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Education of reference person

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000577

Number of years of formal education of the reference person, on the basis of the highest grade completed.

Note: If the reference person is enrolled in school at the time of the interview, the interviewer records the current education grade. Those not reporting the extent of their education are classified as having “no school” or as “not reported.”

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000577
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesBLS Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000577",
  "term": "Education of reference person",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Number of years of formal education of the reference person, on the basis of the highest grade completed.\n\nNote: If the reference person is enrolled in school at the time of the interview, the interviewer records the current education grade. Those not reporting the extent of their education are classified as having “no school” or as “not reported.”",
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/education-of-reference-person/"
}

Record 577 of 2,177 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.