• Over 74% of home-educated adults ages 18–24 have taken college-level courses, compared to 46% of the general United States population.
• 49% of the respondents in this study were still full-time students and many of these had not yet received their degrees, possibly resulting in lower numbers of earned degrees actually reported by homeschoolers.
• 95% of the homeschool graduates surveyed are glad that they were homeschooled.
• Eighty-two percent would homeschool their own children.

(Ventura, CA) - A survey from the Barna Research Group explores what teens say they received from their church when they were younger.

• An additional 6% said they attended an average of once a month.
• One out of every seven young people (15%) said they learned important lifestyle principles, generally in relation to obedience to God’s laws or moral direction for their life.
• 87 percent said they felt they had developed meaningful friendships at church.

The single outcome that was much less commonly cited was “understanding enough of the Bible so that every decision you make is based on biblical principles.” Only half of the churched young people – 53% – said this was a result of their church experience.

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• The findings indicated that most but not all gossip was focused on people known to the participant.
  • "a friend of mine" (33% of the 172 stories)
  • "someone I know" (30%)
  • "a close friend of mine" (22%)
• 15% of the gossip pertained to people not personally known to the hearer
• 55% of the gossip was related by the participant to others