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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
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
                                   
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)
                                   
$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.)

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