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(19 KB)| Table 26. | Percent of elementary school children whose parents are involved in education-related activities, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 1996 |
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| Percent of children\1\ whose parents report that they |Percent of children\2\ whose | Percent of children whose parents
Characteristics | did the following things in the past month ... |families have rules about... | involved them in the following
of children, parents, |_____________________________________________________________|_____________________________| activities during the past week\1\
and schools |Visited|Went to | Visited |Visited| Talked | Attended an | Time | Amount |Television|________________________________________
| a |a play, | an art | a zoo | about |event sponsored|for bed| of time | programs |Told |Worked|Played | Built or |Worked
|library|concert,| gallery | or | family |by a community,| on | child is | child | a |on art| a game | made pro- | on
| |or other|museum, or| aqua- | history | religious, |school | allowed | is al- |story| or | or | ject or |house-
| | live |historical| rium |or ethnic| or ethnic |nights | to watch | lowed to | |crafts| sport |fixed some-| hold
| | show | site | |heritage | group | |television| watch | | |together| thing\3\ |chores
_________________________|_______|________|__________|_______|_________|_______________|_______|__________|__________|_____|______|________|___________|______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
_________________________|_______|________|__________|_______|_________|_______________|_______|__________|__________|_____|______|________|___________|______
Total ...................| 48.7 | 32.5 | 21.2 | 15.7 | 56.4 | 53.3 | 97.2 | 80.0 | 92.0 |70.4 | 67.0 | 91.3 | 65.0 | 96.5
|_______|________|__________|_______|_________|_______________|_______|__________|__________|_____|______|________|___________|______
Sex of child | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ..................| 48.5 | 30.3 | 20.6 | 15.3 | 55.8 | 52.6 | 97.8 | 80.3 | 92.0 |69.8 | 64.2 | 91.9 | 66.6 | 96.1
Female ................| 49.0 | 34.7 | 21.8 | 16.0 | 57.0 | 53.9 | 96.6 | 79.8 | 92.1 |71.0 | 70.0 | 90.7 | 63.3 | 97.0
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Race/ethnicity of child | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ...| 51.7 | 32.2 | 21.0 | 13.3 | 52.1 | 54.9 | 97.7 | 77.3 | 93.4 |71.1 | 68.5 | 92.4 | 68.1 | 97.4
Black, non-Hispanic ...| 43.9 | 38.1 | 22.2 | 21.6 | 69.5 | 54.6 | 97.3 | 88.5 | 90.8 |66.9 | 63.5 | 92.5 | 59.6 | 97.0
Hispanic ..............| 38.9 | 26.6 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 58.4 | 44.3 | 95.1 | 83.5 | 88.0 |70.0 | 63.3 | 84.7 | 56.9 | 91.8
Other non-Hispanic ....| 52.3 | 33.2 | 24.3 | 18.3 | 64.8 | 49.6 | 95.5 | 78.6 | 89.0 |73.8 | 68.5 | 90.8 | 61.9 | 94.9
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Highest education level | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of parents | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school .| 30.1 | 25.6 | 16.7 | 18.9 | 53.5 | 37.8 | 95.2 | 80.1 | 85.8 |66.1 | 59.7 | 81.9 | 56.9 | 91.3
High school graduate ..| 40.0 | 27.9 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 50.9 | 44.7 | 97.0 | 80.1 | 91.7 |66.8 | 65.7 | 92.0 | 63.2 | 97.2
Some postsecondary ....| 49.7 | 33.3 | 20.4 | 15.4 | 57.1 | 54.9 | 97.8 | 80.8 | 93.5 |71.8 | 67.5 | 91.6 | 65.9 | 97.4
College graduate ......| 60.1 | 35.8 | 27.3 | 16.3 | 59.5 | 63.6 | 97.7 | 77.7 | 93.3 |72.7 | 71.1 | 93.9 | 69.1 | 96.7
Graduate/professional .| 65.3 | 41.6 | 32.5 | 16.3 | 65.4 | 67.2 | 97.2 | 81.0 | 92.6 |75.4 | 69.0 | 92.5 | 68.2 | 96.3
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Family Income | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $5,000 ......| 40.4 | 38.1 | 19.8 | 19.2 | 57.4 | 43.1 | 97.7 | 85.5 | 90.9 |70.3 | 64.1 | 89.0 | 62.9 | 94.9
$5,001 to $10,000 .....| 37.2 | 27.3 | 16.1 | 17.0 | 58.2 | 41.9 | 93.6 | 81.0 | 88.7 |67.1 | 67.3 | 89.3 | 60.4 | 95.9
$10,001 to 15,000 .....| 37.3 | 29.6 | 16.8 | 15.6 | 57.5 | 48.0 | 95.8 | 78.1 | 88.7 |65.3 | 60.9 | 86.6 | 53.6 | 95.2
$15,001 to 20,000 .....| 41.1 | 25.7 | 13.9 | 16.8 | 55.7 | 47.0 | 98.0 | 79.2 | 89.8 |66.7 | 60.5 | 88.5 | 64.8 | 97.1
$20,001 to 25,000 .....| 42.3 | 30.8 | 20.9 | 14.9 | 58.2 | 48.4 | 97.3 | 82.1 | 93.3 |73.1 | 64.5 | 91.8 | 62.1 | 95.6
$25,001 to 30,000 .....| 43.3 | 27.1 | 17.7 | 16.0 | 54.6 | 50.4 | 97.1 | 80.3 | 90.5 |69.3 | 67.1 | 91.7 | 65.1 | 95.2
$30,001 to 35,000 .....| 50.5 | 30.0 | 21.3 | 15.9 | 54.4 | 56.9 | 98.1 | 78.6 | 91.4 |72.0 | 69.3 | 92.4 | 68.1 | 97.7
$35,001 to 40,000 .....| 56.4 | 32.6 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 53.5 | 55.8 | 97.8 | 81.3 | 95.0 |71.8 | 69.3 | 92.4 | 70.0 | 96.8
$40,001 to 50,000 .....| 55.1 | 32.7 | 21.1 | 13.2 | 54.1 | 58.3 | 98.6 | 80.1 | 93.9 |69.2 | 69.6 | 93.5 | 66.6 | 97.7
$50,001 to 75,000 .....| 55.5 | 33.3 | 25.1 | 13.4 | 54.9 | 59.7 | 97.8 | 78.9 | 94.4 |71.7 | 68.5 | 92.0 | 67.3 | 97.5
Over $75,000 ..........| 59.6 | 42.6 | 31.4 | 19.0 | 60.5 | 62.2 | 97.3 | 77.7 | 92.2 |73.9 | 70.0 | 93.8 | 68.8 | 96.6
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Child attending public | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools\4\ .............| 48.3 | 31.7 | 19.9 | 14.7 | 57.1 | 51.9 | 97.3 | 79.9 | 91.5 |66.7 | 64.4 | 90.5 | 63.9 | 97.3
Child attending private | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools\4\ .............| 58.2 | 37.2 | 27.8 | 16.9 | 61.3 | 66.9 | 96.3 | 79.6 | 95.5 |74.2 | 67.2 | 91.7 | 70.9 | 96.5
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\1\Includes children enrolled in nursery school through grade 5.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, 1996, unpublished data. (This table was prepared December 1998.)
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