Standard errors for the percentage of children in grades 3–12 with parents who were very satisfied with various aspects of the school their child attends, by selected characteristics: 1993, 1999, and 2003

Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: Standard Error Tables

Parents' Attitudes Toward Schools

Table S38-1. Standard errors for the percentage of children in grades 3–12 with parents who were very satisfied with various aspects of the school their child attends, by selected characteristics: 1993, 1999, and 2003

	Child’s school			Child’s teachers			School’s academic standards			School’s order and discipline
Characteristic	1993	1999	2003	1993	1999	2003	1993	1999	2003	1993	1999	2003

Total	0.75	0.58	0.68	0.74	0.49	0.66	0.61	0.66	0.70	0.66	0.53	0.67
Race/ethnicity
White	0.71	0.70	0.91	0.81	0.61	0.80	0.69	0.75	0.92	0.59	0.65	0.76
Black	1.46	1.46	1.95	1.54	1.42	1.87	1.55	1.41	1.89	1.63	1.21	1.80
Hispanic	1.76	1.13	1.53	1.56	1.15	1.26	1.54	1.25	1.27	2.10	1.28	1.43
Other	3.58	2.38	3.17	3.11	2.25	3.09	3.29	2.42	3.16	4.10	2.42	2.92
Poverty status
Poor	1.41	1.41	2.02	1.53	1.29	1.88	1.20	1.51	1.96	1.24	1.30	1.99
Near-poor	1.24	1.05	1.45	1.02	1.06	1.36	1.12	1.08	1.40	1.52	1.03	1.21
Nonpoor	0.72	0.79	0.91	0.72	0.72	0.82	0.69	0.80	0.88	0.75	0.70	0.88
Parents’ education
Less than high school	3.17	2.18	2.67	3.24	1.90	2.80	3.29	1.96	3.00	3.99	1.80	2.33
High school diploma or equivalent	0.97	1.12	1.60	0.95	1.10	1.51	0.90	1.22	1.35	1.05	1.08	1.27
Some college, including vocational/technical	1.09	1.03	1.11	1.19	1.02	1.03	1.14	0.98	1.33	1.12	1.13	1.07
Bachelor’s degree	1.64	1.29	1.52	1.65	1.18	1.43	1.47	1.39	1.59	1.49	1.28	1.58
Graduate/professional degree	1.20	1.31	1.69	1.31	1.25	1.63	1.22	1.39	1.60	1.42	1.19	1.57
Family structure
Two biological/adoptive parents	0.66	0.70	0.88	0.71	0.66	0.81	0.70	0.75	0.98	0.80	0.68	0.89
One biological/adoptive parent	1.34	1.10	1.47	1.54	0.80	1.26	1.33	1.31	1.33	1.94	0.90	1.42
One biological/adoptive and one step-parent	1.96	1.56	2.21	2.23	1.45	1.93	1.73	1.44	2.21	1.79	1.38	2.15
Other relatives/step- or foster parents	7.76	3.33	3.38	5.36	3.34	3.12	7.43	3.12	3.58	7.67	3.48	3.35
School type
Public assigned	0.71	0.68	0.79	0.77	0.59	0.74	0.60	0.78	0.78	0.77	0.63	0.78
Public chosen	2.62	1.03	1.72	1.78	1.02	1.62	3.01	1.33	1.75	1.65	1.21	1.81
Private	1.36	1.36	1.72	1.35	1.49	1.55	1.35	1.42	1.61	1.14	1.25	1.47
Grade level
3–5	1.04	0.89	1.22	0.99	0.80	1.15	1.20	0.99	1.17	1.18	0.75	1.11
6–8	0.83	1.08	1.16	0.75	0.96	1.23	1.02	1.04	1.16	0.94	0.89	1.13
9–12	1.49	0.84	1.05	1.68	0.87	1.05	0.99	0.94	0.97	1.52	0.81	1.09

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Safety and Discipline Survey of the 1993 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), Parent Survey of the 1999 NHES, and Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the 2003 NHES, previously unpublished tabulation (August 2005).

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