Percent of elementary and secondary school children whose parents were involved in school activities, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1996 and 1999

Table 25.

Percent of elementary and secondary school children whose parents were involved in school activities, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1996 and 1999 cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">

padding-left:4px" >______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Percent of children in 1996 whose|Distribution of children, by parental | Percent of children in 1999 whose | parents\1\ reported that they |reports of number of times spent hel- | parents\1\ report that they ... |ping with homework per week, 1996\2\ | |_________________________________|_______________________________________|___________________________________________ |Attended|Attended|Attended|Volun-| Less | 1 or 2 | 3 or 4 | 5 or | Attended | Attended | Attended | Volun- | a |parent- |a class |teered| than | times | times | more | a | parent- | a class | teered |general |teacher | event | at | once | per | per | times | general | teacher | event | at | school |confer- | |school| per | week | week |per week | school |conference| | school |meeting | ence | | | week | | | | meeting | | | ________|________|________|______|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________ | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ________|________|________|______|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 76.9| 71.8| 66.7| 38.7| 26.7| 35.1| 25.8| 12.3|78.3(0.40)|72.8(0.42)|65.4(0.45)|36.8(0.45) |________|________|________|______|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________ | | | | | | | | | | | | 76.3| 73.1| 65.1| 38.1| 27.4| 33.5| 26.2| 12.9|78.0(0.56)|74.0(0.58)|63.4(0.63)|36.7(0.62) 77.5| 70.4| 68.4| 39.4| 25.9| 36.9| 25.4| 11.8|78.6(0.57)|71.5(0.61)|67.4(0.64)|37.0(0.65) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 79.0| 72.6| 71.6| 44.1| 28.2| 37.0| 24.8| 10.1|80.5(0.48)|73.6(0.52)|71.6(0.54)|42.7(0.58) 71.6| 68.8| 56.4| 26.8| 21.9| 30.0| 28.6| 19.5|74.5(1.11)|71.1(1.16)|53.8(1.26)|26.2(1.06) 73.6| 71.5| 54.8| 26.3| 25.4| 31.1| 27.9| 15.6|73.1(1.03)|71.0(1.03)|51.5(1.10)|24.5(0.90) 73.3| 71.6| 64.0| 35.3| 24.3| 37.5| 26.1| 12.0|76.7(1.81)|73.2(1.87)|62.4(2.00)|30.7(1.85) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 57.6| 62.8| 42.4| 16.9| 28.7| 30.0| 24.5| 16.7|57.4(1.66)|60.0(1.65)|37.8(1.62)|12.9(1.08) 71.5| 69.2| 60.2| 30.1| 26.4| 34.2| 25.7| 13.6|72.7(0.83)|69.7(0.86)|58.7(0.93)|26.0(0.82) 77.8| 72.5| 69.2| 39.2| 26.4| 35.8| 26.1| 11.6|79.1(0.70)|73.7(0.74)|66.8(0.79)|37.5(0.80) 87.4| 77.4| 76.3| 52.2| 25.4| 38.8| 25.3| 10.5|87.3(0.75)|80.3(0.85)|75.6(0.97)|49.7(1.10) 88.5| 76.3| 81.9| 56.7| 27.9| 35.1| 26.8| 10.2|88.8(0.73)|75.9(0.96)|78.9(0.93)|54.3(1.13) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 66.8| 69.3| 50.4| 24.3| 23.7| 28.3| 27.7| 20.4|67.0(2.64)|66.7(2.63)|47.4(2.87)|17.6(1.99) 64.2| 68.3| 49.8| 22.5| 26.7| 32.1| 27.6| 13.7|66.8(2.04)|67.6(2.05)|50.7(2.13)|23.3(1.80) 66.7| 67.5| 61.1| 28.0| 26.8| 36.0| 22.7| 14.6|67.1(1.81)|70.0(1.70)|49.9(1.94)|20.4(1.51) 69.7| 68.8| 56.6| 25.8| 27.7| 33.3| 23.4| 15.6|71.1(1.71)|70.4(1.70)|55.1(1.86)|25.3(1.67) 69.3| 69.4| 59.5| 27.6| 25.9| 34.9| 26.5| 12.7|70.6(1.58)|67.0(1.67)|53.4(1.72)|26.2(1.48) 72.6| 69.9| 62.6| 32.5| 28.1| 34.8| 27.3| 9.8|74.3(1.49)|71.6(1.52)|59.1(1.66)|30.9(1.60) 79.3| 71.4| 69.4| 40.9| 27.9| 35.6| 24.8| 11.6|79.0(1.41)|73.8(1.53)|67.6(1.62)|37.9(1.71) 78.9| 74.3| 69.8| 40.6| 24.9| 37.3| 27.0| 10.7|79.4(1.34)|73.7(1.43)|68.4(1.50)|36.1(1.61) 81.6| 75.5| 73.3| 44.7| 27.1| 35.3| 25.3| 12.4|81.6(1.04)|75.1(1.15)|72.8(1.19)|40.1(1.30) 85.1| 74.0| 75.8| 48.9| 25.9| 37.0| 26.3| 10.8|84.6(0.75)|74.8(0.92)|72.6(0.95)|43.8(1.05) 88.8| 74.5| 79.5| 57.6| 28.3| 36.6| 25.1| 9.9|88.5(0.65)|77.3(0.82)|79.3(0.81)|54.9(1.00) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 75.3| 70.6| 64.8| 35.4| 26.6| 35.9| 25.4| 12.1|76.8(0.43)|71.4(0.46)|63.5(0.49)|33.8(0.47) | | | | | | | | | | | 80.1| 79.8| 67.7| 39.3| 15.5| 35.1| 33.1| 16.2|81.7(0.47)|80.8(0.47)|66.7(0.57)|38.0(0.57) 63.3| 47.6| 57.7| 25.6| 52.0| 37.7| 7.8| 2.5|65.7(0.89)|50.0(0.93)|56.2(0.91)|24.1(0.77) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 90.2| 82.3| 82.8| 66.4| 27.2| 28.7| 29.2| 14.9|91.4(0.77)|85.0(0.92)|81.7(1.03)|63.8(1.30) | | | | | | | | | | | 92.2| 87.8| 86.1| 70.8| 14.5| 28.5| 37.0| 19.9|93.0(0.77)|90.2(0.83)|84.1(1.13)|68.8(1.39) 85.0| 67.4| 73.7| 54.4| 57.4| 29.0| 10.8| 2.8|85.8(2.14)|66.7(2.78)|73.3(2.50)|46.3(3.00) ________|________|________|______|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________

\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.
\2\Includes children enrolled in grades 1 through 12.

NOTE: Except where noted, includes children enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. Excludes home-schooled children. 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, The Parent Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program, (PFI/CI:1996) and (Parent:1999), unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared May 2003.)

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