| Table 49. | Percentage distribution of first-time kindergartners by number of children's books in the home and number of times each week family members read books to them, by selected characteristics: Fall 1998 |
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| |Percen-|Percentage distribution of first-time | Percentage distribution of first-
|Total | tage | kindergartners, by number of | time kindergartners, by number
|(in |distri-| children's books in child's home | of times each week family
Characteristic |thou- |bution |________________________________________| members read books to child
|sands)| of | | | | |___________________________________
| | total |Less than | 26-50 | 51-100 | 101 or | | | | Every
| | | 6 | | more | None | 1-2 | 3-6 | day
______________________________|______|_______|__________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
______________________________|______|_______|__________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________
Total.........................| 3,678| 100.0| 26 (1.0)|28 (0.5)|29 (0.6)|17 (0.6)| 1 (0.1)|19 (0.6)|35 (0.5)|45 (0.6)
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Sex | | | | | | | | | |
Male........................| 1,868| 50.8| 27 (1.1)|28 (0.6)|28 (0.6)|16 (0.7)| 1 (0.2)|21 (0.8)|35 (0.6)|43 (0.8)
Female......................| 1,811| 49.2| 25 (1.0)|28 (0.6)|29 (0.8)|17 (0.7)| 1 (0.1)|17 (0.6)|35 (0.6)|47 (0.7)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic.........| 2,118| 57.6| 9 (0.4)|28 (0.6)|38 (0.6)|25 (0.8)| 1 (0.1)|13 (0.5)|37 (0.5)|49 (0.7)
Black, non-Hispanic.........| 570| 15.5| 50 (1.8)|31 (1.2)|15 (1.0)| 4 (0.4)| 2 (0.4)|31 (1.2)|33 (1.3)|35 (1.2)
Asian.......................| 108| 2.9| 46 (2.7)|26 (1.6)|20 (1.9)| 8 (1.2)| 1 (0.3)|23 (1.9)|29 (1.8)|47 (2.4)
Hispanic....................| 704| 19.1| 52 (1.5)|27 (0.9)|16 (0.8)| 6 (0.5)| 3 (0.3)|27 (1.0)|31 (0.9)|39 (0.9)
Hawaii Native/ | | | | | | | | | |
Pacific Islander...........| 21| 0.6| 34 (3.1)|41 (3.8)|16 (2.3)| 9 (3.1)|# (#) |19 (2.5)|35 (3.0)|45 (2.9)
American Indian/ | | | | | | | | | |
Alaska Native..............| 64| 1.7| 51 (7.8)|22 (2.4)|16 (3.0)|11 (3.3)| 3 (0.6)|33 (3.0)|25 (2.7)|40 (2.1)
Other.......................| 88| 2.4| 20 (2.4)|36 (3.0)|28 (2.4)|16 (1.7)|# (#) |15 (1.8)|42 (2.9)|43 (2.7)
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Mother's highest level of | | | | | | | | | |
of education\1\ | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school.......| 519| 14.1| 62 (1.7)|24 (1.2)|10 (0.8)| 4 (0.5)| 4 (0.5)|34 (1.1)|27 (1.1)|36 (1.1)
High school or equivalent...| 1,116| 30.3| 31 (1.4)|32 (0.9)|26 (0.9)|11 (0.5)| 1 (0.2)|24 (0.9)|36 (0.8)|39 (0.7)
Some college, including | | | | | | | | | |
vocational.................| 1,153| 31.3| 17 (0.9)|31 (0.7)|33 (0.8)|19 (0.8)|# (0.1)|15 (0.7)|40 (0.8)|45 (0.8)
Bachelor's degree or higher.| 798| 21.7| 7 (0.6)|22 (1.0)|40 (0.9)|31 (1.0)|# (0.1)| 7 (0.6)|34 (0.9)|59 (1.0)
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| # Rounds to zero. 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, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), fall 1998, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared October 2002.)
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