Table 2.
Predictors of parent hours helping children with schoolwork
| Probability that parent has positive hours | Number of parent hours | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coeff. | s.e. | Coeff. | s.e. | |
| Household and respondent characteristics | ||||
| Household type (married couple omitted) | ||||
| Single female | −0.006 | 0.007 | −0.701b | 0.348 |
| Single male | −0.030a | 0.008 | −0.999 | 0.626 |
| Number of children <18 | 0.017a | 0.002 | 1.251a | 0.099 |
| R age | −0.003a | 0.000 | −0.097a | 0.011 |
| R is working female | −0.039a | 0.004 | −1.489a | 0.178 |
| Respondent education (<HS degree omitted) | ||||
| HS degree or GED | 0.011 | 0.015 | 1.071b | 0.448 |
| Some college or AA degree | 0.034a | 0.012 | 1.830a | 0.465 |
| 4-year college | 0.057a | 0.012 | 2.243a | 0.427 |
| R race/ethnicity (white non-Hispanic omitted) | ||||
| Black non-Hispanic | 0.061a | 0.011 | 1.747a | 0.322 |
| Hispanic | 0.018a | 0.007 | −0.130 | 0.362 |
| Asian | −0.001 | 0.008 | −0.644c | 0.340 |
| Other | 0.028b | 0.014 | 1.021a | 0.393 |
| Covid-19 Shocks | ||||
| Lost employment income | 0.003 | 0.007 | 0.714a | 0.208 |
| Food insufficiency | 0.038a | 0.005 | 1.982a | 0.199 |
| Rent or mortgage late last month | 0.011 | 0.008 | 0.167 | 0.277 |
| Not at work due to Covid-19 illness | −0.055a | 0.020 | 0.600 | 1.343 |
| R-reported school delivery mode(s), live teacher hours, and adequacy of HH technology access (canceled entirely is omitted) | ||||
| Online only with: | ||||
| No teacher hours, some tech access problems | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.349 | 0.429 |
| No teacher hours, no tech access problems | −0.051a | 0.013 | −1.869a | 0.368 |
| Live teacher hours, some tech access problems | 0.344a | 0.013 | 8.678a | 0.546 |
| Live teacher hours, no tech access problems | 0.316a | 0.013 | 8.294a | 0.446 |
| Online & paper and other modes with: | ||||
| No teacher hours, some tech access problems | 0.025 | 0.017 | 0.555 | 0.592 |
| No teacher hours, no tech access problems | 0.043a | 0.016 | 1.083a | 0.397 |
| Live teacher hours, some tech access problems | 0.321a | 0.014 | 7.265a | 0.566 |
| Live teacher hours, no tech access problems | 0.351a | 0.013 | 8.716a | 0.375 |
| State and week fixed effects | Yes | Yes | ||
| Adjusted R2 or pseudo-R2 | 0.279 | 0.038 | ||
| Number of observations | 199,014 | 199,014 | ||
All regressions are run using sample weights. Standard errors are clustered at the state level.
aStatistically significant at 1% level
bStatistically significant at 5% level
cStatistically significant at 10% level