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| Table 25. | Percent of elementary and secondary school children whose parents were involved in school activities, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1999 and 2003 |
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| Percent of children in 1999 whose | Percent of children in 2003 whose | Distribution of children, by parental
| parents\1\ report that they ... | parents\1\ report that they ... | reports of number of times spent hel-
| | | ping with homework per week, 2003\2\
|___________________________________________|___________________________________________|_____________________________________
Child, parent, and school | Attended| Attended| Attended| Volun-| Attended| Attened| Attended| Volun-| Less | 1 or 2| 3 or 4| 5 or
characteristic | a| parent-| a class| teered| a| parent-| a class| teered| than | times| times| more
| general| teacher| event| at | general| teacher| event| at| once | per| per| times
| school|conference| | school| school|conference| | school| per | week| week| per
| meeting| | | | meeting| | | | week | | | week
________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17
________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____
Total .......................|78.3(0.49)|72.8(0.45)|65.4(0.44)|36.8(0.40)|87.7(0.37)|77.1(0.42)|69.9(0.42)|41.8(0.60)|25.9(0.43)|35.6(0.62)|26.5(0.53)|12.0(0.38)
|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____
Sex of child | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male .........................|78.0(0.62)|74.0(0.60)|63.4(0.62)|36.7(0.65)|87.4(0.49)|77.7(0.63)|67.4(0.75)|41.2(0.87)|25.8(0.61)|34.6(0.76)|27.0(0.73)|12.6(0.51)
Female .......................|78.6(0.69)|71.5(0.56)|67.4(0.59)|37.0(0.61)|87.9(0.55)|76.5(0.63)|72.6(0.63)|42.4(0.83)|26.0(0.72)|36.7(0.87)|26.1(0.69)|11.3(0.59)
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Race/ethnicity of child | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ..........|80.5(0.54)|73.6(0.48)|71.6(0.53)|42.7(0.51)|88.7(0.51)|76.4(0.62)|74.1(0.65)|48.4(0.82)|30.7(0.65)|35.7(0.76)|24.2(0.62)|9.4 (0.41)
Black, non-Hispanic ..........|74.5(1.12)|71.1(1.23)|53.8(1.29)|26.2(1.21)|88.7(0.85)|78.7(1.35)|63.3(1.54)|32.0(1.65)|17.0(1.18)|34.9(1.54)|30.7(1.56)|17.5(1.21)
Hispanic .....................|73.1(1.18)|71.0(1.05)|51.5(1.02)|24.5(0.90)|82.6(1.05)|78.1(1.10)|60.9(1.36)|27.7(1.23)|16.9(0.95)|38.1(1.34)|29.2(1.20)|15.8(0.96)
Other non-Hispanic ...........|76.7(2.00)|73.2(1.94)|62.4(2.01)|30.7(1.94)|87.5(1.63)|77.6(2.25)|68.5(2.32)|37.2(2.16)|23.5(2.11)|30.1(2.11)|32.3(2.76)|14.1(1.64)
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Highest education level | | | | | | | | | | | |
of parents | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school ........|57.4(1.77)|60.0(1.78)|37.8(1.68)|12.9(1.05)|69.8(2.04)|67.8(2.50)|42.4(2.42)|15.6(2.04)|18.6(2.07)|44.8(3.00)|23.2(2.10)|13.4(1.82)
High school/GED ..............|72.7(1.00)|69.7(0.87)|58.7(0.93)|26.0(0.88)|83.8(0.91)|75.4(0.93)|62.1(1.28)|30.3(1.27)|23.1(0.90)|35.8(1.03)|28.4(1.03)|12.7(0.79)
Vocational/technical or some | | | | | | | | | | | |
college ...................|78.0(1.04)|72.8(0.97)|66.0(1.05)|35.7(1.07)|88.5(0.67)|78.0(1.02)|69.1(0.93)|38.8(1.26)|24.6(1.19)|35.6(1.35)|27.6(1.13)|12.3(0.78)
Associate's degree ...........|81.7(1.14)|75.8(1.39)|68.7(1.57)|41.5(1.53)|88.6(1.27)|76.6(1.68)|73.0(1.76)|39.7(1.67)|26.8(1.45)|35.7(1.81)|26.2(1.71)|11.3(1.18)
Bachelor's degree ............|87.0(0.73)|79.6(0.84)|75.8(0.93)|49.6(1.10)|92.0(0.75)|79.8(0.89)|80.1(0.95)|53.9(1.29)|28.7(1.13)|34.2(1.18)|26.1(1.04)|10.9(0.77)
Graduate/professional degree .|89.4(0.70)|76.2(1.09)|79.2(0.98)|55.1(1.21)|94.6(0.74)|79.4(0.99)|80.8(1.09)|61.8(1.57)|30.7(1.27)|33.4(1.27)|24.2(1.21)|11.8(1.06)
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Family income | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $5,000 .............|67.0(2.83)|66.7(3.14)|47.4(2.87)|17.6(2.09)|77.7(2.84)|72.4(4.15)|55.6(3.91)|27.3(4.09)|17.6(3.43)|39.4(4.27)|27.3(3.36)|15.7(2.81)
$5,001 to $10,000 ............|66.8(2.13)|67.6(2.25)|50.7(2.23)|23.3(1.91)|79.3(3.26)|75.7(3.28)|59.9(3.60)|30.4(3.35)|20.3(3.10)|34.7(3.28)|31.5(2.65)|13.5(1.93)
$10,001 to 15,000 ............|67.1(1.64)|70.0(1.62)|49.9(2.15)|20.4(1.40)|80.0(2.41)|75.6(2.35)|53.4(2.99)|22.5(2.44)|17.4(2.32)|38.0(2.79)|28.6(2.36)|16.0(2.12)
$15,001 to 20,000 ............|71.1(1.76)|70.4(1.52)|55.1(1.89)|25.3(1.70)|81.1(2.60)|74.2(2.23)|57.5(2.28)|25.6(2.84)|20.3(1.80)|39.5(2.84)|23.9(2.04)|16.2(2.16)
$20,001 to 25,000 ............|70.6(1.90)|67.0(1.62)|53.4(1.76)|26.2(1.63)|83.5(1.64)|79.1(1.89)|62.4(1.99)|27.0(2.39)|18.4(1.90)|34.8(2.41)|32.9(2.44)|13.9(1.36)
$25,001 to 30,000 ............|74.3(1.35)|71.6(1.31)|59.1(1.71)|30.9(1.69)|85.7(1.46)|75.9(2.41)|64.2(2.23)|33.8(2.86)|19.9(1.88)|39.8(2.99)|26.9(2.48)|13.3(1.50)
$30,001 to 35,000 ............|79.0(1.60)|73.8(1.72)|67.6(1.69)|37.9(1.84)|84.5(1.59)|76.3(1.94)|64.7(2.32)|33.5(2.51)|21.3(2.01)|37.3(2.21)|29.4(2.18)|12.0(1.56)
$35,001 to 40,000 ............|79.4(1.38)|73.7(1.38)|68.4(1.64)|36.1(1.84)|83.4(2.50)|74.7(2.10)|70.9(2.41)|37.3(3.50)|23.7(2.26)|34.1(2.35)|28.4(2.39)|13.8(1.74)
$40,001 to 50,000 ............|81.6(1.07)|75.1(1.13)|72.8(1.25)|40.1(1.26)|87.5(1.18)|79.3(1.42)|68.5(2.11)|40.0(1.89)|25.8(1.72)|32.9(1.84)|29.3(1.84)|11.9(1.19)
$50,001 to 75,000 ............|84.6(0.78)|74.8(0.91)|72.6(0.90)|43.8(1.05)|89.9(0.79)|76.9(0.96)|74.5(1.04)|46.0(1.27)|28.6(1.10)|36.1(1.15)|24.8(1.08)|10.5(0.68)
Over $75,000 .................|88.5(0.68)|77.3(0.74)|79.3(0.80)|54.9(1.02)|93.9(0.57)|78.6(0.89)|79.3(0.73)|56.8(1.01)|32.2(0.98)|33.9(0.95)|24.0(0.86)|9.9 (0.60)
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Child attending public | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools .....................|76.8(0.54)|71.4(0.50)|63.5(0.48)|33.8(0.41)|86.7(0.40)|75.9(0.45)|68.0(0.47)|38.5(0.64)|26.0(0.47)|35.9(0.65)|26.4(0.53)|11.7(0.39)
Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | |
to grade 8) ...............|81.7(0.57)|80.9(0.45)|66.9(0.55)|38.1(0.48)|90.9(0.40)|85.1(0.42)|71.7(0.57)|42.8(0.74)|16.8(0.56)|35.3(0.76)|32.9(0.68)|15.0(0.52)
Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ...|65.8(0.99)|50.1(1.10)|55.9(0.97)|24.0(0.77)|76.9(1.06)|54.8(1.02)|59.4(1.06)|28.5(0.98)|50.6(1.02)|37.6(1.04)|9.0 (0.57)|2.7 (0.39)
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Child attending private | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools .....................|91.4(0.80)|85.0(0.95)|81.7(1.09)|63.8(1.35)|95.7(0.61)|86.6(1.03)|85.6(1.23)|68.7(1.57)|24.7(1.62)|33.1(1.60)|27.7(1.86)|14.5(1.10)
Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | |
to grade 8) ...............|93.0(0.73)|90.2(0.81)|84.2(1.11)|68.8(1.37)|96.6(0.69)|91.6(0.92)|88.4(1.22)|73.4(1.90)|17.8(1.68)|30.4(1.69)|33.6(2.24)|18.3(1.47)
Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ...|85.9(2.09)|66.9(2.74)|73.0(2.62)|46.3(3.23)|93.0(1.56)|72.2(2.54)|77.6(2.93)|55.2(2.78)|46.9(3.49)|41.8(3.75)|8.9 (1.93)|2.4 (0.91)
________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____ |
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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 adult's, activities. NOTE: Includes children enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. Excludes home-schooled children. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Parent Survey (Parent:1999) and The Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey (PFI:2003) of the National Household Education Surveys Program, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared June 2005.)
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