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                              |             Distribution of children, by parental reports of
       Characteristics        |                average grades in all subjects
  of children, parents, and   |_________________________________________________________________________
           schools            |            1996            ||                1999
                              |____________________________||___________________________________________
                              |Mostly|Mostly |Mostly|Mostly||   Mostly |   Mostly |  Mostly  |Mostly
                              | A's  |  B's  | C's  |D's or||     A's  |   B's    |   C's    |D's or
                              |      |       |      | F's  ||          |          |          | F's
                              |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
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              1               |  2   |   3   |  4   |  5   ||     6    |    7     |     8    |     9
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Total ........................| 39.5 |  37.7 | 18.5 |  4.2 ||40.3 (0.5)|37.7 (0.5)|17.8 (0.4)| 4.3 (0.2)
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Sex of child                  |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
  Male .......................| 32.5 |  38.3 | 23.5 |  5.7 ||33.7 (0.7)|38.3 (0.7)|21.9 (0.6)| 6.2 (0.4)
  Female .....................| 46.9 |  37.2 | 13.2 |  2.7 ||47.0 (0.8)|37.1 (0.8)|13.5 (0.5)| 2.4 (0.2)
                              |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
Race/ethnicity of child       |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
  White, non-Hispanic ........| 43.7 |  36.1 | 16.5 |  3.7 ||44.6 (0.7)|36.1 (0.7)|15.8 (0.5)| 3.4 (0.3)
  Black, non-Hispanic ........| 27.0 |  41.0 | 26.2 |  5.8 ||27.5 (1.2)|40.3 (1.4)|26.4 (1.2)| 5.8 (0.7)
  Hispanic ...................| 31.9 |  43.6 | 19.6 |  4.9 ||33.3 (1.2)|42.7 (1.3)|17.4 (1.0)| 6.5 (0.7)
  Other non-Hispanic .........| 44.7 |  33.7 | 17.1 |  4.5 ||45.8 (2.4)|35.8 (2.4)|14.2 (2.0)| 4.2 (1.2)
                              |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
Highest education level       |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
  of parents                  |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
  Less than high school ......| 29.0 |  39.0 | 23.9 |  8.1 ||26.3 (1.6)|40.8 (1.8)|22.3 (1.6)|10.5 (1.3)
  High school graduate .......| 30.5 |  40.5 | 23.1 |  5.9 ||31.6 (1.0)|39.5 (1.1)|23.3 (0.9)| 5.6 (0.5)
  Some postsecondary .........| 36.9 |  40.1 | 19.1 |  3.9 ||38.9 (0.9)|39.0 (0.9)|18.3 (0.7)| 3.8 (0.4)
  College graduate ...........| 52.5 |  32.9 | 12.7 |  1.9 ||51.1 (1.3)|34.9 (1.2)|12.1 (0.9)| 1.8 (0.3)
  Graduate/professional ......| 58.2 |  30.9 |  9.8 |  1.1 ||54.8 (1.3)|33.0 (1.2)|10.3 (0.8)| 1.9 (0.4)
                              |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
Family income                 |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
  $5,000 or less .............| 28.9 |  38.8 | 23.3 |  8.9 ||25.0 (2.6)|42.9 (3.5)|24.4 (2.8)| 7.7 (1.8)
  $5,001 to $10,000 ..........| 26.6 |  41.9 | 24.6 |  6.9 ||32.1 (2.4)|36.5 (2.4)|24.0 (2.1)| 7.4 (1.3)
  $10,001 to 15,000 ..........| 28.0 |  39.8 | 26.0 |  6.2 ||30.3 (2.0)|38.9 (2.2)|23.7 (1.9)| 7.1 (1.2)
  $15,001 to 20,000 ..........| 32.7 |  38.4 | 21.6 |  7.3 ||32.0 (2.0)|40.0 (2.1)|22.3 (1.9)| 5.7 (0.9)
  $20,001 to 25,000 ..........| 34.4 |  40.8 | 20.6 |  4.2 ||32.8 (1.8)|38.9 (1.9)|21.6 (1.6)| 6.7 (1.1)
  $25,001 to 30,000 ..........| 33.0 |  42.0 | 19.8 |  5.2 ||37.4 (1.9)|37.4 (1.9)|19.7 (1.5)| 5.4 (0.9)
  $30,001 to 35,000 ..........| 40.0 |  38.0 | 18.1 |  3.9 ||38.2 (1.9)|38.8 (2.0)|19.2 (1.5)| 3.8 (0.8)
  $35,001 to 40,000 ..........| 40.4 |  37.3 | 19.4 |  2.8 ||37.5 (1.8)|42.1 (1.9)|17.4 (1.4)| 3.0 (0.6)
  $40,001 to 50,000 ..........| 43.2 |  36.0 | 16.8 |  4.0 ||45.0 (1.5)|35.1 (1.4)|16.6 (1.1)| 3.3 (0.5)
  $50,001 to 75,000 ..........| 50.2 |  32.7 | 14.9 |  2.2 ||45.8 (1.2)|36.8 (1.2)|14.5 (0.8)| 2.9 (0.4)
  Over $75,000 ...............| 51.0 |  36.8 | 10.9 |  1.3 ||51.9 (1.2)|35.4 (1.1)|10.9 (0.7)| 1.8 (0.3)
                              |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
Child attending public        |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
 schools .....................| 38.2 |  37.9 | 19.3 |  4.6 ||39.0 (0.6)|37.8 (0.6)|18.5 (0.4)| 4.7 (0.3)
  Elementary (kindergarten    |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
    to grade 8) ..............| 43.2 |  36.6 | 16.3 |  3.9 ||43.5 (0.7)|36.6 (0.7)|15.9 (0.5)| 4.1 (0.3)
  Secondary (grades 9 to 12) .| 29.6 |  40.2 | 24.5 |  5.7 ||31.8 (0.9)|39.9 (0.9)|22.7 (0.8)| 5.6 (0.5)
                              |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
Child attending private       |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
 schools .....................| 50.8 |  36.1 | 11.8 |  1.3 ||51.9 (1.6)|36.1 (1.5)|11.0 (1.1)| 1.0 (0.3)
  Elementary (kindergarten    |      |       |      |      ||          |          |          |
    to grade 8) ..............| 55.7 |  35.3 |  7.5 |  1.4 ||56.2 (1.9)|34.4 (1.8)| 9.0 (1.2)| 0.5 (0.2)
  Secondary (grades 9 to 12) .| 40.9 |  37.7 | 20.4 |  1.0 ||41.2 (3.1)|40.6 (3.0)|15.9 (2.3)| 2.2 (0.8)
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