Issue Brief: How Involved Are Fathers in Their Children's Schools?

Title:	Issue Brief: How Involved Are Fathers in Their Children's Schools?
Description:	This issue brief looks at the extent to which fathers are involved in their kindergarteners' through 12th graders' schools using data from the 1996 National Household Education Survey (NHES:96). The involvement of fathers in two-parent and in father-only families is presented and contrasted with that of mothers in two-parent and in mother-only families.
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Cover Date:	April 1998
Web Release:	April 23, 1998
Print Release:	April 23, 1998
Publication #:	NCES 98120 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Christine Winquist Nord (Westat, Inc.)
Type of Product:	Issue Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	National Household Education Survey (NHES)
Keywords:	Fathers' Involvement in Children's Education Parental Involvement in Education
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