This February 2006 report finds that in 2003—the most recent year for which data are available—more than 1 million U.S. school-age children were homeschooled, a 29 percent increase from 1999. Similarly to previous years, 31 percent of homeschooling parents say concerns about school environment, safety, or peer pressure led them to homeschool, and 30 percent cited religious or moral reasons. This report, from the National Center for Education Statistics, offers the latest on homeschooling demographics and curriculum trends.