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| Table 46. | 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 child and maternal characteristics: Fall 1998 |
| Characteristic | Total (in thousands) |
Percentage distribution of total |
Percentage distribution of first-time kindergartners, by number of children's books in child's home |
Percentage distribution of first-time kindergartners, by number of times each week family members read books to child |
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| Less than 26 | 26–50 | 51–100 | 101 or more | None | 1–2 | 3–4 | More than 4 times |
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| 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 | 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 | 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) |
| Native Hawaiian/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 education1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. 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.) |
