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Homeschooling in the United States: Results from the 2012 and 2016

Parent and Family Involvement Survey (PFI-

NHES: 2012 and 2016)

This document reports data from the Parent and Family Involvement Survey in Education Survey (PFI) of the 2012 and 2016 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES).1 The Web Tables show data on homeschooling in the United States, including percentage homeschooled; reasons for homeschooling; providers of homeschool instruction (including virtual instruction and schools); teaching style and curriculum source; subjects taught; and homeschool activities. Estimates include responses by student, family, and parent characteristics (i.e., student's homeschool status, age, sex, race/ethnicity, homeschool grade equivalent, disability status, highest level of education, labor force status, poverty status, and household locale).

Table 1 provides the number and percentage distribution of homeschooled students, by selected student and family characteristics.

Table 2 shows the reasons parents gave as important and most important for homeschooling, by locale.

Tables 3 and 4 present providers of

Table 10 examines parents' expectations for

homeschool instruction.

students' future education and also

examines students' participation in selected

Figures 1?3 display the amount of time home learning activities, comparing students

homeschooled students are attending by homeschooled or school enrollment

public school, private school, college, or status.

are homeschooled.

Previous data and reports about

Table 5 provides the percentage of

homeschooling using the NHES are available

homeschooled students and members of at .

the student's family participating in

various homeschool activities.

DATA

Figure 4 displays the number of times households participated in local homeschool group activities from September 2015 to 2016.

The PFI collects data about students who are enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 or are homeschooled for equivalent grades and asks questions about various aspects of parent involvement in education, such as

Table 6 presents the percentage of homeschooled students by homeschool teaching style and source of curriculum and books.

help with homework, family activities, and parent involvement at school, such as attending a school or class event. For homeschooled students, the survey asks questions related to students'

Table 7 provides the percentage of homeschooled students who take online courses by provider type and percent who pay for this online instruction.

homeschooling experiences, the sources of the curriculum, and the reasons for homeschooling. The PFI was conducted in 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2012, and 2016 as part of the NHES. Sampled households are

Tables 8 and 9 show subject areas that homeschooled students had been taught as of 2016 and subjects that they were being taught during home instruction in 2016, by sex.

selected for the NHES using a two-phase, stratified sample. A screener survey is used to select an eligible sample member for the PFI, who is a child or youth age 20 or younger who is enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade in a public or private

school or who is being homeschooled for the

equivalent grades.

This report was prepared for the National Center for Education Statistics under Contract No. ED-IES-12-D-0002/0006 with the American Institutes for Research. Mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. These Web Tables were authored by Jiashan Cui and Rachel Hanson of the American Institutes for Research. The NCES Project Officer is Sarah Grady. For questions about content or to view this report online, go to .

The NHES:2016 and NHES:2012 data collection used an address-based sample to select households. Sampled households were contacted through mail with a request to complete the survey by mail with paper questionnaires. In the NHES:2016, a subsample of 35,000 addresses was selected for a web experiment; web experiment addresses were mailed a request to complete the survey online. In both 2012 and 2016, survey contact materials were available in English and Spanish. In 2012, data collection took place between January and August of 2012. In 2016, data collection took place between January and September of 2016.

In 2012, approximately 159,994 sampled households were selected to participate in the NHES, and 99,426 completed the screener survey. Of the households who completed the screener survey, 22,123 were sampled for the PFI. The total number of completed PFI surveys was 17,563.

In 2016, approximately 206,000 sampled households were selected to participate in the NHES, and 115,342 completed the screener survey. Of the households who completed the screener survey, 18,723 were sampled for the PFI. The total number of completed PFI surveys was 14,075.

Based upon screener responses to questions about children's enrollment, households received either a PFIEnrolled questionnaire for a sampled child attending a school or a PFIHomeschooled questionnaire for a sampled child being homeschooled for some or all subject areas. Among all PFI respondents, 17,216 households completed the PFI-Enrolled questionnaire, and 347 households completed the PFI-Homeschooled questionnaire in 2012. In 2016, NHES oversampled homeschooled children; and 13,523 households completed the PFI-Enrolled questionnaire while 552 completed the PFI-Homeschooled questionnaire.

In 2012 and 2016, there were households who indicated on the screener questionnaire that the sampled child was enrolled in school and

completed the PFI-Enrolled questionnaire but indicated on the PFIEnrolled questionnaire that the student was homeschooled. Because these respondents were completing the PFIEnrolled questionnaire, they were not asked the detailed questions about the students' homeschooling experience and activities that are on the PFIHomeschooled questionnaire. These students, therefore, are included in the homeschool estimates in tables 1 and 10, but are not included in the remaining tables in this report that focus on items that appeared only on the PFIHomeschooled questionnaire. These students also appear in the 2016 homeschool estimates in table 2 but not the 2012 homeschool estimates in table 2, because the 2012 PFI-Enrolled questionnaire did not ask which grades students were homeschooled and reasons for homeschooling.

Homeschool students in this report are defined as school-age children (ages 517) who receive instruction at home instead of at a public or private school either all or most of the time. The tables and figures exclude students who were enrolled in public or private school more than 25 hours per week and students who were homeschooled only because of temporary illness.

The survey data file used to produce the PFI estimates, as well as the PFI questionnaires, are available for download at sp. The final data files are available in multiple software formats and contain variables collected in the PFI.

The statistical programs used to calculate the population estimates, percentages, and standard errors for the Web Tables and Figures were programmed in STATA 14.2. Nationally representative estimates were computed using WEIGHT variable FPWT. The specific procedure used for computing sampling errors was a jackknife replication method (JACKWGHTS variables FPWT1-FPWT80).

For more information about PFI 2012 and PFI 2016 methodology, see the following reports:

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? National Household Education Surveys Program of 2012: Data File User's Manual pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2015030

? National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016: Data File User's Manual pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2018100

Response rates

Because the PFI survey was mailed to households after they responded to the screener questionnaire, the unit response rate for the PFI reflects both the household screener response rate (73.5 percent in 2012 and 66.4 percent in 2016) and the PFI response rate (78.4 percent in 2012 and 74.3 percent in 2016). The overall weighted PFI unit response rate (calculated by multiplying the household screener response rate by the PFI response rate) was 57.6 percent in 2012 and 49.3 percent in 2016.

Furthermore, as in most surveys, some individuals did not give a response to every item. However, individual item response rates for the 2012 and 2016 PFI were high--the unweighted item response rates for all respondents on almost all items included in this report exceeded 85 percent.2

NCES requires that any stage of data collection within a survey that has a baseweighted response rate of less than 85 percent be evaluated for nonresponse bias before the data or any analyses are released. For the 2012 and 2016 NHES, additional analysis was conducted to look for evidence of bias. The unit nonresponse bias analysis takes into account nonresponse on both the screener survey and the PFI. Results of all analyses suggest that there are a small number of demographic characteristics that are underrepresented in the NHES survey but are ameliorated with nonresponse weighting adjustments. Chapter 10 of both 2012 and 2016 data file user's manual contains a detailed description of the nonresponse bias analysis (National Household Education Surveys Program of 2012: Data File User's Manual (McPhee et al., 2015) and National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016: Data

File User's Manual (McPhee et al., 2018)).

For more information, contact Sarah Grady Project Officer National Center for Education Statistics 550 12th Street SW Room 4010 Washington, DC 20202 (202) 245-7063 Sarah.Grady@

For readers with disabilities, a Section 508-compliant version of these Web Tables is available at pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2020001.

REFERENCES

Geverdt, D. (2015). Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates Program (EDGE): Locale Boundaries User's Manual (NCES 2016-012). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2019, from cs/NCES_LOCALE_USERSMANUAL_2016 012.pdf

McPhee, C., Bielick, S., Masterton, M., Flores, L., Parmer, R., Amchin, S., Stern, S., and McGowan, H. (2015). National Household Education Surveys Program of 2012: Data File User's Manual (NCES 2015-030). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC

McPhee, C., Jackson, M., Bielick, S., Masterton, M., Battle, D., McQuiggan, M., Payri, M., Cox, C., and Medway, R. (2018). National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016: Data File User's Manual (NCES 2018-100). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.

The variables used in these Web Tables are listed below. See the NHES:2016 PFI Public-use Codebook at and the NHES:2016 Data File Users' Manual at ; and the NHES:2012 PFI Public-use Codebook at and the NHES:2012 Data File User's Manual at to view detailed information on question wording for variables coming directly from the PFI questionnaire, how variables were constructed, and their sources.

Label 2012 and 2016 Variables Age of child as of Dec 31, 2015 Homeschooled for some classes or subjects Child is homeschooled part or full time Child's sex Detailed race and ethnicity of child Child's enrollment and grade equivalent Child currently has disability Parent/guardian highest education Total people in household Total income Parents or guardians in household including same sex parents/partners Survey path How much homeschooling Work status of child's parent or guardian Work status of child's parent 2 or guardian 2 Zip code classification by community type Why homeschool - religious instruction Why homeschool - moral instruction Why homeschool - peer pressure Why homeschool - dissatisfied with instruction Why homeschool - nontraditional education Why homeschool - special needs Why homeschool - health problem Why homeschool - temporary illness Why homeschool - other Why homeschool - Most important reason Person providing homeschool instruction Homeschool instruction by tutor Homeschool instruction by homeschool group Homeschool instruction at public or private school or university Homeschool type of school - Public Homeschool type of school - Private Homeschool type of school - College Hours spent in public or private school Days a week homeschooled

Name

AGE20151 HOMESCHLX HMSCHLX2 CSEX RACEETH2 ALLGRADEX DISABLTYX PARGRADEX HHTOTALX TTLHHINC HHPARN16_BRD QTYPE HMSCHARR PAR1EMPL PAR2EMPL ZIPLOCL HSRELGON HSMORAL HSSAFETYX HSDISSATX HSALTX HSSPCLNDX HSDISABLX HSILLX HSOTHERX HSMOSTX HSWHOX HSTUTOR HSCOOP HSCOLL HSPUBLIC HSPRIVATE HSCOLLEGE HSSCHR HSDAYS

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Redford, J., Battle, D., and Bielick, S. (2017). Homeschooling in the United States: 2012 (NCES 2016-096.REV). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.

ENDNOTES

1 The PFI data and questionnaire are available for download through the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) National Household Education Surveys Program website, located at . asp 2 In the NHES:2016 data used in this report, 10 variables had an unweighted response rate between 80 and 85 percent: how much homeschooling (HMSCHARR); why homeschooled health problem (HSDISABLX); why homeschooled - temporary illness (HSILLX); why homeschooled - special needs (HSSPCLNDX); why homeschooled - nontraditional education (HSALTX); homeschool grade equivalent K-12 (GRADEEQ); homeschool curriculum source - educational publisher (HSCEDPUBX); homeschool curriculum source - homeschooling organization (HSCORGX); homeschool curriculum source - church (HSCCHURX); homeschool curriculum source - public school (HSCPUBLX). Another three variables had item response rates between 77 and 79 percent: why homeschooled - other (HSOTHERX); Why homeschool - Most important reason (HSMOSTX); and homeschool curriculum source - private school (HSCPRIVX). Please see the Data File Use Manual located at . pdf. In the NHES:2012 data used in this report, four variables had an unweighted response rate between 80 and 85 percent: Homeschool type of school Public (HSPUBLIC); Homeschool type of school - Private (HSPRIVATE); Homeschool type of school - College (HSCOLLEGE); Hours spent in public or private school (HSSCHR). Please see the Data File Use Manual located at NHES_2012_UsersManual.pdf

VARIABLES USED--Continued

Hours a week homeschooled Participated in activities while homeschooled Participate in homeschool group Member of homeschool organization Family member courses taken for homeschool Participate in homeschool group - times Homeschool teaching style Homeschool curriculum source - library Homeschool curriculum source - homeschool catalog Homeschool curriculum source - educational publisher Homeschool curriculum source - homeschooling organization Homeschool curriculum source - church Homeschool curriculum source - public school Homeschool curriculum source - private school Homeschool curriculum source - bookstore Homeschool curriculum source - websites Homeschool curriculum source - virtual school or curriculum Homeschool curriculum source - other source Internet homeschool instruction Homeschool instruction provided by - local public school Homeschool instruction provided by - state Homeschool instruction provided by - charter school Homeschool instruction provided by - another public school Homeschool instruction provided by - private school Homeschool instruction provided by - college Homeschool instruction provided by - someplace else Fee charged for homeschool instruction Homeschool subject areas taught - Arithmetic Homeschool subject areas taught - Algebra Homeschool subject areas taught - Algebra II Homeschool subject areas taught - Geometry Homeschool subject areas taught - Calculus Homeschool subject areas taught - Probability Homeschool subject areas taught - Scientific inquiry Homeschool subject areas taught - Earth science Homeschool subject areas taught - Biology Homeschool subject areas taught - Chemistry Homeschool subject areas taught - Computer science Homeschool subject areas taught - Reading Homeschool subject areas taught - Spelling Homeschool subject areas taught - English Homeschool subject areas taught - Art Homeschool subject areas taught - Music Homeschool subject areas taught - Social studies Homeschool subject areas taught - Geography

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HSHOURS HSKACTIV HSASSNX HSNATL HSCOURS HSFREQX HSSTYL HSCLIBRX HSCHSPUBX HSCEDPUBX HSCORGX HSCCHURX HSCPUBLX HSCPRIVX HSCRELX HSCNETX HSCVTLCR HSCOTH HSINTNET HSINTPUB HSINTST HSINTCH HSINTAPB HSINTPRI HSINTCOL HSINTOH HSFEE HSARITH HSALG1 HSALG2 HSGEOM HSCALC HSPROB HSSCIEN HSGEOL HSBIOL HSCHEM HSCOMSCI HSREAD HSSPELL HSENGL HSART HSMUSIC HSHIST HSGEOG

VARIABLES USED--Continued

Homeschool subject areas taught - Foreign language Homeschool subject areas taught - Physical education Homeschool subject areas taught - Health Subject areas taught now - Arithmetic Subject areas taught now - Algebra Subject areas taught now - Algebra II Subject areas taught now - Geometry Subject areas taught now - Calculus Subject areas taught now - Probability Subject areas taught now - Scientific inquiry Subject areas taught now - Earth science Subject areas taught now - Biology Subject areas taught now - Chemistry Subject areas taught now - Computer science Subject areas taught now - Reading Subject areas taught now - Spelling Subject areas taught now - English Subject areas taught now - Art Subject areas taught now - Music Subject areas taught now - Social studies Subject areas taught now - Geography Subject areas taught now - Foreign language Subject areas taught now - Physical education Subject areas taught now - Health Expectations for child's future education Expectations for child's homeschool education In the past week, times child has been told a story In the past week, time spent on arts and crafts In the past week, played board games In the past week, worked on a project In the past week, time spent playing sports In the past week, discussed time management In the past week, discussed ethnic heritage Visited a library in the past month Visited a bookstore in the past month Gone to a play in the past month Visited an art gallery in the past month Visited a zoo in the past month Attended a religious event in the past month Attended a sporting event in the past month 2012 variables that differ from 2016 Age of child as of Dec 31, 2011 Family type including same-sex parents/partners 1 Age has a different variable name in 2012 2 Not available in 2012.

HSFOLANG HSPHYED HSHEALTH HSNARITH HSNALG1 HSNALG2 HSNGEOM HSNCALC HSNPROB HSNSCIEN HSNGEOL HSNBIOL HSNCHEM HSNCOMSCI HSNREAD HSNSPELL HSNENGL HSNART HSNMUSIC HSNHIST HSNGEOG HSNFOLANG HSNPHYED HSNHEALTH SEFUTUREX HSFUTUREX FOSTORY2X FOCRAFTS FOGAMES FOBUILDX FOSPORT FORESPON FOHISTX FOLIBRAYX FOBOOKSTX FOCONCRTX FOMUSEUMX FOZOOX FOGROUPX FOSPRTEVX

AGE2011 FAMILY12X

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Table 1. Number and percentage distribution of homeschooled students ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through grade 12, by selected student and family characteristics: 2012 and 2016

2012

2016

Selected student and family characteristics

Number of students

homeschooled (in thousands)

Percent of students

homeschooled

Number of students

homeschooled (in thousands)

Percent of students

homeschooled

Total

1,773

100

1,690

100

Homeschool status Full-time Part-time

--

--

--

--

1,232

73

457

27

Student's sex Male Female

875

49

898

51

807

48

882

52

Student's race/ethnicity White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic Other, non-Hispanic1

1,205

68

140

8

265

15

73 !

4

90

5

998

59

132

8

444

26

48

3

67

4

Student's grade equivalent Kindergarten?2nd grade 3rd?5th grade 6th?8th grade 9th?12th grade

418

24

415

23

424

24

516

29

389

23

379

22

398

24

525

31

Parent reported disability status Has a disability Does not have a disability

341

19

1,432

81

355

21

1,335

79

Highest education level of parents/guardians Less than high school High school diploma or equivalent2 Vocational/technical or some college Bachelor's or higher degree Graduate or professional school

204

12

356

20

525

30

434

24

255

14

248

15

263

16

418

25

501

30

260

15

Poverty status3 Poor Nonpoor

355

20

1,418

80

362

21

1,327

79

Locale of student's household4

City

493

28

493

29

Suburban

601

34

651

39

Town Rural

127

7

552

31

177

10

368

22

-- Not available.

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. 1 "Other, non-Hispanic" includes American Indian/Alaska Native children who are not Hispanic and children who are two or more races who are not Hispanic. 2 Such as a GED. 3 Students are considered "Poor" if living in households with incomes below the poverty threshold. And a household is "Nonpoor" if its income exceeds the poverty threshold. The poverty threshold is a dollar amount determined by the federal government to meet the household's needs, given its size and composition. Income is collected in categories in the survey, rather than as an exact amount, and therefore the poverty measures used in this report are approximations of poverty. For additional information about poverty status, see . Detailed information on status calculation used in this report can be found in the Glossary. 4 Locale of student's household classifies the residential Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) into a set of four major locale categories: city, suburban, town, rural. NOTE: Homeschooled students are school-age children who receive instruction at home instead of at a public or private school either all or most of the time. Excludes students who were enrolled in public or private school more than 25 hours per week and students who were homeschooled only because of temporary illness. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. The National Center for Education Statistics uses a statistical adjustment for estimates of homeschoolers in 2012. For more information about this adjustment, please see Homeschooling in the United States: 2012 (NCES 2016-096.REV, 2017).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES), 2012 and 2016.

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Table S1.

Standard errors for table 1: Number and percentage distribution of homeschooled students ages 5

through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through grade 12, by selected student and family

characteristics: 2012 and 2016

2012

2016

Selected student and family characteristics Total

Number of students

homeschooled (in thousands)

115.7

Percent of students

homeschooled

Number of students

homeschooled (in thousands)

118.4

Percent of students

homeschooled

Homeschool status Full-time Part-time

--

--

100.9

2.6

--

--

52.2

2.6

Student's sex Male Female

73.7

2.9

80.2

2.9

79.2

2.9

74.8

2.9

Student's race/ethnicity White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic Other, non-Hispanic

95.7

3.0

37.1

2.0

41.1

2.2

21.9

1.2

17.6

1.0

92.6

3.3

27.6

1.6

62.2

3.3

13.2

0.8

14.2

0.8

Student's grade equivalent Kindergarten?2nd grade 3rd?5th grade 6th?8th grade 9th?12th grade

62.2

2.9

56.5

2.7

49.0

2.7

53.6

2.5

49.6

2.6

54.4

2.6

49.1

2.4

55.9

2.6

Parent reported disability status Has a disability Does not have a disability

36.6

1.9

41.2

2.1

104.2

1.9

102.8

2.1

Highest education level of parents/guardians

Less than high school

50.9

2.6

High school diploma or equivalent

59.0

2.7

Vocational/technical or some college

45.6

2.3

Bachelor's or higher degree

51.4

2.6

Graduate or professional school

27.3

1.6

57.7

3.2

38.8

2.2

49.2

2.7

64.0

2.9

30.7

1.6

Poverty status Poor Nonpoor

53.8

2.6

53.7

2.7

98.0

2.6

100.0

2.7

Locale of student's household

City

59.5

2.9

56.0

2.7

Suburban

66.8

3.0

76.2

3.4

Town Rural

30.8

1.7

68.2

3.3

30.0

1.7

45.1

2.2

-- Not available.

Not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES), 2012 and 2016.

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Table 2. Percentage of homeschooled students ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through grade 12, by reasons parents gave as important and most important for homeschooling and locale: 2012 and 2016

Reason for homeschooling

Locale1 and importance

Desire to provide religious Desire to provide

instruction moral instruction

Concern about environment of other schools2

Dissatisfaction with academic

instruction at other schools

Desire to provide a nontraditional approach to

child's education

Child has other special needs

Child has a physical or mental health

problem

Child has a temporary

illness

Other reasons3

Total Important4 Most important

City Important4 Most important

Suburban Important4 Most important

Town/Rural Important4 Most important

2012

64

77

91

74

17

5

25

19

44

16

15

5

5

52

59

85

57

12

10

32

12

46

12

23

7

59

70

91

78

13

26

23

50

23

17

9

71

88

94

79

21

4

22

19

39

15

11

3

6

37

3

21

9

37

19

32

14

3

40

26

Total Important4 Most important

City Important4 Most important

Suburban Important4 Most important

Town/Rural Important4 Most important

2016

51

67

80

61

16

5

34

17

39

20

14

6

6

6

37

56

71

53

15

2

34

11

39

20

18

6

10

5

54

69

85

61

17

6

32

20

40

21

12

5

5

5

62

74

84

66

15

6

36

19

38

18

13

6

3

7

4

22

11

6

31

16

4

21

10

1

14

9

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. 1 Locale of student's household classifies the residential Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) into a set of four major locale categories: city, suburban, town, rural. To ensure sufficient sample sizes for the analysis, the town and rural categories have been combined. 2 Based on the response to the question, "You are concerned about the school environment, such as safety, drugs, or negative peer pressure?" 3 Parents homeschool their children for many reasons that are often unique to their family situation. "Other reasons" parents gave for homeschooling include family time, finances, travel, and a more flexible schedule. 4 Parents could designate more than one reason as important.

NOTE: Homeschooled students are school-age children who receive instruction at home instead of at a public or private school either all or most of the time. Excludes students who were enrolled in public or private school more than 25 hours per week and students who were homeschooled only because of temporary illness.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFINHES), 2012 and 2016.

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