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Table 48. 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: Fall 1998

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                                  |              |       |    Number of children's books             |  Number of times each week family
                                  |              |       |        in child's home                    |     members read books to them
          Characteristic          |    Total     |Percent|___________________________________________|___________________________________________
                                  |(in thousands)|       |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                                  |              |       |Less than |  26-50   | 51-100   | 101 or   | None     |  1-2     |   3-6    |Every day
                                  |              |       |   26     |          |          |  more    |          |          |          |
__________________________________|______________|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
                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)
                                  |______________|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
   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)
                                  |              |       |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
   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)
                                  |              |       |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
   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)
__________________________________|______________|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

# Less than 0.5 percent or too few cases.

\1\Excludes children with no mother present in household.

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. (This table was prepared October 2002.)


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