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. 2021 Jan 18;19(1):63–90. doi: 10.1007/s11150-020-09540-9

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