. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2016 Mar 4;64(5):362–370. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2016.1154559

Table 2.

Participants’ Maternal and Paternal Level of Education

Highest level of education received	Number of Mothers who completed each level	Number of Fathers who completed each level
Less than 8^th grade	10	13
More than 8^th grade but did not graduate from high school	8	14
High school graduate/GED	40	54
Went to college, but did not graduate	33	18
Graduated from a college or university	45	30
Professional training beyond a four year college or university	20	16
Don’t know	1	11
Missing	0	1

Total:	157	157