• 70.8% of SSC/ACX readers went to free government schools, 12.1% went to secular private-sector schools, 11.3% went to religious private-sector schools, 3.1% were home schooled, and 0.4% were unschooled.
• Home schoolers had the highest satisfaction with their schooling (7.04) and SAT scores (verbal: 756, math: 722).
• Life satisfaction was highest among home schoolers (6.72) and religious schoolers (6.65). Social satisfaction was highest among private schoolers (6.00).
• Home schoolers were more likely to be single (44%) than public schoolers (39%).
• Controlling for religion, home schoolers had lower life satisfaction (6.33) and were more likely to be single (48.6%) than public schoolers (40.4%).
• Home schoolers were not more likely to have changed their gender (3.2%) or have used psychedelics 5+ times (7.6%) than public schoolers (2.4% and 12.4%, respectively).
• Unschooling had the lowest life, social, and romantic satisfaction, and were most likely to be single.
Published January 18, 2023
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