Because the children in NCDS were born in 1958, the team undertook a second study of over 2000 children in secondary schools in 2005 to see if things had changed. (file.scirp.org)
«Parents of children attending primary school believe that their children have the least ability to pay attention to learning, compared to parents of secondary school children,» the report says, adding»... 70 per cent of parents with children in primary school agree that they have to remind their child to study, in contrast to 54 per cent of parents with children in secondary school.» (teachermagazine.com.au)
Out of all parents surveyed, nearly four in 10 (38 per cent) state they do not want to donate to their school fund, with parents over 45 (45 per cent) and those with children in secondary school (40 per cent) or further education (45 per cent) the least willing to contribute in this way. (educationbusinessuk.net)