This statistic presents the most common reasons for parents in the United States to acquire digital learning materials for home usage. During the 2016 survey, 53 percent of responding parents did so in order to develop the skills they wanted to improve in their child.
Which are the top reasons you acquire or want to acquire digital learning materials for your home?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
To develop the skills I want to improve in my child
53%
To engage my child
45%
To have materials that are fun/entertaining for my child
43%
My child expresses an interest in using digital learning materials
39%
I want to help connect my child's at home activities to what's being done at school*
31%
To provide a way for my child to work with other students even if they are not all in the same place*
PreK-12 classroom teachers in public or private schools; parents of children under age of 18, who, if they have school-aged children do not home-school their child; children in kindergarten through grade 12
Method of interview
Online panel
Supplementary notes
*Only asked among parents of school-aged kids. The source does not provide an exact date of survey.
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Deloitte. (October 4, 2016). Which are the top reasons you acquire or want to acquire digital learning materials for your home? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/658552/us-home-digital-learning-materials-acquisition-reasons/
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