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Table 25. | Percentage of kindergartners through fifth-graders whose parents reported doing various activities with their children in the past week, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1999, 2003, and 2007 |
Child, parent, and school characteristic |
Told child a story | Did arts and crafts | Involved child in household chores | |||||||||||||||
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1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | ||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
Total | 69.4 | (0.60) | 74.9 | (0.66) | 70.3 | (1.11) | 68.0 | (0.60) | 74.9 | (0.70) | 75.7 | (1.00) | 93.8 | (0.33) | 97.1 | (0.21) | — | (†) |
Sex of child | ||||||||||||||||||
Male | 69.1 | (0.76) | 73.3 | (0.86) | 68.7 | (1.51) | 64.2 | (0.81) | 69.7 | (0.98) | 70.3 | (1.32) | 93.0 | (0.41) | 97.0 | (0.33) | — | (†) |
Female | 69.7 | (0.89) | 76.6 | (0.96) | 72.0 | (1.47) | 71.9 | (0.90) | 80.2 | (1.01) | 81.7 | (1.33) | 94.6 | (0.45) | 97.3 | (0.33) | — | (†) |
Race/ethnicity of child | ||||||||||||||||||
White | 70.9 | (0.80) | 76.0 | (0.96) | 73.2 | (1.20) | 72.4 | (0.73) | 75.4 | (0.89) | 74.9 | (1.23) | 96.2 | (0.33) | 98.4 | (0.24) | — | (†) |
Black | 64.8 | (1.73) | 69.6 | (2.00) | 61.6 | (3.81) | 58.6 | (1.82) | 68.1 | (2.14) | 73.0 | (3.53) | 93.9 | (0.79) | 98.9 | (0.43) | — | (†) |
Hispanic | 66.6 | (1.49) | 74.2 | (1.55) | 67.6 | (2.46) | 59.4 | (1.33) | 79.6 | (1.45) | 81.2 | (1.66) | 84.7 | (1.19) | 92.7 | (0.86) | — | (†) |
Asian | — | (†) | — | (†) | 68.9 | (5.08) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 66.5 | (4.74) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
Highest education level of parents/guardians in the household |
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Less than high school | 61.9 | (2.30) | 67.2 | (3.16) | 58.4 | (3.93) | 54.4 | (2.13) | 74.8 | (3.20) | 78.5 | (3.55) | 81.8 | (1.97) | 94.9 | (1.22) | — | (†) |
High school/GED1 | 66.5 | (1.28) | 71.3 | (1.59) | 68.4 | (2.75) | 64.3 | (1.27) | 75.5 | (1.32) | 79.2 | (2.57) | 92.8 | (0.75) | 97.1 | (0.56) | — | (†) |
Vocational/technical or some college |
70.2 | (1.23) | 75.9 | (1.54) | 70.0 | (2.56) | 68.3 | (1.18) | 76.2 | (1.51) | 76.4 | (2.15) | 96.2 | (0.58) | 97.4 | (0.56) | — | (†) |
Associate's degree | 70.0 | (2.04) | 76.0 | (2.00) | 68.9 | (2.58) | 71.9 | (1.88) | 73.6 | (2.47) | 72.3 | (3.13) | 95.4 | (0.92) | 96.9 | (0.73) | — | (†) |
Bachelor's degree/some graduate school |
74.2 | (1.39) | 77.3 | (1.60) | 70.6 | (2.11) | 73.3 | (1.10) | 74.0 | (1.48) | 74.2 | (1.31) | 96.1 | (0.66) | 97.2 | (0.46) | — | (†) |
Graduate/professional degree |
71.4 | (1.73) | 78.6 | (1.64) | 77.9 | (1.91) | 73.3 | (1.53) | 73.9 | (1.72) | 74.1 | (1.99) | 95.3 | (0.79) | 98.0 | (0.46) | — | (†) |
Family income (in current dollars) |
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$5,000 or less | 67.5 | (4.39) | 79.5 | (4.52) | 63.9 | (7.52) | 55.9 | (4.38) | 78.9 | (4.61) | 76.7 | (7.70) | 90.9 | (2.02) | 94.3 | (1.99) | — | (†) |
$5,001 to 10,000 | 69.6 | (2.30) | 70.9 | (3.88) | 58.6 | (7.15) | 58.4 | (2.93) | 75.3 | (3.30) | 78.9 | (5.56) | 90.0 | (1.69) | 96.3 | (1.62) | — | (†) |
$10,001 to 15,000 | 66.7 | (2.62) | 70.0 | (3.62) | 72.4 | (4.17) | 61.2 | (2.99) | 74.6 | (4.03) | 83.8 | (3.94) | 91.9 | (1.55) | 93.8 | (1.54) | — | (†) |
$15,001 to 20,000 | 62.3 | (2.29) | 76.9 | (3.45) | 64.6 | (7.55) | 64.1 | (2.70) | 76.1 | (3.74) | 79.6 | (4.10) | 91.4 | (1.35) | 98.0 | (0.60) | — | (†) |
$20,001 to 25,000 | 68.1 | (2.34) | 71.6 | (2.86) | 67.0 | (5.11) | 63.9 | (2.42) | 80.6 | (2.33) | 73.0 | (5.58) | 90.5 | (1.37) | 96.0 | (1.07) | — | (†) |
$25,001 to 30,000 | 70.6 | (2.32) | 74.2 | (2.86) | 67.6 | (5.92) | 68.7 | (2.42) | 71.9 | (3.47) | 84.3 | (3.45) | 94.6 | (0.87) | 96.6 | (1.06) | — | (†) |
$30,001 to 35,000 | 69.3 | (1.85) | 73.3 | (2.88) | 69.5 | (4.44) | 66.1 | (2.51) | 78.1 | (2.72) | 73.8 | (4.98) | 93.2 | (1.39) | 97.9 | (0.80) | — | (†) |
$35,001 to 40,000 | 72.5 | (1.94) | 74.5 | (3.68) | 69.3 | (4.21) | 71.6 | (1.96) | 75.5 | (2.97) | 80.5 | (2.81) | 96.2 | (0.89) | 98.3 | (0.99) | — | (†) |
$40,001 to 50,000 | 69.0 | (1.82) | 75.7 | (2.20) | 73.0 | (2.88) | 72.2 | (1.87) | 71.9 | (2.48) | 75.8 | (2.89) | 95.7 | (0.75) | 97.0 | (0.83) | — | (†) |
$50,001 to 75,000 | 70.9 | (1.43) | 74.9 | (1.53) | 69.1 | (2.00) | 72.5 | (1.41) | 75.3 | (1.55) | 75.5 | (1.94) | 96.3 | (0.64) | 98.1 | (0.37) | — | (†) |
Over $75,000 | 71.4 | (1.37) | 76.8 | (1.29) | 74.2 | (1.39) | 74.4 | (1.31) | 73.3 | (1.32) | 72.7 | (1.47) | 95.4 | (0.72) | 97.4 | (0.43) | — | (†) |
Child attending public school |
68.8 | (0.65) | 75.0 | (0.68) | 69.6 | (1.19) | 67.5 | (0.66) | 75.2 | (0.72) | 75.9 | (0.99) | 93.7 | (0.38) | 97.4 | (0.21) | — | (†) |
Child attending private school |
73.7 | (1.58) | 74.2 | (2.09) | 75.2 | (2.51) | 71.6 | (1.64) | 72.1 | (1.94) | 74.8 | (2.76) | 94.7 | (0.70) | 95.1 | (0.91) | — | (†) |
—Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||
1 GED = General Educational Development. | ||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: The respondent was the parent most knowledgeable about the child's education. Responding parents reported on their own activities and the activities of their spouse/other adults in the household. Excludes homeschooled children. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent Survey (Parent:1999) and Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey (PFI:2003 and 2007) of the National Household Education Surveys Program. (This table was prepared July 2009.) |