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(13 KB) | Table 26. | Percent of elementary and middle school children whose parents were involved in education-related activities, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1996 and 1999 |
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| Percent of children in 1996 whose | Percent of children in 1999 whose parents report that they did |Percent of children\1\ in 1999 whose
| parents reported that they did the | the following things with their children in the past month.. | parents report that they involved
| following things with their children | | their children in the following
| in the past month.. | | 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 | | |
_________________________|_________|_________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
_________________________|_________|_________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________
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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| NOTE: The respondent was the parent most knowledgeable about the child's education. The responding parent reported on their own and their spouse's, or other household adults' activities. Includes children enrolled in kindergarten through grade 8. Excludes nursery school and home-schooled children. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Parent Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program, (PFI/CI:1996) and (Parent:1999), unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared May 2003.)
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