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                            |Percent of children in 1996 whose      |  Percent of children in 1999 whose parents report that they                  |Percent of children\1\ in 1999 whose
                            |parents report that they did the       |        did the following things in the past month ...                        | parents report that they involved
                            |following things in the past month ... |                                                                              | them in the following activities
                            |                                       |                                                                              |      during the past week ..
      Characteristics       |_______________________________________|______________________________________________________________________________|______________________________________
   of children, parents,    |Visited | Went to |  Visited  |Visited |  Visited   |  Went to   | Visited    | Visited    | Talked     | Attended an |            |  Worked    |  Worked
        and schools         |   a    | a play, |  an art   | a zoo  |    a       |  a play,   |  an art    |  a zoo     | about      |event spon-  |   Told     |  on arts   |   on
                            |library |concert, |  gallery  |   or   |  library   |  concert,  |  gallery   |   or       | family     | sored by a  |    a       |    or      |  house-
                            |        |or other |museum, or | aqua-  |            |  or other  |museum, or  | aquarium   | history    | community,  |   story    |  crafts    |  hold
                            |        |  live   |historical |  rium  |            |   live     |historical  |            | or ethnic  | religious,  |            |            |  chores
                            |        |  show   |   site    |        |            |   show     |   site     |            | heritage   | or ethnic   |            |            |
                            |        |         |           |        |            |            |            |            |            |  group      |            |            |
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Total ......................|   49.4 |    32.3 |      20.8 |   15.0 | 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 .....................|   49.0 |    30.6 |      19.9 |   14.3 | 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 ...................|   49.9 |    34.1 |      21.7 |   15.7 | 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 ......|   52.1 |    32.1 |      20.5 |   12.3 | 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 ......|   45.3 |    38.0 |      21.6 |   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 .................|   40.1 |    26.0 |      19.9 |   19.0 | 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 .......|   53.5 |    32.3 |      24.2 |   17.4 | 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 ....|   31.3 |    25.8 |      16.5 |   19.3 | 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 .....|   41.1 |    28.0 |      15.1 |   14.1 | 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 .......|   50.9 |    32.9 |      19.7 |   14.1 | 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 .........|   61.7 |    36.3 |      27.0 |   15.2 | 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 ....|   65.7 |    41.8 |      33.1 |   15.4 | 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 .........|   41.8 |    37.5 |      18.9 |   18.4 | 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 ........|   36.4 |    27.2 |      15.3 |   16.9 | 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 ........|   37.7 |    29.4 |      18.5 |   16.2 | 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 ........|   42.6 |    25.0 |      12.4 |   15.6 | 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 ........|   43.7 |    31.3 |      20.7 |   15.2 | 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 ........|   44.1 |    25.4 |      17.8 |   15.5 | 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 ........|   51.0 |    29.9 |      20.7 |   14.5 | 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 ........|   57.1 |    33.7 |      18.3 |   13.0 | 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 ........|   55.7 |    32.5 |      19.8 |   12.0 | 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 ........|   56.9 |    33.9 |      25.1 |   12.0 | 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 .............|   60.5 |    42.1 |      31.2 |   17.7 | 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 ...................|   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 ...................|   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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