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Table 118. Percentage distribution of 4th-graders, by time spent on homework and television viewing each day: 1992 to 2000

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                          |      Time spent on homework each day      |          Amount of television watched each day
                          |___________________________________________|______________________________________________________________
 Selected characteristics |        |       |  Half  |        |  More  |        |  One   |        |        |        |        | Six
       of students        |  Don't | Don't |  hour  |  One   |  than  | None   |  hour  |  Two   | Three  | Four   |  Five  |  or
                          |  have  |  do   |   or   |  hour  |  one   |        |  or    | hours  | hours  | hours  |  hours | more
                          |        |       |  less  |        |  hour  |        |  less  |        |        |        |        | hours
__________________________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
            1             |    2   |    3  |    4   |    5   |    6   |    7   |    8   |    9   |   10   |   11   |   12   |   13
__________________________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                          |                             1992
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All students .............|16 (1.6)|2 (0.2)|39 (1.2)|28 (0.9)|15 (0.6)| 2 (0.2)|17 (0.8)|21 (0.7)|19 (0.6)|13 (0.6)| 9 (0.4)|20 (0.7)
                          |________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
  Male ...................|18 (1.8)|3 (0.4)|39 (1.4)|26 (1.0)|14 (0.8)| 2 (0.3)|16 (0.8)|20 (0.9)|18 (0.9)|13 (0.7)| 9 (0.7)|21 (0.9)
  Female .................|14 (1.5)|1 (0.3)|39 (1.4)|30 (1.1)|16 (0.8)| 2 (0.3)|18 (1.2)|22 (0.9)|19 (0.9)|13 (0.8)| 8 (0.6)|18 (0.9)
                          |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Race/ethnicity            |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  White ..................|18 (1.9)|2 (0.3)|38 (1.5)|29 (1.2)|13 (0.6)| 2 (0.3)|18 (0.9)|23 (1.0)|21 (0.8)|14 (0.7)| 9 (0.6)|13 (0.8)
  Black ..................|10 (1.6)|3 (0.6)|45 (2.3)|24 (1.5)|18 (1.4)| 2 (0.5)|11 (1.5)|11 (1.0)|12 (1.0)|10 (1.1)| 9 (1.2)|44 (1.9)
  Hispanic ...............|11 (1.7)|4 (0.5)|39 (2.2)|28 (1.7)|18 (1.9)| 2 (0.5)|15 (1.2)|20 (1.6)|14 (1.3)|13 (1.2)| 9 (1.0)|27 (1.6)
  Asian/Pacific Islander .|10 (4.5)|1  --- |39 (3.4)|28 (4.3)|22 (3.4)| 3 (1.3)|26 (3.7)|17 (2.7)|15 (2.8)|11 (1.9)| 7 (1.6)|21 (3.2)
  American Indian ........|17 (5.0)|4 (2.4)|31 (5.7)|18 (4.2)|30 (5.7)| 1  --- |18 (3.8)|13 (3.3)|16 (3.7)|17 (3.3)|11 (3.3)|23 (4.4)
                          |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Control of school         |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Public .................|17 (1.7)|2 (0.3)|40 (1.3)|26 (0.9)|14 (0.6)| 2 (0.2)|16 (0.8)|21 (0.9)|19 (0.7)|13 (0.7)| 9 (0.5)|21 (0.8)
  Private ................| 7 (1.8)|1 (0.2)|34 (2.4)|38 (2.2)|21 (1.9)| 2 (0.6)|21 (2.3)|24 (1.5)|18 (1.4)|14 (1.1)| 9 (1.0)|12 (1.4)
                          |________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                          |                             1994
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All students .............|13 (0.9)|3 (0.3)|39 (1.0)|30 (0.7)|15 (0.6)| 2 (0.2)|17 (0.6)|21 (0.6)|17 (0.5)|13 (0.6)| 9 (0.4)|21 (0.7)
                          |________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
  Male ...................|14 (1.0)|5 (0.5)|39 (1.1)|28 (1.0)|15 (0.7)| 2 (0.3)|15 (0.8)|19 (0.8)|16 (0.6)|13 (0.7)|10 (0.6)|25 (0.9)
  Female .................|12 (1.1)|2 (0.2)|40 (1.2)|32 (1.0)|15 (0.8)| 2 (0.3)|20 (0.9)|23 (0.8)|17 (0.9)|13 (0.8)| 8 (0.6)|17 (0.9)
                          |________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                          |                             1998
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All students .............| 8 (0.8)|2 (0.2)|43 (1.0)|31 (0.8)|16 (0.6)| 3 (0.5)|21 (0.6)|22 (0.7)|19 (0.6)|11 (0.5)| 8 (0.4)|16 (0.6)
                          |________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
  Male ...................| 9 (1.0)|3 (0.3)|41 (1.1)|30 (1.0)|16 (0.8)| 3 (0.5)|18 (0.9)|22 (0.9)|18 (1.0)|12 (0.7)| 8 (0.6)|18 (1.0)
  Female .................| 7 (0.7)|1 (0.2)|44 (1.2)|32 (1.0)|16 (0.7)| 3 (0.5)|24 (0.8)|22 (0.8)|19 (0.7)|10 (0.6)| 7 (0.5)|14 (0.7)
                          |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Race/ethnicity            |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  White ..................| 9 (1.0)|2 (0.2)|43 (1.2)|32 (1.1)|15 (0.7)| 3 (0.7)|23 (0.9)|24 (0.8)|20 (0.8)|12 (0.7)| 7 (0.6)|11 (0.8)
  Black ..................| 6 (0.9)|3 (0.5)|45 (1.9)|27 (1.5)|19 (1.5)| 2 (0.5)|14 (1.2)|14 (1.1)|14 (1.2)|11 (0.8)|12 (0.9)|34 (1.5)
  Hispanic ...............| 7 (1.1)|3 (0.5)|42 (1.9)|30 (1.5)|18 (1.2)| 3 (0.5)|21 (1.2)|19 (1.0)|18 (1.2)|11 (0.9)| 8 (0.8)|19 (1.0)
  Asian/Pacific Islander .| 4 (1.7)|1  --- |39 (3.1)|36 (2.6)|20 (2.3)| 4 (1.1)|26 (2.8)|20 (3.0)|16 (2.5)|10 (2.8)| 9 (1.9)|14 (2.4)
  American Indian ........| 8 (2.2)|7 (2.0)|40 (4.9)|27 (2.8)|19 (3.6)| 1  --- |19 (3.6)|19 (2.3)|15 (2.6)| 8 (2.1)|12 (3.1)|27 (3.4)
                          |________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                          |                             2000
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All students .............|10 (0.9)|2 (0.2)|43 (0.9)|29 (0.6)|16 (0.7)| 2 (0.2)|23 (0.7)|23 (0.6)|17 (0.4)|11 (0.5)| 6 (0.4)|18 (0.6)
                          |________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
  Male ...................|11 (0.9)|3 (0.3)|43 (1.2)|27 (0.8)|16 (0.9)| 2 (0.3)|20 (1.1)|21 (0.8)|18 (0.7)|11 (0.6)| 7 (0.5)|22 (0.9)
  Female .................| 9 (1.0)|1 (0.2)|43 (1.1)|31 (0.9)|16 (0.7)| 2 (0.3)|26 (0.9)|24 (0.8)|17 (0.7)|10 (0.6)| 6 (0.4)|15 (0.7)
                          |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Race/ethnicity            |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  White ..................|11 (1.1)|1 (0.2)|43 (1.2)|30 (0.8)|15 (0.9)| 2 (0.3)|25 (0.9)|25 (0.9)|19 (0.6)|11 (0.6)| 6 (0.5)|13 (0.7)
  Black ..................| 8 (0.9)|4 (0.8)|45 (1.8)|26 (1.3)|17 (1.0)| 1 (0.2)|14 (0.9)|13 (1.0)|13 (0.9)|10 (0.9)| 8 (0.8)|42 (1.5)
  Hispanic ...............| 7 (1.0)|3 (0.5)|43 (1.4)|29 (1.3)|18 (1.3)| 2 (0.4)|22 (1.2)|21 (1.2)|16 (1.1)|10 (1.0)| 7 (0.6)|22 (1.5)
  Asian/Pacific Islander .| 1 (0.7)|1 (0.7)|42 (3.2)|35 (3.2)|21 (3.4)| 6 (1.4)|29 (2.7)|28 (3.1)|15 (2.8)| 8 (1.6)| 7 (1.7)| 8 (1.8)
  American Indian ........|15 (4.7)|7 (2.2)|42 (5.4)|24 (4.5)|13 (2.6)| 1  --- |20 (3.6)|18 (2.2)|21 (3.8)|11 (3.4)| 7 (2.2)|23 (3.4)
                          |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Control of school         |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Public .................|10 (1.0)|2 (0.2)|44 (1.0)|29 (0.7)|15 (0.7)| 2 (0.2)|22 (0.8)|22 (0.7)|17 (0.5)|11 (0.5)| 6 (0.4)|19 (0.7)
  Private ................| 8 (1.6)|1 (0.4)|37 (1.6)|34 (1.5)|20 (1.7)| 5 (1.0)|25 (1.4)|24 (0.9)|19 (0.8)|10 (0.9)| 6 (0.7)|11 (1.3)
                          |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Type of location          |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Central city ...........| 8 (1.0)|3 (0.4)|41 (1.4)|30 (1.1)|18 (1.2)| 2 (0.4)|21 (0.9)|21 (1.1)|16 (0.6)|10 (0.8)| 7 (0.6)|24 (1.3)
  Urban fringe/large town | 8 (1.3)|2 (0.3)|44 (1.3)|30 (1.2)|16 (1.1)| 3 (0.3)|24 (1.3)|24 (1.0)|18 (0.8)|10 (0.7)| 6 (0.6)|15 (1.0)
  Rural/small town .......|15 (2.3)|2 (0.5)|44 (2.0)|27 (1.4)|12 (1.2)| 2 (0.4)|22 (1.8)|23 (1.4)|19 (1.0)|13 (1.1)| 6 (0.7)|16 (1.5)
__________________________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________

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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Main NAEP, National Reading Results, unpublished data; NAEP Data Tool (http://nces.ed.gov/naep3/Naep data). (This table was prepared November 2001.)


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