The time-varying role of the family in student time use and achievement

Table 5 Correlations between family innovations by family characteristics

	Homework		Free reading		Computer use		TV watching
	Math	Read	Math	Read	Math	Read	Math	Read
Mother’s education
Less than high school	0.292	0.236	0.239	0.296	0.007	0.016	−0.130	−0.045
High school	0.276	0.226	0.192	0.304	0.109	−0.028	−0.063	−0.029
Some college	0.192	0.210	0.129	0.215	0.027	−0.014	−0.102	−0.076
College	0.212	0.213	0.145	0.243	0.024	0.011	−0.217	−0.184
Graduate school	0.096	0.051	0.200	0.286	0.153	0.018	−0.185	−0.267
Income
Subsidized lunch	0.302	0.257	0.216	0.284	−0.001	0.000	−0.073	−0.024
No subsidized lunch	0.260	0.221	0.189	0.233	0.033	−0.009	−0.162	−0.126
Mother’s ethnicity
White	0.227	0.186	0.159	0.251	0.008	−0.003	−0.176	−0.155
Black	0.237	0.244	0.215	0.297	0.019	−0.016	0.001	0.050
Hispanic	0.308	0.381	0.177	0.351	0.007	0.038	0.010	0.083
All	0.235	0.206	0.186	0.274	0.023	−0.009	−0.114	−0.070

Sources: North Carolina Education Research Data Center and North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics