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|Percent of children in 1996 whose | Percent of children in 1999 whose parents report that they |Percent of children\1\ in 1999 whose
|parents report that they did the | did the following things in the past month ... | parents report that they involved
|following things in the past month ... | | them in the following activities
| | | during the past week ..
Characteristics |_______________________________________|______________________________________________________________________________|______________________________________
of children, parents, |Visited | Went to | Visited |Visited | Visited | Went to | Visited | Visited | Talked | Attended an | | Worked | Worked
and schools | a | a play, | an art | a zoo | a | a play, | an art | a zoo | about |event spon- | Told | on arts | on
|library |concert, | gallery | or | library | concert, | gallery | or | family | sored by a | a | or | house-
| |or other |museum, or | aqua- | | or other |museum, or | aquarium | history | community, | story | crafts | hold
| | live |historical | rium | | live |historical | | or ethnic | religious, | | | chores
| | show | site | | | show | site | | heritage | or ethnic | | |
| | | | | | | | | | group | | |
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Total ......................| 49.4 | 32.3 | 20.8 | 15.0 | 48.6 (0.7)| 32.1 (0.6)| 22.2 (0.6)| 14.1 (0.4)| 54.9 (0.7)| 52.8 (0.7)| 69.4 (0.6)| 67.9 (0.6)| 93.7 (0.3)
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Sex of child | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male .....................| 49.0 | 30.6 | 19.9 | 14.3 | 47.2 (0.9)| 30.5 (0.9)| 22.3 (0.8)| 13.9 (0.6)| 53.3 (0.9)| 50.8 (0.9)| 69.0 (0.9)| 64.2 (0.9)| 92.9 (0.5)
Female ...................| 49.9 | 34.1 | 21.7 | 15.7 | 50.1 (1.0)| 33.7 (0.9)| 22.2 (0.8)| 14.3 (0.6)| 56.6 (1.0)| 54.9 (1.0)| 69.7 (0.9)| 71.9 (0.9)| 94.6 (0.5)
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Race/ethnicity of child | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ......| 52.1 | 32.1 | 20.5 | 12.3 | 48.9 (0.9)| 33.9 (0.8)| 22.3 (0.7)| 12.0 (0.5)| 52.7 (0.9)| 54.6 (0.9)| 70.9 (0.8)| 72.4 (0.8)| 96.1 (0.4)
Black, non-Hispanic ......| 45.3 | 38.0 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 47.8 (1.8)| 31.2 (1.6)| 20.9 (1.4)| 15.8 (1.2)| 60.1 (1.9)| 52.9 (1.9)| 64.9 (1.8)| 58.6 (1.8)| 93.9 (0.8)
Hispanic .................| 40.1 | 26.0 | 19.9 | 19.0 | 43.9 (1.5)| 24.3 (1.2)| 20.7 (1.2)| 19.6 (1.1)| 53.5 (1.5)| 45.7 (1.5)| 66.5 (1.4)| 59.3 (1.5)| 84.5 (1.1)
Other non-Hispanic .......| 53.5 | 32.3 | 24.2 | 17.4 | 61.4 (2.9)| 34.8 (2.9)| 29.8 (2.9)| 18.1 (2.0)| 70.4 (2.7)| 51.6 (3.0)| 73.8 (2.7)| 69.0 (2.6)| 91.8 (1.6)
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Highest education level | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of parents | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school ....| 31.3 | 25.8 | 16.5 | 19.3 | 34.3 (2.3)| 17.4 (1.7)| 12.1 (1.5)| 15.1 (1.6)| 44.9 (2.5)| 36.6 (2.3)| 61.6 (2.4)| 54.1 (2.5)| 81.4 (1.8)
High school graduate .....| 41.1 | 28.0 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 40.3 (1.4)| 25.9 (1.2)| 16.0 (1.0)| 12.9 (0.8)| 47.6 (1.4)| 42.6 (1.4)| 66.5 (1.3)| 64.3 (1.3)| 92.8 (0.7)
Some postsecondary .......| 50.9 | 32.9 | 19.7 | 14.1 | 48.2 (1.2)| 31.8 (1.1)| 20.9 (0.9)| 12.6 (0.7)| 57.4 (1.2)| 53.6 (1.2)| 70.1 (1.1)| 69.4 (1.1)| 95.8 (0.5)
College graduate .........| 61.7 | 36.3 | 27.0 | 15.2 | 57.4 (1.5)| 40.3 (1.5)| 29.0 (1.4)| 15.1 (1.0)| 60.2 (1.5)| 64.5 (1.4)| 74.1 (1.3)| 73.8 (1.3)| 96.0 (0.6)
Graduate/professional ....| 65.7 | 41.8 | 33.1 | 15.4 | 62.4 (1.6)| 42.4 (1.6)| 34.2 (1.6)| 17.5 (1.3)| 62.8 (1.6)| 65.3 (1.6)| 72.0 (1.5)| 72.7 (1.5)| 95.4 (0.7)
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Family income | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $5,000 .........| 41.8 | 37.5 | 18.9 | 18.4 | 42.7 (4.3)| 24.9 (3.1)| 16.5 (2.7)| 16.6 (2.6)| 54.5 (4.1)| 37.3 (3.9)| 67.5 (4.1)| 55.9 (4.2)| 90.9 (2.0)
$5,001 to $10,000 ........| 36.4 | 27.2 | 15.3 | 16.9 | 43.8 (2.9)| 21.0 (2.3)| 17.7 (2.1)| 14.5 (1.9)| 49.8 (2.9)| 38.8 (2.8)| 69.5 (2.7)| 58.4 (2.9)| 89.9 (1.7)
$10,001 to 15,000 ........| 37.7 | 29.4 | 18.5 | 16.2 | 44.8 (2.7)| 24.5 (2.2)| 18.2 (2.1)| 15.3 (2.0)| 54.7 (2.7)| 45.5 (2.7)| 66.7 (2.5)| 61.2 (2.6)| 91.9 (1.4)
$15,001 to 20,000 ........| 42.6 | 25.0 | 12.4 | 15.6 | 43.1 (2.7)| 25.8 (2.3)| 13.3 (1.6)| 13.8 (1.7)| 49.2 (2.7)| 47.2 (2.7)| 62.4 (2.6)| 64.1 (2.5)| 91.4 (1.4)
$20,001 to 25,000 ........| 43.7 | 31.3 | 20.7 | 15.2 | 38.6 (2.3)| 26.1 (2.1)| 18.6 (1.8)| 14.6 (1.5)| 53.0 (2.5)| 47.4 (2.5)| 67.6 (2.4)| 63.4 (2.3)| 89.8 (1.4)
$25,001 to 30,000 ........| 44.1 | 25.4 | 17.8 | 15.5 | 45.3 (2.4)| 30.4 (2.3)| 20.7 (2.0)| 14.4 (1.6)| 53.3 (2.4)| 50.1 (2.4)| 70.6 (2.2)| 68.7 (2.2)| 94.6 (0.9)
$30,001 to 35,000 ........| 51.0 | 29.9 | 20.7 | 14.5 | 49.3 (2.5)| 31.1 (2.3)| 21.6 (2.1)| 11.9 (1.5)| 54.7 (2.5)| 53.8 (2.4)| 69.3 (2.2)| 66.2 (2.3)| 93.1 (1.5)
$35,001 to 40,000 ........| 57.1 | 33.7 | 18.3 | 13.0 | 52.0 (2.4)| 34.5 (2.2)| 23.5 (2.0)| 13.1 (1.4)| 57.0 (2.4)| 59.2 (2.3)| 72.5 (2.1)| 71.4 (2.1)| 96.2 (0.8)
$40,001 to 50,000 ........| 55.7 | 32.5 | 19.8 | 12.0 | 52.1 (2.0)| 32.5 (1.8)| 22.5 (1.6)| 13.1 (1.3)| 55.8 (1.9)| 58.4 (1.9)| 68.9 (1.8)| 72.2 (1.7)| 95.6 (0.7)
$50,001 to 75,000 ........| 56.9 | 33.9 | 25.1 | 12.0 | 51.5 (1.5)| 34.6 (1.5)| 23.1 (1.3)| 12.2 (0.9)| 53.8 (1.5)| 57.5 (1.5)| 70.9 (1.4)| 72.5 (1.4)| 96.2 (0.6)
Over $75,000 .............| 60.5 | 42.1 | 31.2 | 17.7 | 55.5 (1.5)| 44.4 (1.5)| 31.7 (1.4)| 15.8 (1.0)| 60.8 (1.5)| 62.0 (1.4)| 71.4 (1.4)| 74.4 (1.3)| 95.4 (0.7)
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Child attending public | | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools ...................| 48.3 | 31.7 | 19.9 | 14.7 | 47.5 (0.7)| 30.4 (0.7)| 21.0 (0.6)| 13.7 (0.5)| 54.4 (0.7)| 51.1 (0.7)| 68.7 (0.7)| 67.4 (0.7)| 93.6 (0.4)
Child attending private | | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools ...................| 58.2 | 37.2 | 27.8 | 16.9 | 56.6 (1.8)| 44.2 (1.8)| 31.2 (1.6)| 17.0 (1.3)| 58.5 (1.7)| 64.9 (1.7)| 73.9 (1.6)| 71.6 (1.5)| 94.6 (0.8)
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