SPSS assignment 2

The purpose of this assignment is to create a new variable by combining several variables into a single variable.

Open GSS: Analyze Descriptive Statistics Descriptive Options (mean and SD)

• Perform descriptive statistics for the following variables and display N, the mean and the standard deviation for each variable in the table below.
• Combined two variables of father and mothers education to obtain parent education index by using Transform Compute (see handout 8).
• Write the results in the table

Education Level (education index)	N	Mean	SD
Respondents yrs. of education (educ)
Fathers yrs. of education (paeduc)
Mothers yrs. of education (maeduc08)
Spouse yrs. of education (speduc08)
Parent education index (PEI)

• Is there is a generation gap in education (between parents and children)?

• Is there educational difference between spouses?