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(10 KB)| Table 26. | Percent of elementary school children whose parents are involved in education-related activities, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1996 and 1999 |
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|Percent of children\1\ in 1996 whose| Percent of children\1\ in 1999 whose parents report that they |Percent of children in 1999 whose
Characteristics |parents report that they did the | did the following things in the past month — |parents involved them in the following
of children, parents, |following things in the past month —| |activities during the past month\1\—
and schools | | |
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|Visited|Went to | Visited |Visited |Visited |Went to |Visited |Visited |Talked |Attended | |Worked |Worked
| a |a play, | an art | a zoo | a |a play, |an art |a zoo |about |an event | Told |on arts | on
|library|concert,| gallery | or |library |concert, |gallery | or |family |sponsored | a | or |house-
| |or other|museum, or| aqua- | |or other |museum, or|aqua- |history |by a |story |crafts | hold
| | live |historical| rium | |live |historical|rium |or ethnic |community, | | |chores
| | show | site | | |show |site | |heritage |religious, | | |
| | | | | | | | | |or ethnic | | |
| | | | | | | | | |group | | |
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Total ...................| 48.7 | 32.5 | 21.2 | 15.7 |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 ..................| 48.5 | 30.3 | 20.6 | 15.3 |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 ................| 49.0 | 34.7 | 21.8 | 16.0 |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 ...| 51.7 | 32.2 | 21.0 | 13.3 |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 ...| 43.9 | 38.1 | 22.2 | 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 ..............| 38.9 | 26.6 | 19.6 | 19.3 |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 ....| 52.3 | 33.2 | 24.3 | 18.3 |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 .| 30.1 | 25.6 | 16.7 | 18.9 |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 ..| 40.0 | 27.9 | 15.0 | 14.4 |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 ....| 49.7 | 33.3 | 20.4 | 15.4 |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 ......| 60.1 | 35.8 | 27.3 | 16.3 |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 .| 65.3 | 41.6 | 32.5 | 16.3 |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 ......| 40.4 | 38.1 | 19.8 | 19.2 |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 .....| 37.2 | 27.3 | 16.1 | 17.0 |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 .....| 37.3 | 29.6 | 16.8 | 15.6 |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 .....| 41.1 | 25.7 | 13.9 | 16.8 |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 .....| 42.3 | 30.8 | 20.9 | 14.9 |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 .....| 43.3 | 27.1 | 17.7 | 16.0 |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 .....| 50.5 | 30.0 | 21.3 | 15.9 |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 .....| 56.4 | 32.6 | 17.3 | 13.2 |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 .....| 55.1 | 32.7 | 21.1 | 13.2 |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 .....| 55.5 | 33.3 | 25.1 | 13.4 |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 ..........| 59.6 | 42.6 | 31.4 | 19.0 |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\2\ .............| 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\2\ .............| 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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\1\Includes children enrolled in nursery school through grade 5.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, 1996 and 1999, unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 2001.)
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