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 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | 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.) |