Table 1. Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics for respondents who self-reported being parents of kindergarteners and school-aged children (N = 510).
| Unweighted n (%) |
Weighteda % |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| 18–24 | 44 (8.63) | 9.55 |
| 25–34 | 196 (38.43) | 34.85 |
| 35–44 | 171 (33.53) | 36.54 |
| 45–54 | 71 (13.92) | 13.88 |
| 55+ | 28 (5.49) | 5.18 |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 268 (52.76) | 52.06 |
| Male | 240 (47.24) | 47.94 |
| Race | ||
| White | 215 (42.16) | 58.31 |
| African American | 126 (24.71) | 11.40 |
| Latino | 134 (26.27) | 19.37 |
| Other# | 35 (6.86) | 10.91 |
| Education | ||
| High School or less | 87 (17.09) | 16.28 |
| Associate degree | 70 (13.75) | 12.20 |
| Some college but no degree | 85 (16.70) | 16.99 |
| Bachelors | 154 (30.26) | 30.49 |
| Graduate | 113 (22.2) | 24.04 |
| Income | ||
| <$20,000 | 58 (11.39) | 9.47 |
| $20,000 to $39,999 | 78 (15.32) | 14.09 |
| $40,000 to $69,999 | 124 (24.36) | 22.91 |
| $70,000 to $99,999 | 111 (21.81) | 23.94 |
| ≥$100,000 | 138 (27.11) | 29.59 |
| School level of child | ||
| Daycare | 58 (11.37) | 10.08 |
| Elementary & Middle | 246 (48.24) | 51.33 |
| High School | 111 (21.76) | 21.37 |
| More than one school type | 95 (18.63) | 17.23 |
| School type of child | ||
| Public | 342 (68.13) | 73.58 |
| Private or religious | 160 (31.87) | 26.4 |
aWeighted data for race by Census region
#Includes American Indians, Asians and other racial/ethnic groups. Noted all the categories may not add up to 510 because some respondents refused to answer the question.