Table 6. Percentage distribution of students ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through 12th grade, by homeschooling status and student and household characteristics: 2007

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Table 6.

Percentage distribution of students ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through 12th grade, by homeschooling status and student and household characteristics: 2007

Student and household characteristics	Students not homeschooled	Homeschooled students
Student and household characteristics	Students not homeschooled	Homeschooled students	Total	100	100

Sex
Male	52	42
Female	48	58

Race/ethnicity¹
White	58	77
Black	15	4	!
Hispanic	19	10
Asian or Pacific Islander	3	2	!
Other race	5	7

Homeschooled entirely	†	84
Homeschooled and enrolled in school part-time	†	16
Enrolled in school less than 9 hours per week	†	11
Enrolled in school 9-25 hours per week	†	5

Grade level
Grades 1–5	42	44
Grades 6–8	26	26
Grades 9–12	32	30

Disability status
Has a disability	23	21
Does not have a disability	77	79

Poverty status²
Poor	19	12
Near-poor	19	27
Nonpoor	62	62

Parents' highest level of education³
Less than high school diploma or GED	7	1	!
High school diploma or GED	22	13
Some college/vocational/ technical	28	36
Bachelor's degree	22	29
Graduate/professional school	21	21

Family structure
Two parents	72	89
One parent	23	8
Nonparent guardians	4	3	!

Region
Northeast	18	13
South	36	46
Midwest	22	16
West	24	26

Locale
City	32	22
Suburb	37	33
Town	11	11
Rural	20	34
† Not applicable. ! Interpret data with caution; the estimates are unstable; coefficient of variation is 30 percent or more. ¹ Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. The Other race category includes students who are not Hispanic, who reported their race as either “American Indian or Alaska Native” or reported more than one race. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. ² Poor students are defined as those with household incomes below 100 percent of the poverty threshold; near-poor students as those with household incomes from 100 through 199 percent of the poverty threshold; and nonpoor students as those with household incomes at or above 200 percent of the poverty threshold. ³ GED is General Educational Development. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Excludes students who were enrolled in public or private school more than 25 hours per week and students who were homeschooled primarily because of a temporary illness. 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.