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Table 47. 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
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                               |          |         |                                        |  Percentage distribution of first-
                               |          |         | Percentage distribution of first-time  |   time kindergartners, by number
                               |          |         |     kindergartners, by number of       |      of times each week family
                               |          | Percent-|   children's books in child's home     |     members read books to child
                               |          | age dis-|________________________________________|____________________________________
                               |Total (in |tribution| Less than|         |         |   101 or|        |        |        |
Characteristic                 |thousands)| of total|        26|    26-50|   51-100|     more|    None|     1-2|     3-4|Every 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)|#   (†) |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)|#   (†) | 7 (0.6)|34 (0.9)| 59 (1.0)
_______________________________|__________|_________|__________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|_________
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Excludes children with no mother present in household.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of 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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