Section 5.5.1

5.5.1 - Highest Education Level Attained

Clients were asked the highest education level they had attained. Education levels of clients based on their responses are provided in Table 5.5.1.

Table 5.5.1

HIGHEST EDUCATION LEVEL ATTAINED
(Adults Interviewed at A2H Emergency Food Providers)

Clients' Education Level	Adult Clients Who Pick Up Food at a Pantry	Adult Clients at a Kitchen	Adult Clients at a Shelter	All Adult Clients
Less than high school	37.8%	34.3%	35.3%	37.2%
Completed high school or equivalent degree	39.7%	39.1%	34.9%	39.4%
Completed noncollege business/trade/ technical school	3.7%	4.2%	2.4%	3.7%
Some college/two-year degree	13.7%	18.2%	20.2%	14.6%
Completed College or Higher	5.1%	4.3%	7.1%	5.1%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%	100%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	24,436	5,441	2,882	32,759

Source
This table was constructed based on usable responses to Question 10 of the client survey.

Notes
The percentages presented in this table are based only on usable responses, excluding missing, don't know, and refusal responses. All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3 and in the Technical Appendix volume to represent all emergency food clients of the A2H network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.

Missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 1.0% for pantry clients, 0.8% for kitchen clients, 1.0% for shelter clients, and 1.0% for all clients.