Participation in Education

Elementary/Secondary Enrollment

Table S-30-2. Standard errors for the percentage of students in grades K through 12 whose parents reported that students did homework outside of school and an adult checked that homework was done, by frequency and selected student, school, and family characteristics: 2007

			Number of days per week student was helped with homework
Characteristic	Percent of students who did homework outside of school	Adult in household checked that homework was done	No help given	Less than once a week	1 to 2 days a week	3 to 4 days a week	5 or more days week
All students	0.30	0.46	0.41	0.51	0.64	0.59	0.41

Grades K–8	0.37	0.34	0.34	0.52	0.77	0.76	0.56
Sex
Male	0.51	0.47	0.39	0.63	1.02	1.28	0.85
Female	0.53	0.48	0.56	0.76	1.17	1.17	0.79

Race/ethnicity
White	0.48	0.42	0.37	0.74	0.94	0.92	0.63
Black	1.07	0.63	1.03	1.14	2.22	3.36	2.38
Hispanic	0.85	0.70	0.95	0.91	1.79	1.78	1.52
Asian	0.97	3.44	1.36	2.84	4.52	4.22	2.56
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	†	†	†	†	†	†	†

School type
Public	0.38	0.36	0.38	0.55	0.86	0.81	0.64
Private	1.01	1.19	0.85	1.48	2.10	2.36	1.68

Poverty status
Poor	0.99	0.55	1.01	1.29	2.44	2.41	1.90
Nonpoor	0.36	0.40	0.33	0.56	0.80	0.72	0.58

Grades 9–12	0.55	1.21	1.08	1.26	1.19	0.81	0.34
Sex
Male	0.80	1.88	1.56	1.97	1.84	1.11	0.41
Female	0.79	1.78	1.32	1.44	1.35	1.11	0.60

Race/ethnicity
White	0.52	1.54	1.28	1.36	1.43	0.66	0.42
Black	1.98	2.84	2.97	4.77	4.03	4.45	1.13
Hispanic	2.11	2.71	2.94	2.38	3.49	1.76	1.00
Asian	5.45	7.69	7.58	7.55	7.61	3.11	1.83
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	†	†	†	†	†	†	†

School type
Public	0.60	1.24	1.16	1.29	1.26	0.87	0.37
Private	0.54	3.98	2.64	3.68	4.07	1.36	0.61

Poverty status
Poor	2.21	3.03	3.80	4.21	3.76	3.21	0.63
Nonpoor	0.58	1.30	1.05	1.19	1.24	0.66	0.38

Coursework
Enrolled in AP classes	0.59	2.06	1.90	1.69	1.74	0.99	0.43
Not enrolled in AP classes	0.81	1.46	1.14	1.70	1.59	1.23	0.51
† 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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