Table 25. | Percent of elementary and secondary school children whose parents were involved in school activities, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1996 and 1999 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Percent of children in 1996 whose|Distribution of children, by parental | Percent of children in 1999 whose Characteristic | parents\1\ reported that they |reports of number of times spent hel- | parents\1\ report that they ... of children, parents | |ping with homework per week, 1996\2\ | and schools |_________________________________|_______________________________________|___________________________________________ |Attended|Attended|Attended|Volun-| Less | 1 or 2 | 3 or 4 | 5 or | Attended | Attended | Attended | Volun- | a |parent- |a class |teered| than | times | times | more | a | parent- | a class | teered |general |teacher | event | at | once | per | per | times | general | teacher | event | at | school |confer- | |school| per | week | week |per week | school |conference| | school |meeting | ence | | | week | | | | meeting | | | ________________________________|________|________|________|______|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ________________________________|________|________|________|______|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________ Total ..........................| 76.9| 71.8| 66.7| 38.7| 26.7| 35.1| 25.8| 12.3|78.3(0.40)|72.8(0.42)|65.4(0.45)|36.8(0.45) |________|________|________|______|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________ Sex of child | | | | | | | | | | | | Male .........................| 76.3| 73.1| 65.1| 38.1| 27.4| 33.5| 26.2| 12.9|78.0(0.56)|74.0(0.58)|63.4(0.63)|36.7(0.62) Female .......................| 77.5| 70.4| 68.4| 39.4| 25.9| 36.9| 25.4| 11.8|78.6(0.57)|71.5(0.61)|67.4(0.64)|37.0(0.65) | | | | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity of child | | | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic ..........| 79.0| 72.6| 71.6| 44.1| 28.2| 37.0| 24.8| 10.1|80.5(0.48)|73.6(0.52)|71.6(0.54)|42.7(0.58) Black, non-Hispanic ..........| 71.6| 68.8| 56.4| 26.8| 21.9| 30.0| 28.6| 19.5|74.5(1.11)|71.1(1.16)|53.8(1.26)|26.2(1.06) Hispanic .....................| 73.6| 71.5| 54.8| 26.3| 25.4| 31.1| 27.9| 15.6|73.1(1.03)|71.0(1.03)|51.5(1.10)|24.5(0.90) Other non-Hispanic ...........| 73.3| 71.6| 64.0| 35.3| 24.3| 37.5| 26.1| 12.0|76.7(1.81)|73.2(1.87)|62.4(2.00)|30.7(1.85) | | | | | | | | | | | | Highest education level | | | | | | | | | | | | of parents | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than high school ........| 57.6| 62.8| 42.4| 16.9| 28.7| 30.0| 24.5| 16.7|57.4(1.66)|60.0(1.65)|37.8(1.62)|12.9(1.08) High school graduate .........| 71.5| 69.2| 60.2| 30.1| 26.4| 34.2| 25.7| 13.6|72.7(0.83)|69.7(0.86)|58.7(0.93)|26.0(0.82) Some postsecondary ...........| 77.8| 72.5| 69.2| 39.2| 26.4| 35.8| 26.1| 11.6|79.1(0.70)|73.7(0.74)|66.8(0.79)|37.5(0.80) College graduate .............| 87.4| 77.4| 76.3| 52.2| 25.4| 38.8| 25.3| 10.5|87.3(0.75)|80.3(0.85)|75.6(0.97)|49.7(1.10) Graduate/professional ........| 88.5| 76.3| 81.9| 56.7| 27.9| 35.1| 26.8| 10.2|88.8(0.73)|75.9(0.96)|78.9(0.93)|54.3(1.13) | | | | | | | | | | | | Family income | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than $5,000 .............| 66.8| 69.3| 50.4| 24.3| 23.7| 28.3| 27.7| 20.4|67.0(2.64)|66.7(2.63)|47.4(2.87)|17.6(1.99) $5,001 to $10,000 ............| 64.2| 68.3| 49.8| 22.5| 26.7| 32.1| 27.6| 13.7|66.8(2.04)|67.6(2.05)|50.7(2.13)|23.3(1.80) $10,001 to 15,000 ............| 66.7| 67.5| 61.1| 28.0| 26.8| 36.0| 22.7| 14.6|67.1(1.81)|70.0(1.70)|49.9(1.94)|20.4(1.51) $15,001 to 20,000 ............| 69.7| 68.8| 56.6| 25.8| 27.7| 33.3| 23.4| 15.6|71.1(1.71)|70.4(1.70)|55.1(1.86)|25.3(1.67) $20,001 to 25,000 ............| 69.3| 69.4| 59.5| 27.6| 25.9| 34.9| 26.5| 12.7|70.6(1.58)|67.0(1.67)|53.4(1.72)|26.2(1.48) $25,001 to 30,000 ............| 72.6| 69.9| 62.6| 32.5| 28.1| 34.8| 27.3| 9.8|74.3(1.49)|71.6(1.52)|59.1(1.66)|30.9(1.60) $30,001 to 35,000 ............| 79.3| 71.4| 69.4| 40.9| 27.9| 35.6| 24.8| 11.6|79.0(1.41)|73.8(1.53)|67.6(1.62)|37.9(1.71) $35,001 to 40,000 ............| 78.9| 74.3| 69.8| 40.6| 24.9| 37.3| 27.0| 10.7|79.4(1.34)|73.7(1.43)|68.4(1.50)|36.1(1.61) $40,001 to 50,000 ............| 81.6| 75.5| 73.3| 44.7| 27.1| 35.3| 25.3| 12.4|81.6(1.04)|75.1(1.15)|72.8(1.19)|40.1(1.30) $50,001 to 75,000 ............| 85.1| 74.0| 75.8| 48.9| 25.9| 37.0| 26.3| 10.8|84.6(0.75)|74.8(0.92)|72.6(0.95)|43.8(1.05) Over $75,000 .................| 88.8| 74.5| 79.5| 57.6| 28.3| 36.6| 25.1| 9.9|88.5(0.65)|77.3(0.82)|79.3(0.81)|54.9(1.00) | | | | | | | | | | | | Child attending public | | | | | | | | | | | | schools .......................| 75.3| 70.6| 64.8| 35.4| 26.6| 35.9| 25.4| 12.1|76.8(0.43)|71.4(0.46)|63.5(0.49)|33.8(0.47) Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | | to grade 8) ................| 80.1| 79.8| 67.7| 39.3| 15.5| 35.1| 33.1| 16.2|81.7(0.47)|80.8(0.47)|66.7(0.57)|38.0(0.57) Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ...| 63.3| 47.6| 57.7| 25.6| 52.0| 37.7| 7.8| 2.5|65.7(0.89)|50.0(0.93)|56.2(0.91)|24.1(0.77) | | | | | | | | | | | | Child attending private | | | | | | | | | | | | schools .......................| 90.2| 82.3| 82.8| 66.4| 27.2| 28.7| 29.2| 14.9|91.4(0.77)|85.0(0.92)|81.7(1.03)|63.8(1.30) Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | | to grade 8) ................| 92.2| 87.8| 86.1| 70.8| 14.5| 28.5| 37.0| 19.9|93.0(0.77)|90.2(0.83)|84.1(1.13)|68.8(1.39) Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ...| 85.0| 67.4| 73.7| 54.4| 57.4| 29.0| 10.8| 2.8|85.8(2.14)|66.7(2.78)|73.3(2.50)|46.3(3.00) ________________________________|________|________|________|______|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________ |
\1\The respondent was the parent most knowledgeable about the child's education. The responding parent reported on their own and their spouse's, or other household adults' activities. NOTE: Except where noted, includes children enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. Excludes home-schooled children. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Parent Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program, (PFI/CI:1996) and (Parent:1999), unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared May 2003.)
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