Table 19.1. Percentage of high school students who did homework outside of school and whose parents checked that homework was done, by frequency and race/ethnicity: 2007

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

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Table 19.1.

Percentage of high school students who did homework outside of school and whose parents checked that homework was done, by frequency and race/ethnicity: 2007

	Average hours per week spent on homework by students who did homework outside of school										Percent of students whose parents¹ checked that homework was done
			Percentage distribution of students who did homework outside of school by how frequently they did homework


			Less than once per week		1 to 2 days per week		3 to 4 days per week		5 or more days per week

Race/ethnicity
All high school students²
(grades 9 through 12)	6.8		5.4		14.8		38.0		41.9		64.6
Race/ethnicity
White	6.8		4.2		12.9		38.6		44.3		57.2
Black	6.3		9.3	!	20.1		41.0		29.7		83.1
Hispanic	6.4		5.9		17.7		36.6		39.9		75.6
Asian	10.3		#		13.8	!	18.5	!	67.7		59.0
Two or more races	7.1		6.2		10.5		32.9		50.5		65.9
# Rounds to zero. ! Interpret data with caution. ¹ Refers to one or more parent or other household adult. ² Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: Data based on responses of the parent most knowledgeable about the student's education. Reporting standards for Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders and American Indians/Alaska Natives were not met; therefore, data for these groups are not shown in the table. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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.