National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES)

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Household help with students' homework - 2019: Percentage of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 whose household member checked student's homework was done and the number of days per week that household member helped with student's homework, by selected student and household characteristics

Characteristics	Household member checked student's homework was done¹							Days per week that household member helped student with homework¹
Characteristics	Never		Rarely		Sometimes		Always	Never		Less than once a week	1 to 2 days a week	3 or more days a week
	All students
Total	3		9		24		63	10		28	29	33
Student’s race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	4		11		25		61	10		32	30	28
Black, non-Hispanic	2		6		22		71	10		19	27	44
Hispanic	3		7		24		66	11		24	28	37
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	4		11		31		54	14		24	28	35
Other race, non-Hispanic²	4		9		21		66	8		27	30	35

Poverty status³
At or below poverty threshold	2		6		24		67	11		20	30	39
Between poverty threshold and 200 percent of poverty threshold	2		8		23		67	11		25	27	38
At or above 200 percent of poverty threshold	4		10		25		61	10		30	29	31

Locale of student's household⁴
City	3		9		25		63	11		25	28	36
Suburban	3		9		25		62	10		28	30	32
Town	4		7		22		67	12		27	28	34
Rural	3		10		23		64	9		32	27	32
	Students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 5
Total	#		2		11		86	3		13	29	55
Student’s race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	#		3		12		85	2		17	32	49
Black, non-Hispanic	‡		2	!	9		90	4	!	6	23	67
Hispanic	#		2		10		88	3		10	26	61
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	‡		3	!	20		76	2	!	12	29	56
Other race, non-Hispanic²	‡		‡		11	!	87	2	!	13	31	53

Poverty status³
At or below poverty threshold	1	!	4	!	13		82	4	!	11	27	58
Between poverty threshold and 200 percent of poverty threshold	‡		1	!	10		89	2		11	24	63
At or above 200 percent of poverty threshold	#	!	2		11		86	2		14	31	52

Locale of student's household⁴
City	‡		2		11		87	2		12	28	58
Suburban	#	!	2		13		84	2		14	29	54
Town	‡		2	!	9		88	3	!	13	27	56
Rural	‡		3	!	8		88	3		14	30	53
	Students enrolled in grades 6 through 12
Total	6		15		36		43	17		40	29	14
Student’s race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	7		17		35		41	16		45	27	12
Black, non-Hispanic	3		9		34		53	15		32	30	23
Hispanic	5		12		37		46	18		37	30	15
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	7		18		41		33	24		34	26	15
Other race, non-Hispanic²	7		17		32		44	15		41	30	14

Poverty status³
At or below poverty threshold	4		9		35		51	19		31	32	18
Between poverty threshold and 200 percent of poverty threshold	4		14		35		48	19		37	29	15
At or above 200 percent of poverty threshold	7		16		36		40	16		43	28	13

Locale of student's household⁴
City	6		16		37		41	19		37	28	16
Suburban	6		15		36		44	16		40	30	14
Town	6		11		34		49	19		38	29	14
Rural	6		16		35		43	14		47	25	14

#Rounds to zero.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

¹Among students who do homework at home, at an after-school program, or somewhere else outside of school.

²"Other race, non-Hispanic" includes students of all other races, or Two or more races.

3 The poverty threshold is a dollar amount determined by the federal government and updated annually to account for inflation, and which varies depending on a family's size and composition and is updated annually to account for inflation. Thresholds used to define poverty are based on weighted averages from 2018 Census poverty thresholds. In 2018, for example, the weighted average poverty threshold for a family of four was $25,701. Survey respondents are asked to select the range within which their income falls, rather than giving the exact amount of their income; therefore, the measure of poverty status is an approximation.

⁴ Locale of student’s household classifies the residential ZIP code into a set of four major locale categories: city, suburban, town, rural.

NOTE: Students who were homeschooled full or part-time were excluded from the table.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES), 2019.