Participation in Education

Elementary/Secondary Enrollment

Table S-30-1. Standard errors for the percentage of students in grades K through 12 whose parents reported participation in school-related activities, by selected student, school, and family characteristics: 2007

		Participation in school activities by parent or other household member
Characteristic	Number of students (in thousands)	Attended a general school or PTO/ PTA meeting	Attended a regularly scheduled parent-teacher conference	Attended a school or class event	Volunteered or served on a school committee	Participated in school fundraising
All students	118.0	0.48	0.52	0.57	0.63	0.66

Grades K–8	95.9	0.53	0.63	0.71	0.93	0.89
Sex
Male	336.0	0.73	0.75	1.12	1.33	1.20
Female	336.0	0.65	0.95	1.00	1.29	1.21

Race/ethnicity
White	224.0	0.62	0.66	0.81	1.08	0.89
Black	134.0	1.70	2.26	2.77	2.78	2.79
Hispanic	141.0	1.44	1.05	1.79	1.64	1.85
Asian	86.0	1.68	3.10	3.71	4.39	4.40
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	†	†	†	†	†	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	†	†	†	†	†	†

School type
Public	242.0	0.59	0.70	0.79	1.00	0.98
Private	180.0	1.57	1.64	1.74	1.81	1.65

Poverty status
Poor	205.0	1.76	1.87	2.48	2.52	2.65
Nonpoor	214.0	0.42	0.58	0.65	0.92	0.78

Grades 9–12	61.3	1.04	1.05	1.10	1.00	1.18
Sex
Male	211.0	1.60	1.43	1.79	1.34	1.69
Female	219.0	1.25	1.63	1.47	1.69	1.80

Race/ethnicity
White	172.0	1.11	1.40	1.31	1.38	1.18
Black	134.0	4.36	4.23	4.61	2.94	3.94
Hispanic	139.0	2.06	2.68	2.82	1.79	2.98
Asian	51.0	6.42	7.16	6.51	7.09	7.51
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	†	†	†	†	†	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	†	†	†	†	†	†

School type
Public	135.0	1.12	1.15	1.21	1.05	1.27
Private	130.0	0.93	3.84	2.40	3.42	2.85

Poverty status
Poor	161.0	4.29	4.57	4.19	2.12	3.48
Nonpoor	171.0	0.81	1.20	1.05	1.14	1.07
† Not applicable.
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 (NHES), 2007.

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