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, by selected characteristics: Fall 1998

Table 49.

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                              |      |Percen-|Percentage distribution of first-time   |  Percentage distribution of first-
                              |Total | tage  |     kindergartners, by number of       |   time kindergartners, by number
                              |(in   |distri-|  children's books in child's home      |    of times each week family
        Characteristic        |thou- |bution |________________________________________|    members read books to child
                              |sands)|  of   |          |         |         |         |___________________________________
                              |      | total |Less than |  26-50  | 51-100  | 101 or  |        |        |        | Every
                              |      |       |    6               |         |  more   | None   |  1-2   |   3-6  |  day
______________________________|______|_______|__________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________
              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)
______________________________|______|_______|__________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________

# Rounds to zero.
\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, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared October 2002.)

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