Parental involvement in 8th graders' school-related activities, by selected parental characteristics: 1988

Table 24.

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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
                                      |           |      |       |           |        |           |         |         |            |           |
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
                                      |           |      |       |           |        |           |         |         |            |           |
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
                                      |           |      |       |           |        |           |         |         |            |           |
  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
                                      |           |      |       |           |        |           |         |         |            |           |
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
______________________________________|___________|______|_______|___________|________|___________|_________|_________|____________|___________|_________

\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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