Table 7. Odds ratios for logistic regression analysis of homeschooling on various characteristics, students ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through 12th grade: 2003 |
Intercept | 0.006 | * |
(Grades K–5 ) | 1.000 | |
Grades 6–8 | 1.374 | * |
Grades 9–12 | 1.395 | |
(White, non-Hispanic) | 1.000 | |
Black, non-Hispanic | 0.538 | |
Hispanic | 0.230 | * |
Other | 1.165 | |
(Female) | 1.000 | |
Male | 1.059 | |
(One child) | 1.000 | |
Two children | 1.043 | |
Three or more children | 1.952 | * |
(Two parents) | 1.000 | |
One parent | 0.425 | |
Nonparental guardians | 0.326 | |
(Two parents–both in labor force) | 1.000 | |
Two parents–one in labor force | 5.324 | * |
One parent in labor force | 3.563 | |
No parent in labor force | 3.663 | |
($25,000 or less) | 1.000 | |
25,001–50,000 | 0.838 | |
50,001–75,000 | 0.731 | |
75,001 or more | 0.400 | * |
(High school diploma or less) | 1.000 | |
Voc/tech degree or some college | 1.345 | |
Bachelor's degree | 1.895 | |
Graduate/professional school | 1.741 | |
(Urban) | 1.000 | |
Rural | 1.186 | |
(Northeast) | 1.000 | |
South | 1.439 | |
Midwest | 1.007 | |
West | 1.095 | |
* p<0.05 |
1 By design, the reference category, shown in (parentheses), odds ratio is 1. |
2 Students whose grade-equivalent was "ungraded" were excluded from the analysis. The percent of students with an "ungraded" grade equivalent was 0.02 percent in 2003 and 0.03 percent in 1999. |
3 Urbanicity is based on a U.S. Census classification of places. Urban is a place with at least 50,000 people. Rural is a place not classifed as urban. |
NOTE: This analysis excludes students who were enrolled in school for more than 25 hours a week and students who were homeschooled only because of temporary illness. For each variable, if a category has an odds ratio greater than one, then students in that category are more likely to be homeschooled than students in the reference category. If a category has an odds ratio that is less than one, then students in that category have lower odds of being homeschooled than students in the reference category. The odds ratio for the intercept shows the odds of being homeschooled relative to the odds of not being homeschooled. |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES). |