Educational attainment of mothers aged 25 and over : United States, 2017

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• Personal Author:
  Mathews, T. J. ; Hamilton, Brady E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division ofVital Statistics. Reproductive Statistics Branch.
• Description:
  Key findings
  
  Data from the NationalVital Statistics System
  
  • In 2017, 41.7% of mothers aged 25 and over had completed a Bachelor’s or advanced degree.
  
  • Non-Hispanic Asian mothers aged 25 and over were the most likely of all race and Hispanic-origin groups to have a Bachelor’s or advanced degree (67.9%).
  
  • Mothers in the District of Columbia were more likely to have a Bachelor’s or advanced degree (58.5%) compared with mothers in other U.S. jurisdictions.
  
  • The mean number of births declined with advancing maternal education from 2.70 births for mothers with less than a 12th grade education, with no high school diploma, to just under 1.90 births for mothers with a Bachelor’s or advanced degree.
  
  Suggested citation: Mathews TJ, Hamilton BE. Educational attainment of mothers aged 25 and over: United States, 2017. NCHS Data Brief, no 332. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2019.
  
  CS300697
  
  
• Subjects:
  Educational Status Mothers
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
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