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Exhibit 4.4
Overall Social Support
Secondary
Secondary
Secondary
School
School
School
Students
Parents
Teachers
Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .855 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010
%
%
%
Social Support Index:
0-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
2-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
5-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
5-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
9-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.4
Which Students Have the Most Support?
What aspects of students' lives are associated with a wider base of support? When it
comes to advice about classes, non-minority students are more likely than minority
students to report that they could turn to three or four groups of people (among fam-
ily, friends, educators and others) (52% vs. 42%). In addition, students with a high
quality of life (who have friends, get along well with parents, are happy at school, feel
safe, and are not bored, sad or get into a lot of trouble) are more likely than those with
a low quality of life to report that they could turn to more people (63% vs. 39%).
However, family income is not associated with the range of support that students have
in this situation (Exhibit 4.5).
Exhibit 4.5
Education Support Index
Base: All students
Family Income
Race/Ethnicity
Quality of Life
Hard
Just
time
enough
buying
or no
Can buy
Non-
Total
things
problem
anything
minority
Minority
High
Medium
Low
Base . . . . . . .3961
203 . . .3070 . . .681
2992 . . .493
885 . . .1829 . .1247
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
0-1 . . . . . . . . .21
22 . . . .21 . . . .21
18 . . . .25
11 . . . .20 . . . .30
2 . . . . . . . . . .30
36 . . . .29 . . . .32
30 . . . .32
26 . . . .30 . . . .31
3-4 . . . . . . . . .49
42 . . . .50 . . . .47
52 . . . .42
63 . . . .50 . . . .39
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