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DATA, METHODS, AND STRUCTURE OF THE BRIEF 2
STUDY QUESTIONS 5
1. What types of school activities do second-grade students' parents participate in, and how does this participation vary by the level of parent-school involvement? 6
2. What are the barriers to parent-school involvement in second grade, and how do the types of barriers vary by level of parent-school involvement? 8
3. Among second-grade students whose parents report low levels of parent-school involvement, how do the specific barriers vary by child, family, and school characteristics? 9
METHODOLOGY AND TECHNICAL NOTES 14
REFERENCES 19
APPENDIX A: DATA TABLES WITH STANDARD ERRORS 20
Figure 1. Percentage distribution of second-graders, by parents' reported level of school involvement: School year 2012-13 3
Figure 2. Percentage of second-graders whose parents reported participating in school activities, by parents' reported level of involvement and school activity: School year 2012-13 7
Figure 3. Percentage of second-graders, by parents' reported level of involvement and reported barriers to participation: School year 2012-13 8
Figure 4. Percentage of second-graders whose parents reported low involvement and reported an inability to get time off from work as a barrier, by family type and labor force status: School year 2012-13 9
Figure 5. Percentage of second-graders whose parents reported low involvement and reported inconvenient meeting times as a barrier, by child's race/ethnicity: School year 2012-13 10
Figure 6. Percentage of second-graders whose parents reported low involvement and reported no child care as a barrier, by poverty status: School year 2012-13 11
Figure 7. Percentage of second-graders whose parents reported low involvement and reported not hearing about anything of interest to get involved in at school as a barrier, by primary home language: School year 2012-13 12
Figure 8. Percentage of second-graders whose parents reported low involvement and reported not hearing about anything of interest to get involved in at school as a barrier, by poverty status: School year 2012-13 12
Table A-1. Percentage distribution of children who were in kindergarten in the 2010-11 school year, by parents' reported level of school involvement: School year 2012-13 20
Table A-2. Percentage distribution of children who were in kindergarten in the 2010-11 school year, by parents' reported level of school involvement and parent involvement in specific school activities: School year 2012-13 20
Table A-3. Percentage distribution of children who were in kindergarten in the 2010-11 school year, by parents' reported level of school involvement and types of barriers to participating in school activities as reported by parents:... 21
Table A-4. Percentage of children who were in kindergarten in the 2010-11 school year whose parents reported low school parent involvement, by type of barrier reported and child, family, and school characteristics:... 22