ||
| more than eighth grade, but did not graduate from high school | 2 | ||
| went to a business, trade, or vocational school instead of high school | 3 | ||
| high school graduate | 4 | ||
| completed a GED | 5 | ||
| went to a business, trade, or vocational school after high school | 6 | ||
| went to college, but did not graduate | 7 | ||
| graduated from a college or university | 8 | ||
| professional training beyond a four-year college or university | 9 | ||
| he never went to school | 10 | ||
| he went to school, but respondent doesn't know what level | 11 | ||
| respondent doesn't know if he went to school | 12 |