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Table S21-1. Standard errors for the percentage distribution of 10th-graders reporting time spent on homework, by hours spent on homework per week: 1980 and 2002
  All
  Male
  Female
Hours spent per week 1980 2002   1980 2002   1980 2002

    Total    
Less than 1 0.4 0.1   0.6 0.2   0.4 0.1
Between 1 and 3 0.4 0.5   0.5 0.7   0.5 0.6
More than 3 but less than 5 0.3 0.4   0.5 0.6   0.5 0.5
Between 5 and 10 0.4 0.5   0.5 0.6   0.5 0.6
More than 10 0.3 0.6   0.4 0.7   0.4 0.8

† Not applicable.

SOURCE: Cahalan, M., Ingels, S., Burns, L., Planty, M., and Daniel, B. (2006). United States High School Sophomores: A Twenty-Two Year Comparison, 1980–2002 (NCES 2006-327), data from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores (HS&B-So:80) and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, Base Year (ELS:2002).

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