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Table A7. Percentage distribution of academic year 2009–10 ninth–graders' educational expectations, by parental frequency of and confidence in help with homework: 2009
| Student's expectation | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency or confidence | High school or less1 | Some College 2 | Bachelor's degree3 | Graduate/professional degree4 | Don't know | ||||||
| Total | 14.7 | 7.3 | 17.2 | 39.1 | 21.7 | ||||||
| Frequency of help with homework by parent/guardian | |||||||||||
| Never | 14.2 | 6.9 | 17.1 | 41.0 | 20.9 | ||||||
| Less than once a week | 8.5 | 7.0 | 20.8 | 45.6 | 18.1 | ||||||
| One or two days a week | 13.6 | 7.3 | 18.8 | 39.1 | 21.2 | ||||||
| Three or four days a week | 15.6 | 7.6 | 15.2 | 35.3 | 26.3 | ||||||
| Five or more days a week | 18.6 | 5.6 | 17.0 | 41.2 | 17.7 | ||||||
| Parent's confidence in ability to help 9th grader with math homework |
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| Not at all confident | 14.0 | 7.5 | 18.2 | 39.1 | 21.2 | ||||||
| Somewhat confident | 12.6 | 8.0 | 17.8 | 41.0 | 20.6 | ||||||
| Very confident | 12.1 | 5.6 | 19.5 | 42.8 | 19.9 | ||||||
| Parent's confidence in ability to help 9th grader with science homework |
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| Not at all confident | 16.1 | 7.7 | 17.6 | 34.6 | 24.1 | ||||||
| Somewhat confident | 13.9 | 7.9 | 18.3 | 40.3 | 19.5 | ||||||
| Very confident | 10.2 | 5.9 | 19.1 | 44.8 | 20.1 | ||||||
| Parent's confidence in ability to help 9th grader with English or language arts homework |
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| Not at all confident | 16.1 | 8.6 | 16.5 | 35.1 | 23.6 | ||||||
| Somewhat confident | 14.2 | 7.9 | 17.2 | 38.9 | 21.7 | ||||||
| Very confident | 11.1 | 6.1 | 19.8 | 44.1 | 18.8 | ||||||
| 1 High school or less includes high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED). GED is an alternative path to attaining a high school credential. | |||||||||||
| 2 Some college includes the start or completion of an Associate's degree, or the start but not completion of a Bachelor's degree. | |||||||||||
| 3 Bachelor's degree also includes the start but not completion of a Master's degree. | |||||||||||
| 4 Graduate/professional degree includes completion of a Master's degree, as well as the start or completion of a Ph.D., M.D., law degree, or other high level professional degree. | |||||||||||
| NOTE: Totals are weighted by W1STUDENT and other estimates are weighted by W1PARENT. Totals may not fall within the range of categorical values due to missing data. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. | |||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Base-Year. | |||||||||||
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