Share of Mothers with Infants by Educational Attainment, 1960-2011
Today’s mothers have more education than ever before, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Census data. About two-thirds of new mothers in 2011 had at least some college education, reflecting a decades-long rise in the educational levels of all women.
Share of Mothers with Infants by Educational  | Attainment, 1960-2011  | 100 %  | 82  | 80  | Some college  | or more  | 60  | 66  | 40  | High school  | diploma or less  | 20  | 18  | 1960  | 1970  | 1980  | 1990  | 2000  | 2011  | than Note: Mothers their with household. infants" are women ages 15 to 44 with their own child younger  | than Note: age Mothers 1 in their with household. infants" are  | Source: (1% IPUMS) Pew and Research 1960 -2000 Center analysis of 2005-2011 (1 % American IPUMS) Community Surveys  | (1% IPUMS) and 1960 -2000 decennial censuses (1 % IPUMS)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 