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Table A8. Percentage distribution of parents' educational expectations for their ninth–graders in academic year 2009–10, by parental frequency of and confidence in help with homework: 2009
| Parent's expectation for their ninth–grader | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency or confidence | High school or less1 | Some College 2 | Bachelor's degree3 | Graduate/professional degree4 | Don't know | ||||||
| Total | 9.7 | 10.1 | 28.8 | 39.9 | 11.5 | ||||||
| Frequency of help with homework by parent/guardian | |||||||||||
| Never | 11.4 | 7.9 | 22.8 | 43.6 | 14.4 | ||||||
| Less than once a week | 5.8 | 9.3 | 33.7 | 42.8 | 8.4 | ||||||
| One or two days a week | 9.4 | 11.0 | 31.2 | 37.3 | 11.0 | ||||||
| Three or four days a week | 11.8 | 12.4 | 27.6 | 35.7 | 12.5 | ||||||
| Five or more days a week | 13.6 | 13.9 | 19.2 | 38.2 | 15.0 | ||||||
| Parent's confidence in ability to help 9th grader with math homework |
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| Not at all confident | 10.8 | 11.0 | 28.2 | 36.5 | 13.5 | ||||||
| Somewhat confident | 9.9 | 10.5 | 29.3 | 38.6 | 11.8 | ||||||
| Very confident | 7.2 | 9.0 | 29.1 | 45.9 | 8.9 | ||||||
| Parent's confidence in ability to help 9th grader with science homework |
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| Not at all confident | 14.4 | 10.5 | 24.8 | 34.7 | 15.6 | ||||||
| Somewhat confident | 9.5 | 11.0 | 30.7 | 36.6 | 12.1 | ||||||
| Very confident | 7.0 | 9.1 | 27.4 | 46.8 | 8.7 | ||||||
| Parent's confidence in ability to help 9th grader with English or language arts homework |
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| Not at all confident | 15.8 | 10.5 | 19.4 | 36.6 | 17.1 | ||||||
| Somewhat confident | 11.1 | 11.0 | 28.5 | 35.2 | 13.3 | ||||||
| Very confident | 6.6 | 9.1 | 31.5 | 44.5 | 8.7 | ||||||
| 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: All estimates are weighted by W1PARENT. 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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