| Table 25. | Parental involvement in 8th graders' school-related activities, by selected parental characteristics: 1988 |
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| Percent of parents\1\ | Percent of parents\1\ who | Percent of parents\1\ |Percent of parents\1\
Characteristics | who talk with child | report family rules about ... | who report that they ... |who have contacted
of parents | regularly about ... |________________________________|________________________________| school about
|__________________________| Number of | |Maintaining|Never or |Belong to| Attend the | child's ...
| Current | High | Plans | hours of | Doing | certain | seldom |a parent-| parent- |_____________________
| school |school| after |television |homework| grade |help with|teacher | teacher | Academic |Academic
|experiences|plans | high |watched on | | average |homework | organi- |association |performance| program
| | |school |school days| | | | zation | meetings | |
______________________________________|___________|______|_______|___________|________|___________|_________|_________|____________|___________|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
______________________________________|___________|______|_______|___________|________|___________|_________|_________|____________|___________|_________
Total ................................| 79.4 | 47.1 | 38.3 | 61.7 | 92.0 | 72.7 | 29.4 | 31.9 | 36.2 | 52.5 | 34.8
|___________|______|_______|___________|________|___________|_________|_________|____________|___________|_________
Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | |
Asian/Pacific Islander .............| 59.8 | 41.7 | 36.5 | 67.1 | 89.3 | 74.7 | 42.8 | 29.4 | 41.2 | 36.0 | 29.4
Hispanic ...........................| 67.1 | 52.7 | 44.8 | 68.7 | 92.3 | 79.8 | 44.7 | 15.5 | 43.0 | 48.3 | 34.5
Black, non-Hispanic ................| 75.0 | 57.8 | 51.4 | 75.3 | 95.5 | 82.3 | 31.4 | 30.4 | 47.8 | 52.1 | 34.2
White, non-Hispanic ................| 82.3 | 45.0 | 35.4 | 58.5 | 91.4 | 70.1 | 26.8 | 34.3 | 33.3 | 53.7 | 35.1
American Indian/Alaskan Native .....| 72.5 | 44.6 | 39.9 | 62.9 | 95.9 | 75.7 | 35.5 | 16.6 | 35.0 | 52.5 | 42.5
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Socioeconomic status\2\ | | | | | | | | | | |
Lower quartile .....................| 66.3 | 43.0 | 33.5 | 64.0 | 92.2 | 74.2 | 41.7 | 12.2 | 29.2 | 38.1 | 24.2
Middle two quartiles ...............| 80.7 | 46.5 | 38.4 | 60.8 | 93.0 | 74.9 | 27.5 | 29.8 | 35.2 | 54.1 | 34.8
Highest quartile ...................| 89.0 | 52.7 | 42.9 | 61.6 | 89.9 | 66.9 | 21.9 | 54.0 | 44.4 | 61.9 | 44.1
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Highest education level of parents | | | | | | | | | | |
Two-parent families | | | | | | | | | | |
Neither completed high school ....| 60.0 | 40.7 | 29.6 | 64.0 | 92.6 | 75.2 | 47.6 | 10.6 | 32.7 | 32.3 | 21.2
One did not complete high school .| 72.9 | 45.7 | 34.7 | 61.6 | 92.6 | 74.8 | 33.7 | 15.4 | 28.7 | 42.8 | 28.6
Both completed high school .......| 81.9 | 46.0 | 37.7 | 61.3 | 93.3 | 75.5 | 26.6 | 30.8 | 35.8 | 53.6 | 35.1
One graduated college\3\ .........| 87.2 | 51.8 | 42.4 | 61.1 | 91.5 | 69.9 | 21.8 | 48.6 | 42.7 | 60.9 | 41.1
Both graduated college ...........| 89.5 | 52.3 | 40.8 | 63.0 | 88.1 | 61.1 | 20.5 | 60.7 | 46.9 | 61.5 | 46.4
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Single-parent families (female) | | | | | | | | | | |
Did not complete high school .....| 61.0 | 47.1 | 34.6 | 64.3 | 91.2 | 73.2 | 50.3 | 9.7 | 25.1 | 33.9 | 19.0
Completed high school ............| 77.0 | 48.1 | 42.1 | 62.5 | 92.7 | 75.1 | 33.8 | 24.6 | 33.0 | 53.5 | 32.7
Graduated college ................| 84.0 | 51.8 | 44.8 | 60.1 | 87.0 | 66.3 | 28.3 | 46.7 | 43.9 | 67.8 | 45.6
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Family composition | | | | | | | | | | |
Two-parent family ..................| 81.0 | 47.4 | 38.0 | 61.7 | 92.2 | 72.6 | 27.6 | 34.2 | 37.3 | 52.9 | 35.7
One-parent family ..................| 74.2 | 47.0 | 40.2 | 62.1 | 91.2 | 73.3 | 36.2 | 23.6 | 32.0 | 52.0 | 31.6
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\1\The respondent was the parent most knowledgeable about the child's education. The responding parents reported on their own and their spouses' activities. \2\Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. \3\Includes a small number of cases where one parent was a high school dropout. NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, "Base Year Parent Survey." (This table was prepared July 1990.)
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