Contemporary Homeschooling Arrangements: An Analysis of Three Waves of Nationally Representative Data
Cheng A, Hamlin D · 2022
grade Dlongitudinalindependentunreplicated
Sample
1,468 US home-schooling families pooled across three waves of the National Household Education Survey
Population
Nationally representative US home-schooling households
Design
Descriptive prevalence analysis. No outcomes; the value is in defining what the exposure actually is.
Key findings
"Homeschooling" is not a delivery mode, it is a label over several. Most home-schooling families supplement home education with cooperative instructors and private tutors, online education, and part-time brick-and-mortar schooling. Families using NONE of these supports are a declining minority, and are more likely to be White, less educated and living in the South. Families whose children attend brick-and-mortar school part-time are less likely to be White and more likely to be urban.
Genetic confound
Not applicable; descriptive.
Replication notes
Pools three independent survey waves, which is the closest this fact has to internal replication.
Effects
| Outcome | Metric | Value | Measure | Timing | Vs | Horizon | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home-schooling families using co-ops, tutors, online provision or part-time school | prevalence | the majority; the fully-unsupported arrangement is a declining minority | self-report | pooled 2012/2016/2019 NHES waves | none | not-applicable | unclear |
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