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Percentage distribution of public school teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “I think about staying home from school because I'm just too tired to go” and state: 2017–18

                   
  Level of agreement   Agree or disagree  
State Strongly agree   Somewhat agree   Strongly disagree   Somewhat disagree   Strongly or somewhat
agree		   Strongly or
somewhat disagree		  
United States 7.1   19.9   51.1   21.8   27.0   73.0  
                         
Alabama 6.7   16.3   53.6   23.4   23.0   77.0  
Alaska 7.7   18.7   51.7   21.9   26.4   73.6  
Arizona 12.2   22.0   47.1   18.7   34.1   65.9  
Arkansas 8.0   21.9   49.0   21.1   29.9   70.1  
California 5.7   18.3   55.8   20.3   24.0   76.0  
                         
Colorado 9.6   24.3   45.3   20.8   33.9   66.1  
Connecticut 5.4   19.1   53.3   22.2   24.5   75.5  
Delaware 6.7   25.0   46.2   22.0   31.8   68.2  
District of Columbia‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
Florida 9.2   19.5   50.3   21.0   28.7   71.3  
                         
Georgia 7.1   18.7   50.8   23.3   25.9   74.1  
Hawaii 7.0   20.7   48.2   24.1   27.7   72.3  
Idaho 5.5   21.5   53.2   19.8   27.0   73.0  
Illinois 4.2   17.3   54.9   23.7   21.5   78.5  
Indiana 5.9   23.3   48.7   22.1   29.1   70.9  
                         
Iowa 6.4   18.9   52.7   22.0   25.3   74.7  
Kansas 6.5   17.6   54.8   21.1   24.1   75.9  
Kentucky 5.4   22.4   50.6   21.6   27.8   72.2  
Louisiana 8.1   21.7   49.6   20.6   29.8   70.2  
Maine 5.0   20.0   55.5   19.5   25.0   75.0  
                         
Maryland‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
Massachusetts 4.4   19.2   54.4   22.1   23.6   76.4  
Michigan 8.2   23.5   42.3   26.0   31.8   68.2  
Minnesota 7.3   18.9   49.2   24.6   26.2   73.8  
Mississippi 12.0   16.1   49.9   22.0   28.2   71.8  
                         
Missouri3.6  16.8  59.1  20.4  20.5  79.5  
Montana4.9  19.2  56.8  19.1  24.1  75.9  
Nebraska6.0  15.5  59.0  19.5  21.5  78.5  
Nevada9.4  22.8  46.3  21.5  32.2  67.8  
New Hampshire2.6 !14.1  66.1  17.2  16.7  83.3  
                         
New Jersey5.2  17.2  58.0  19.6  22.4  77.6  
New Mexico8.5  24.2  47.6  19.7  32.8  67.2  
New York4.6  17.0  57.8  20.7  21.6  78.4  
North Carolina9.6  21.5  44.8  24.1  31.2  68.8  
North Dakota5.6  19.8  54.6  20.0  25.4  74.6  
                         
Ohio6.3  16.2  56.8  20.7  22.5  77.5  
Oklahoma4.2  19.4  56.1  20.4  23.6  76.4  
Oregon8.4  25.6  43.1  22.9  34.0  66.0  
Pennsylvania6.1  19.7  52.2  22.0  25.8  74.2  
Rhode Island4.7 !18.9  56.7  19.7  23.7  76.3  
                         
South Carolina8.2  23.8  46.2  21.8  32.0  68.0  
South Dakota6.2  13.5  62.5  17.7  19.7  80.3  
Tennessee5.6  21.8  48.7  23.8  27.5  72.5  
Texas8.8  22.5  46.0  22.8  31.3  68.7  
Utah11.1  23.9  45.4  19.5  35.0  65.0  
                         
Vermont5.4  15.2  59.1  20.3  20.6  79.4  
Virginia8.8  20.0  49.3  22.0  28.8  71.2  
Washington8.8  23.1  47.3  20.7  32.0  68.0  
West Virginia6.1  19.5  52.2  22.1  25.6  74.4  
Wisconsin9.5  22.6  42.5  25.4  32.1  67.9  
Wyoming6.9  15.6  56.4  21.1  22.5  77.5  
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2017–18.

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