Home-based Education in the United States: Demographics, Motivations and Educational Implications.

Mayberry, Maralee

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Publication Date: 1989

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Home-based Education in the United States: Demographics, Motivations and Educational Implications.

Mayberry, Maralee

Educational Review, v41 n2 p171-80 1989

In the United States parents in the typical home-schooling family are well educated, live in small towns or rural areas, and are in professional or skilled occupations. They are motivated by religion, quality of socialization, quality of education, or an alternative life-style. (JOW)

Descriptors: Educational Quality, Home Schooling, Nontraditional Education, Parent Student Relationship, Religious Factors, Rural Areas, Social Influences

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue 21--Parents and Education: A Wider Agenda of Possibilities.