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And thinking about your oldest (only) child, do they
attend public or private school? Or is your child
homeschooled?
Attends public school
89.8%
Attends private school
8.1%
Is homeschooled
1.9%
DON’T KNOW
0.2%
REFUSED
0%
There are many ways in which post-high school
education is paid for. Thinking about your child’s
education, in what ways do you plan to pay for
education after high school? (Select all that apply)
You or your child’s personal
56.6%
savings
Federal student loans
60.6%
Private student loans
77.8%
Athletic scholarship
75%
If you had to rate the quality of education that your
Academic scholarship
49.7%
oldest (only) child is receiving, would you say it is…
Excellent
38.2%
Other family member’s
80.3%
Good
43%
contributions
Fair
15.5%
Other:
81.4%
Poor
2.5%
Others mentioned: 529 plan; A state 529 plan; All of the
DON’T KNOW
0.9%
above; Anywhere I can get the money; Cash;
REFUSED
0%
Combination of loans and savings; Competition
Scholarships; Competition Scholarships; Federal study;
Thinking about your child’s personal safety at school. Do Going into military; Grants; Have a IRA for their college;
you think your child is very safe at school, somewhat
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safe, not too safe, or not at all safe?
program; Military; Military- GI Bill; Mixture of
Very safe
57.6%
scholarships; Out of pocket or military; Pay for credits
Somewhat safe
41.8%
for college; Savings and scholarships; Scholarship and
Not too safe
0.5%
out of pocket; Using home equity loan or something like
Not at all safe
0%
that; VA is paying; and working for university to get
DON’T KNOW
0%
tuition benefit
REFUSED
0%
We know that today’s lives are really busy and parents
do not have a lot of time to help their children with
their school work or with other educational activities.
Thinking about the past month, how often, if at all, have
you helped your child(ren) with school work or other
educational activities? Would you say that you have
done this five or more times a week, between 3 and 4
times a week, once or twice a week, less than once a
week, or have you not done this at all?
Five or more time a week
30.7%
Three or four times a week
35.1%
Once or twice a week
20.1%
Less than once a week
4.8%
Never
9.4%
DON’T KNOW
0%
REFUSED
0%
Moving on to your oldest (only) child’s education plans,
if any, post-high school. Do you plan on your child
pursuing additional education after high school?
Yes
94%
No
6%
DON’T KNOW
0%
REFUSED
0%