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| Table 23. | Percentage of elementary and secondary school children whose parents were involved in school activities, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1999, 2003, and 2007 |
| Percent of children whose parents report the following types of involvement in school activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Child, parent, and school characteristic | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attended a general school meeting | Attended parent-teacher conference | Attended a class event | Volunteered at school | Attended a general school meeting | Attended parent-teacher conference | Attended a class event | Volunteered at school | Attended a general school meeting | Attended parent-teacher conference | Attended a class event | Volunteered at school | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 78.3 | (0.49) | 72.8 | (0.45) | 65.4 | (0.44) | 36.8 | (0.40) | 87.7 | (0.37) | 77.1 | (0.42) | 69.9 | (0.42) | 41.8 | (0.60) | 89.4 | (0.48) | 78.1 | (0.52) | 74.5 | (0.57) | 46.4 | (0.63) |
| Sex of child | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 78.0 | (0.62) | 74.0 | (0.60) | 63.4 | (0.62) | 36.7 | (0.65) | 87.4 | (0.49) | 77.7 | (0.63) | 67.4 | (0.75) | 41.2 | (0.87) | 89.3 | (0.70) | 79.2 | (0.65) | 71.5 | (0.90) | 44.8 | (0.95) |
| Female | 78.6 | (0.69) | 71.5 | (0.56) | 67.4 | (0.59) | 37.0 | (0.61) | 87.9 | (0.55) | 76.5 | (0.63) | 72.6 | (0.63) | 42.4 | (0.83) | 89.6 | (0.59) | 76.8 | (0.94) | 77.7 | (0.82) | 48.1 | (1.01) |
| Race/ethnicity of child | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 80.5 | (0.54) | 73.6 | (0.48) | 71.6 | (0.53) | 42.7 | (0.51) | 88.7 | (0.51) | 76.4 | (0.62) | 74.1 | (0.65) | 48.4 | (0.82) | 90.9 | (0.52) | 77.8 | (0.64) | 80.1 | (0.68) | 54.2 | (0.85) |
| Black | 74.5 | (1.12) | 71.1 | (1.23) | 53.8 | (1.29) | 26.2 | (1.21) | 88.7 | (0.85) | 78.7 | (1.35) | 63.3 | (1.54) | 32.0 | (1.65) | 86.7 | (1.77) | 77.3 | (1.98) | 64.7 | (2.31) | 35.0 | (1.89) |
| Hispanic | 73.1 | (1.18) | 71.0 | (1.05) | 51.5 | (1.02) | 24.5 | (0.90) | 82.6 | (1.05) | 78.1 | (1.10) | 60.9 | (1.36) | 27.7 | (1.23) | 86.7 | (1.14) | 80.2 | (1.05) | 65.0 | (1.46) | 31.8 | (1.34) |
| Asian1 | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 91.0 | (2.06) | 79.9 | (2.87) | 71.4 | (2.89) | 45.8 | (3.78) |
| Pacific Islander1 | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native1 | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 94.2 | (2.96) | 79.7 | (7.16) | 80.8 | (9.63) | 58.4 | (12.64) |
| Other2 | 76.7 | (2.00) | 73.2 | (1.94) | 62.4 | (2.01) | 30.7 | (1.94) | 87.5 | (1.63) | 77.6 | (2.25) | 68.5 | (2.32) | 37.2 | (2.16) | 89.2 | (1.76) | 73.6 | (3.48) | 75.7 | (2.83) | 44.8 | (3.13) |
| Highest education level of parents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 57.4 | (1.77) | 60.0 | (1.78) | 37.8 | (1.68) | 12.9 | (1.05) | 69.8 | (2.04) | 67.8 | (2.50) | 42.4 | (2.42) | 15.6 | (2.04) | 75.2 | (2.37) | 69.7 | (2.65) | 48.1 | (3.06) | 19.5 | (3.37) |
| High school/GED | 72.7 | (1.00) | 69.7 | (0.87) | 58.7 | (0.93) | 26.0 | (0.88) | 83.8 | (0.91) | 75.4 | (0.93) | 62.1 | (1.28) | 30.3 | (1.27) | 84.5 | (1.15) | 74.3 | (1.16) | 65.1 | (1.52) | 33.0 | (1.56) |
| Vocational/technical or some college | 78.0 | (1.04) | 72.8 | (0.97) | 66.0 | (1.05) | 35.7 | (1.07) | 88.5 | (0.67) | 78.0 | (1.02) | 69.1 | (0.93) | 38.8 | (1.26) | 87.5 | (1.56) | 75.7 | (1.48) | 69.3 | (1.60) | 40.2 | (1.66) |
| Associate's degree | 81.7 | (1.14) | 75.8 | (1.39) | 68.7 | (1.57) | 41.5 | (1.53) | 88.6 | (1.27) | 76.6 | (1.68) | 73.0 | (1.76) | 39.7 | (1.67) | 91.9 | (1.18) | 80.2 | (1.75) | 76.9 | (2.14) | 45.3 | (2.32) |
| Bachelor's degree | 87.0 | (0.73) | 79.6 | (0.84) | 75.8 | (0.93) | 49.6 | (1.10) | 92.0 | (0.75) | 79.8 | (0.89) | 80.1 | (0.95) | 53.9 | (1.29) | 93.6 | (0.75) | 81.4 | (1.00) | 83.2 | (0.95) | 57.1 | (1.44) |
| Graduate/professional degree | 89.4 | (0.70) | 76.2 | (1.09) | 79.2 | (0.98) | 55.1 | (1.21) | 94.6 | (0.74) | 79.4 | (0.99) | 80.8 | (1.09) | 61.8 | (1.57) | 95.6 | (0.64) | 82.3 | (1.13) | 87.3 | (0.95) | 64.1 | (1.33) |
| Family income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $5,000 or less | 67.0 | (2.83) | 66.7 | (3.14) | 47.4 | (2.87) | 17.6 | (2.09) | 77.7 | (2.84) | 72.4 | (4.15) | 55.6 | (3.91) | 27.3 | (4.09) | 76.3 | (4.85) | 66.1 | (5.32) | 44.7 | (6.01) | 27.8 | (5.24) |
| $5,001 to 10,000 | 66.8 | (2.13) | 67.6 | (2.25) | 50.7 | (2.23) | 23.3 | (1.91) | 79.3 | (3.26) | 75.7 | (3.28) | 59.9 | (3.60) | 30.4 | (3.35) | 80.0 | (3.45) | 76.0 | (3.81) | 56.2 | (4.56) | 26.3 | (4.53) |
| $10,001 to 15,000 | 67.1 | (1.64) | 70.0 | (1.62) | 49.9 | (2.15) | 20.4 | (1.40) | 80.0 | (2.41) | 75.6 | (2.35) | 53.4 | (2.99) | 22.5 | (2.44) | 76.7 | (4.46) | 73.0 | (4.57) | 56.8 | (4.12) | 28.8 | (3.69) |
| $15,001 to 20,000 | 71.1 | (1.76) | 70.4 | (1.52) | 55.1 | (1.89) | 25.3 | (1.70) | 81.1 | (2.60) | 74.2 | (2.23) | 57.5 | (2.28) | 25.6 | (2.84) | 81.9 | (3.07) | 83.0 | (2.54) | 58.9 | (4.17) | 17.4 | (2.12) |
| $20,001 to 25,000 | 70.6 | (1.90) | 67.0 | (1.62) | 53.4 | (1.76) | 26.2 | (1.63) | 83.5 | (1.64) | 79.1 | (1.89) | 62.4 | (1.99) | 27.0 | (2.39) | 84.8 | (2.26) | 78.9 | (2.38) | 64.7 | (2.96) | 29.9 | (3.18) |
| $25,001 to 30,000 | 74.3 | (1.35) | 71.6 | (1.31) | 59.1 | (1.71) | 30.9 | (1.69) | 85.7 | (1.46) | 75.9 | (2.41) | 64.2 | (2.23) | 33.8 | (2.86) | 85.5 | (3.09) | 76.6 | (3.20) | 63.4 | (3.20) | 35.9 | (3.53) |
| $30,001 to 35,000 | 79.0 | (1.60) | 73.8 | (1.72) | 67.6 | (1.69) | 37.9 | (1.84) | 84.5 | (1.59) | 76.3 | (1.94) | 64.7 | (2.32) | 33.5 | (2.51) | 85.6 | (2.75) | 72.4 | (3.23) | 67.6 | (2.59) | 31.5 | (2.80) |
| $35,001 to 40,000 | 79.4 | (1.38) | 73.7 | (1.38) | 68.4 | (1.64) | 36.1 | (1.84) | 83.4 | (2.50) | 74.7 | (2.10) | 70.9 | (2.41) | 37.3 | (3.50) | 88.0 | (1.65) | 74.9 | (2.85) | 69.9 | (2.57) | 32.8 | (2.52) |
| $40,001 to 50,000 | 81.6 | (1.07) | 75.1 | (1.13) | 72.8 | (1.25) | 40.1 | (1.26) | 87.5 | (1.18) | 79.3 | (1.42) | 68.5 | (2.11) | 40.0 | (1.89) | 88.8 | (1.57) | 79.4 | (2.05) | 74.3 | (2.09) | 40.8 | (2.36) |
| $50,001 to 75,000 | 84.6 | (0.78) | 74.8 | (0.91) | 72.6 | (0.90) | 43.8 | (1.05) | 89.9 | (0.79) | 76.9 | (0.96) | 74.5 | (1.04) | 46.0 | (1.27) | 92.0 | (0.73) | 78.6 | (0.96) | 79.0 | (1.15) | 51.7 | (1.18) |
| Over $75,000 | 88.5 | (0.68) | 77.3 | (0.74) | 79.3 | (0.80) | 54.9 | (1.02) | 93.9 | (0.57) | 78.6 | (0.89) | 79.3 | (0.73) | 56.8 | (1.01) | 95.0 | (0.40) | 79.9 | (0.87) | 85.4 | (0.66) | 62.0 | (1.10) |
| Child attending public school | 76.8 | (0.54) | 71.4 | (0.50) | 63.5 | (0.48) | 33.8 | (0.41) | 86.7 | (0.40) | 75.9 | (0.45) | 68.0 | (0.47) | 38.5 | (0.64) | 88.5 | (0.53) | 76.9 | (0.59) | 72.6 | (0.66) | 42.7 | (0.69) |
| Elementary (kindergarten to grade 8) | 81.7 | (0.57) | 80.9 | (0.45) | 66.9 | (0.55) | 38.1 | (0.48) | 90.9 | (0.40) | 85.1 | (0.42) | 71.7 | (0.57) | 42.8 | (0.74) | 91.7 | (0.59) | 85.1 | (0.69) | 76.1 | (0.79) | 48.5 | (1.00) |
| Secondary (grades 9 to 12) | 65.8 | (0.99) | 50.1 | (1.10) | 55.9 | (0.97) | 24.0 | (0.77) | 76.9 | (1.06) | 54.8 | (1.02) | 59.4 | (1.06) | 28.5 | (0.98) | 82.0 | (1.12) | 59.9 | (1.14) | 65.5 | (1.20) | 30.6 | (1.05) |
| Child attending private school | 91.4 | (0.80) | 85.0 | (0.95) | 81.7 | (1.09) | 63.8 | (1.35) | 95.7 | (0.61) | 86.6 | (1.03) | 85.6 | (1.23) | 68.7 | (1.57) | 96.3 | (1.08) | 86.5 | (1.84) | 88.1 | (1.27) | 74.1 | (1.75) |
| Elementary (kindergarten to grade 8) | 93.0 | (0.73) | 90.2 | (0.81) | 84.2 | (1.11) | 68.8 | (1.37) | 96.6 | (0.69) | 91.6 | (0.92) | 88.4 | (1.22) | 73.4 | (1.90) | 96.8 | (1.46) | 92.5 | (1.61) | 89.2 | (1.65) | 80.3 | (1.87) |
| Secondary (grades 9 to 12) | 85.9 | (2.09) | 66.9 | (2.74) | 73.0 | (2.62) | 46.3 | (3.23) | 93.0 | (1.56) | 72.2 | (2.54) | 77.6 | (2.93) | 55.2 | (2.78) | 95.2 | (1.11) | 71.2 | (4.05) | 85.2 | (2.21) | 58.6 | (3.50) |
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— Not available. † Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Included in "Other" in 1999 and 2003 data. 2 Includes all other races or more than one race. NOTE: Includes children enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 and ungraded students. Excludes homeschooled children. The respondent was the parent most knowledgeable about the child's education. Responding parents reported on their own and their spouse's, or other household adults', activities. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education: 2002–03; and Parent Survey (Parent:1999) and Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey (PFI:2003 and 2007) of the National Household Education Surveys Program, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2008.) |