Short Definition: % of population 25+ with some college, no degree

Long Definition:

Percent of population 25 years and over who have completed some college, but did not receive a degree.

For more details see Educational Attainment in the 2000 or 2006-2010 technical documentations.

Agency Source: U.S. Census

Time Period(s):

Multi-Year

2006-10

Geographies: RI Tracts, RI Municipalities, U.S. States

Data Type: Numeric

Purpose:

Contextual: educational attainment and school enrollment data are needed for use in assessing the socioeconomic condition of school-age children. Government agencies also require these data for funding allocations and program planning and implementation. These data are needed to determine the extent of illiteracy rates of citizens in language minorities in order to meet statutory requirements under the Voting Rights Act.

Limitations:

A margin of error (MOE) occurs whenever a population is incompletely sampled. The MOE expresses the maximum expected difference between the true population parameter and a sample estimate of that parameter. The MOE is usually defined as the "radius" (or half the width) of a confidence interval for a particular estimate. Confidence intervals can be created by adding the MOE to the estimate (for an upper confidence interval) and subtracting the MOE from the estimate (for a lower confidence interval). All published margins of error for the American Community Survey are based on a 90 percent confidence level. A 90 percent confidence interval can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the upper and lower bounds.

Universe: Population 25 years and over

Tags: Census, College, Municipalities, Educational Attainment

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