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Educational Attainment in the United States: 1979 & 1978 -Tables

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Educational Attainment in the United States: 1979 & 1978 -Tables

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Table 1. Years of School Completed by Persons 14 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Spanish Origin: March 1979 and 1978 [4.5 MB]

Table 2. Years of School Completed by Persons 18 Years Old and Over, by Single Years of Age, Race, Spanish Origin and Sex: March 1979 [2.5 MB]

Table 3. Years of School Completed by Persons 14 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, Spanish Origin and Marital Status: March 1979 [1.5 MB]

Table 4. Education of Husband, by Education of Wife for Married Couples 14 Years Old and Over, by Age of Husband: March 1979 [<1.0 MB]

Table 5. Years of School Completed by Employed Persons 25 to 64 Years Old, by Major Occupation Group, Sex, Age, Race, and Spanish Origin: March 1979 [1.1 MB]

Table 6. Years of School Completed by Persons 18 Years Old and Over, by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence, Age, Race, Spanish Origin, and Sex: March 1979 [2.9 MB]

Table 7. Years of School Completed by Persons 14 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Spanish Origin, for the United States and Regions: March 1979 [<1.0 MB]

Table 8. Years of School Completed by Persons 14 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Spanish Origin, for the 15 Largest States: March 1979 [<1.0 MB]

Table 9. Years of School Completed by Persons 14 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Spanish Origin, for the 15 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas: March 1979 [<1.0 MB]

Table 10. Years of School Completed by Persons 25 Years Old and Over, by Age and Sex: 1940 to 1979 [<1.0 MB]

Table 11. Percent of Persons 25 Years Old and Over Who Have Completed High School or College, by Race and Sex: April 1940 to March 1979 [<1.0 MB]

Table 12. Years of School Completed by Employed Persons 25 to 64 Years Old, by Major Occupation Group and Sex: March 1979, 1975, 1970, and April 1960 [<1.0 MB]

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