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Download this table in PDF format (22 kb PDF file). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table 145.Percentage of 3- to 5-year-olds not yet enrolled in kindergarten, who have participated in home literacy activities with a family member, by selected child and family characteristics: 1993 and 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Children, in | Percent participating 3 or more times in the past week | | thousands |_______________________________________________________________________| Visited a Child and family |_____________| | | Taught letters, | Did arts and | library\1\ characteristics | | | Read to | Told a story |words, or numbers| crafts | | 1993 | 1999 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________ | | |1993 |1999 |1993 |1999 |1993 |1999 |1993 |1999 |1993 |1999 _________________________________|______|______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 |11 |12 |13 _________________________________|______|______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ Total .........................|8,579 |8,549 |78 (0.6)|81 (0.7)|43 (0.9)|50 (1.1)|58 (0.8)|64 (0.9)|34 (0.8)|39 (0.9)|38 (1.0)|36 (0.9) |______|______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ Age | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 years old ...................|3,889 |3,827 |79 (1.0)|81 (1.2)|46 (1.3)|52 (1.6)|57 (1.3)|65 (1.3)|34 (1.3)|41 (1.8)|34 (1.3)|33 (1.3) 4 years old ...................|3,713 |3,722 |78 (1.0)|81 (1.2)|41 (1.5)|49 (1.7)|58 (1.1)|63 (1.5)|33 (1.1)|38 (1.3)|41 (1.5)|39 (1.4) 5 years old ...................| 976 |1,001 |76 (2.1)|79 (2.5)|36 (2.7)|44 (3.1)|58 (2.8)|64 (2.9)|33 (2.3)|35 (2.6)|38 (2.7)|41 (2.9) | | | | | | | | | | | | Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | Male .........................|4,453 |4,363 |77 (1.0)|80 (1.1)|43 (1.2)|49 (1.4)|58 (1.0)|64 (1.4)|31 (1.0)|38 (1.3)|38 (1.5)|35 (1.2) Female ........................|4,126 |4,187 |79 (1.0)|82 (1.2)|43 (1.2)|50 (1.5)|58 (1.3)|65 (1.3)|36 (1.2)|40 (1.3)|38 (1.1)|38 (1.3) | | | | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic ...........|5,902 |5,296 |85 (0.7)|89 (0.7)|44 (1.0)|53 (1.2)|58 (0.9)|65 (1.1)|36 (1.0)|44 (1.1)|42 (1.3)|39 (1.0) Black, non-Hispanic ...........|1,271 |1,258 |66 (2.3)|71 (2.7)|39 (2.7)|45 (2.7)|63 (2.7)|68 (2.6)|28 (2.4)|28 (2.8)|29 (2.6)|35 (2.9) Hispanic ......................|1,026 |1,421 |58 (2.4)|61 (2.1)|38 (2.2)|40 (2.3)|54 (1.9)|55 (2.2)|25 (2.1)|32 (2.0)|26 (1.6)|25 (1.8) Other .........................| 381 | 574 |73 (3.8)|81 (3.7)|50 (5.3)|53 (4.1)|59 (3.9)|69 (4.5)|32 (3.2)|35 (3.4)|43 (4.5)|43 (3.7) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mother's highest education\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than high school .........|1,036 | 952 |60 (2.7)|61 (3.3)|37 (3.2)|36 (3.0)|56 (2.7)|60 (3.3)|25 (2.2)|29 (3.1)|22 (2.7)|18 (2.3) High school diploma | | | | | | | | | | | | or equivalent ...............|3,268 |2,556 |76 (1.3)|76 (1.9)|41 (1.3)|48 (2.1)|56 (1.3)|63 (1.7)|30 (1.2)|38 (1.8)|31 (1.8)|30 (1.8) Vocational/technical | | | | | | | | | | | | or some college .............|2,624 |2,586 |83 (1.4)|85 (1.2)|45 (1.7)|52 (1.5)|60 (1.5)|67 (1.4)|38 (1.6)|40 (1.7)|44 (2.0)|40 (1.8) College degree ................| 912 |1,455 |90 (1.6)|91 (1.4)|48 (2.4)|55 (2.5)|56 (2.2)|65 (2.2)|37 (2.3)|43 (1.9)|55 (2.2)|50 (2.3) Graduate/professional | | | | | | | | | | | | training or degree ..........| 569 | 734 |90 (2.1)|93 (1.8)|50 (3.1)|54 (3.2)|60 (2.7)|62 (3.3)|42 (3.0)|47 (3.4)|59 (3.4)|48 (2.9) | | | | | | | | | | | | Mother's employment status\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | Employed ......................|4,486 |5,058 |79 (1.0)|81 (1.0)|44 (1.0)|50 (1.5)|57 (1.2)|65 (1.2)|33 (1.1)|37 (1.2)|39 (1.2)|36 (1.0) Unemployed ....................| 594 | 452 |71 (3.4)|70 (3.7)|43 (2.9)|47 (4.4)|66 (3.6)|63 (4.1)|34 (3.9)|39 (4.5)|37 (3.7)|29 (3.8) Not in labor force ............|3,328 |2,773 |79 (1.3)|84 (1.3)|43 (1.4)|50 (1.5)|58 (1.5)|64 (1.9)|34 (1.4)|43 (1.5)|37 (1.4)|40 (1.6) | | | | | | | | | | | | Family composition of household | | | | | | | | | | | | Two parents ...................|6,226 |5,997 |81 (0.7)|85 (0.7)|44 (0.9)|52 (1.3)|57 (0.9)|64 (1.0)|35 (0.9)|41 (1.1)|41 (1.2)|40 (1.0) None or one parent ............|2,353 |2,553 |71 (1.7)|72 (1.8)|41 (2.0)|44 (2.1)|59 (2.1)|65 (1.8)|30 (1.9)|34 (1.7)|30 (1.7)|29 (1.8) | | | | | | | | | | | | Poverty status | | | | | | | | | | | | Above poverty threshold .......|6,323 |6,575 |82 (0.7)|85 (0.6)|44 (0.9)|52 (1.0)|57 (0.8)|66 (1.0)|36 (0.9)|41 (1.0)|41 (1.2)|40 (1.0) At or below poverty threshold .|2,256 |1,975 |68 (1.6)|69 (2.4)|39 (1.8)|42 (2.8)|59 (2.0)|58 (2.4)|27 (1.9)|34 (2.5)|28 (2.0)|24 (2.0) _________________________________|______|______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ \1\Refers to visiting a library at least once in the past month. \2\Excludes children who did not have a mother (birth, adoptive, step, or foster) residing in their household and also did not have a female respondent on the telephone. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, Home Literacy Activities and Signs of Children's Emerging Literacy, 1993 and 1999. (This table was prepared November 2000.) [Chapter 2. Elementary and Secondary Education][Link to Chapter 1] [Chapter 2][Link to Chapter 3][Link to Chapter 4][Link to Chapter 5] [Link to Chapter 6][Link to Chapter 7] [Link to Table of Contents][Link to List of Figures] [Link to List of Tables][Link to Tabular Presentation Guide] [Link to Sources Guide][Link to Definitions] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [NCES Footer] National Center for Education Statistics Office of Educational Research & Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education (map) 1990 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA, Phone: (202) 502-7300