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(13 KB)| Table 25. | Percent of elementary and secondary school children whose parents are involved in school activities, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1996 and 1999 |
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| Percent of children in 1996 whose |Distribution of children, by paren- |Percent of children in 1999 whose
Characteristics |parents\1\ report that they ... |tal reports of number of times spent |parents\1\ report that they ...
of children, parents, and |___________________________________| helping with homework per week, 1996\2\|___________________________________________
schools |Attended| Attended |Attended|Volun-|________________________________________|Attended |Attended |Attended |Volun-
| a | parent- |a class |teered| Less | 1 or 2 | 3 or 4 | 5 or | a |parent- |a class |teered
|general | teacher | event | at | than | times | times | more |general |teacher |event | at
| school |conference| |school| once per | per | per | times |school |conference| |school
|meeting | | | | week | week | week |per week |meeting | | |
________________________________|________|__________|________|______|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
________________________________|________|__________|________|______|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Total ..........................| 76.4 | 70.6 | 66.1 | 39.6 | 26.7 | 35.1 | 25.8 | 12.3 |78.3 (0.4)|72.8 (0.4)|65.4 (0.5)|36.8 (0.4)
|________|__________|________|______|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Sex of child | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male .........................| 75.6 | 71.9 | 64.5 | 38.7 | 27.4 | 33.5 | 26.2 | 12.9 |78.0 (0.6)|74.0 (0.6)|63.4 (0.6)|36.7 (0.6)
Female .......................| 77.3 | 69.3 | 67.8 | 40.6 | 25.9 | 36.9 | 25.4 | 11.8 |78.6 (0.6)|71.5 (0.6)|67.4 (0.6)|37.0 (0.6)
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Race/ethnicity of child | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ..........| 78.5 | 71.2 | 70.9 | 44.5 | 28.2 | 37.0 | 24.8 | 10.1 |80.5 (0.5)|73.6 (0.5)|71.6 (0.5)|42.7 (0.6)
Black, non-Hispanic ..........| 71.9 | 68.0 | 56.0 | 29.5 | 21.9 | 30.0 | 28.6 | 19.5 |74.5 (1.1)|71.1 (1.2)|53.8 (1.3)|26.2 (1.1)
Hispanic .....................| 72.7 | 70.7 | 54.8 | 27.7 | 25.4 | 31.1 | 27.9 | 15.6 |73.1 (1.0)|71.0 (1.0)|51.5 (1.1)|24.5 (0.9)
Other non-Hispanic ...........| 72.6 | 71.4 | 63.4 | 36.2 | 24.3 | 37.5 | 26.1 | 12.0 |76.7 (1.8)|73.2 (1.9)|62.4 (2.0)|30.7 (1.8)
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Highest education level | | | | | | | | | | | |
of parents | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school ........| 57.6 | 62.5 | 42.4 | 18.3 | 28.7 | 30.0 | 24.5 | 16.7 |57.4 (1.7)|60.0 (1.7)|37.8 (1.6)|12.9 (1.1)
High school graduate .........| 71.1 | 68.2 | 59.5 | 31.1 | 26.4 | 34.2 | 25.7 | 13.6 |72.7 (0.8)|69.7 (0.9)|58.7 (0.9)|26.0 (0.8)
Some postsecondary ...........| 77.4 | 71.1 | 68.4 | 40.2 | 26.4 | 35.8 | 26.1 | 11.6 |79.1 (0.7)|73.7 (0.7)|66.8 (0.8)|37.5 (0.8)
College graduate .............| 86.1 | 75.1 | 75.5 | 52.2 | 25.4 | 38.8 | 25.3 | 10.5 |87.3 (0.8)|80.3 (0.9)|75.6 (1.0)|49.7 (1.1)
Graduate/professional ........| 87.6 | 75.1 | 81.0 | 56.8 | 27.9 | 35.1 | 26.8 | 10.2 |88.8 (0.7)|75.9 (1.0)|78.9 (0.9)|54.3 (1.1)
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Family Income | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $5,000 .............| 67.0 | 68.3 | 49.8 | 27.0 | 23.7 | 28.3 | 27.7 | 20.4 |67.0 (2.6)|66.7 (2.6)|47.4 (2.9)|17.6 (2.0)
$5,001 to $10,000 ............| 63.8 | 67.4 | 49.6 | 24.4 | 26.7 | 32.1 | 27.6 | 13.7 |66.8 (2.0)|67.6 (2.0)|50.7 (2.1)|23.3 (1.8)
$10,001 to 15,000 ............| 67.4 | 66.9 | 60.3 | 29.9 | 26.8 | 36.0 | 22.7 | 14.6 |67.1 (1.8)|70.0 (1.7)|49.9 (1.9)|20.4 (1.5)
$15,001 to 20,000 ............| 69.1 | 67.4 | 55.8 | 26.8 | 27.7 | 33.3 | 23.4 | 15.6 |71.1 (1.7)|70.4 (1.7)|55.1 (1.9)|25.3 (1.7)
$20,001 to 25,000 ............| 69.0 | 68.7 | 58.5 | 29.2 | 25.9 | 34.9 | 26.5 | 12.7 |70.6 (1.6)|67.0 (1.7)|53.4 (1.7)|26.2 (1.5)
$25,001 to 30,000 ............| 72.0 | 69.2 | 61.7 | 33.0 | 28.1 | 34.8 | 27.3 | 9.8 |74.3 (1.5)|71.6 (1.5)|59.1 (1.7)|30.9 (1.6)
$30,001 to 35,000 ............| 79.0 | 69.1 | 68.8 | 41.6 | 27.9 | 35.6 | 24.8 | 11.6 |79.0 (1.4)|73.8 (1.5)|67.6 (1.6)|37.9 (1.7)
$35,001 to 40,000 ............| 78.9 | 72.8 | 69.6 | 41.7 | 24.9 | 37.3 | 27.0 | 10.7 |79.4 (1.3)|73.7 (1.4)|68.4 (1.5)|36.1 (1.6)
$40,001 to 50,000 ............| 80.7 | 73.9 | 72.8 | 45.3 | 27.1 | 35.3 | 25.3 | 12.4 |81.6 (1.0)|75.1 (1.1)|72.8 (1.2)|40.1 (1.3)
$50,001 to 75,000 ............| 83.9 | 72.2 | 75.0 | 49.1 | 25.9 | 37.0 | 26.3 | 10.8 |84.6 (0.8)|74.8 (0.9)|72.6 (0.9)|43.8 (1.0)
Over $75,000 .................| 88.2 | 73.8 | 79.1 | 57.3 | 28.3 | 36.6 | 25.1 | 9.9 |88.5 (0.7)|77.3 (0.8)|79.3 (0.8)|54.9 (1.0)
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Child attending public | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools\3\.....................| 75.3 | 70.6 | 64.8 | 35.4 | 26.6 | 35.9 | 25.4 | 12.1 |76.8 (0.4)|71.4 (0.5)|63.5 (0.5)|33.8 (0.5)
Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | |
to grade 8)\3\ .............| 80.2 | 79.8 | 67.8 | 39.4 | 15.5 | 35.1 | 33.2 | 16.2 |81.7 (0.5)|80.8 (0.5)|66.7 (0.6)|38.0 (0.6)
Secondary (grades 9 to 12)\3\ | 63.2 | 47.7 | 57.5 | 25.5 | 52.0 | 37.7 | 7.7 | 2.5 |65.7 (0.9)|50.0 (0.9)|56.2 (0.9)|24.1 (0.8)
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Child attending private | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools\3\.....................| 90.2 | 82.3 | 82.8 | 66.4 | 27.2 | 28.7 | 29.2 | 14.9 |91.4 (0.8)|85.0 (0.9)|81.7 (1.0)|63.8 (1.3)
Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | |
to grade 8)\3\ .............| 92.2 | 87.8 | 86.1 | 70.8 | 14.5 | 28.5 | 37.0 | 19.9 |93.0 (0.8)|90.2 (0.8)|84.1 (1.1)|68.8 (1.4)
Secondary (grades 9 to 12)\3\ | 85.0 | 67.4 | 73.7 | 54.4 | 57.4 | 29.0 | 10.8 | 2.8 |85.8 (2.1)|66.7 (2.8)|73.3 (2.5)|46.3 (3.0)
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\1\The respondent was the parent most knowledgeable about the child's education. The responding parent reported on their own and
their spouse's or other household adults' activities. Except where noted, includes children enrolled in nursery school through grade
12.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, 1996, unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 2001.) |
