Standard errors for the percentage of children about 9 months of age who engaged in selected activities with a family member daily in a typical week, by child and family characteristics: 2001

Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: Standard Error Tables

Early Development of Children

Table S35-1. Standard errors for the percentage of children about 9 months of age who engaged in selected activities with a family member daily in a typical week, by child and family characteristics: 2001–02

Child and family characteristic	Read stories	Told stories	Sung to	Taken on errands	Played peek-a-boo	Played outside

Total	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8
Age
Less than 10 months	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.0
11–13 months	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6
14–22 months	2.7	3.1	2.5	2.6	2.6	3.1
Sex
Male	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1
Female	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.3	0.9	1.0
Race/ethnicity
American Indian	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.0	2.5	3.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.8	1.8	1.5	2.2	1.6	2.3
Black	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.8	1.8
White	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.2
Hispanic	1.5	1.3	1.1	1.6	1.2	1.5
Birth weigh
Normal	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.9
Low	1.6	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.7
Very low	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.7	1.5	1.7
Poverty status
Poor	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.5
Nonpoor	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.9
Mother’s education
Less than high school	1.3	1.2	1.6	1.7	1.2	1.4
High school diploma or equivalent	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.8
Some college	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.5
Bachelor’s degree or higher	1.8	1.5	1.0	1.8	1.3	1.7
Family type
Two parents, with other siblings	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1
Two parents, without other siblings	1.3	1.4	1.1	1.4	1.0	1.2
One parent, with other siblings	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.1	1.9	2.2
One parent, without other siblings	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.9	2.3
Primary language spoken in the home
English	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.8	1.0
Other than English	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.7
Mother’s employment
35 hours or more	1.8	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.2
Less than 35 hours	2.4	1.5	1.3	1.7	1.4	1.8
Unemployed	2.8	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.1	2.8
Not in labor force	1.5	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1
Number of family risk factors
Zero	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.0	1.2
One	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.2
Two or more	1.4	1.4	1.7	1.8	1.5	1.7

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS–B), Restricted-Use File (NCES 2004–093), previously unpublished tabulation (January 2005).

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