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This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.

Description

MREM indicates whether or not the respondent cited a requirement or expectation of an employer as a reason for obtaining his/her most recent degree. MREM is part of a series of variables from the same survey question that ask for reasons the respondent obtained his/her most recent post-secondary degree. Other variables in this series include MRADV, MRCAR, MRCHG, MRGRD, MRINT, MRLIC, MROTP, and MRSKL.

Comparability

First-time respondents to NSCG and NSRCG surveys answered a series of questions about their most recent, second most recent, and first bachelors (if it was not already one of the respondent's latest two degrees), including sources of financial support. Later, NSF determined which degree was the respondent's most recent degree and assigned responses to this variable accordingly in the original NSF data.
Due to the follow-up survey design, the responses for this variable may have been allocated from the respondent's answers to a previous survey. All respondents filled out the education history questions in the first survey they returned, so it is not clear from the original documentation what determines the Logical Skip cases in some samples.

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