Table 144.

Percentage distribution of 4th-graders, by time spent on homework and television viewing each day and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1992 through 2000

Selected student and school characteristic	Time spent on homework each day										Amount of television watched each day
	Don't have		Don't do		Half hour or less		One hour		More than one hour		None		One hour or less		Two hours		Three hours		Four hours		Five hours		Six or more hours
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
1992
All students	16	(1.6)	2	(0.2)	39	(1.2)	28	(0.9)	15	(0.6)	2	(0.2)	17	(0.8)	21	(0.7)	19	(0.6)	13	(0.6)	9	(0.4)	20	(0.7)
Sex
Male	18	(1.8)	3	(0.4)	39	(1.4)	26	(1.0)	14	(0.8)	2	(0.3)	16	(0.8)	20	(0.9)	18	(0.9)	13	(0.7)	9	(0.7)	21	(0.9)
Female	14	(1.5)	1	(0.3)	39	(1.4)	30	(1.1)	16	(0.8)	2	(0.3)	18	(1.2)	22	(0.9)	19	(0.9)	13	(0.8)	8	(0.6)	18	(0.9)
Race/ethnicity
White	18	(1.9)	2	(0.3)	38	(1.5)	29	(1.2)	13	(0.6)	2	(0.3)	18	(0.9)	23	(1.0)	21	(0.8)	14	(0.7)	9	(0.6)	13	(0.8)
Black	10	(1.6)	3	(0.6)	45	(2.3)	24	(1.5)	18	(1.4)	2	(0.5)	11	(1.5)	11	(1.0)	12	(1.0)	10	(1.1)	9	(1.2)	44	(1.9)
Hispanic	11	(1.7)	4	(0.5)	39	(2.2)	28	(1.7)	18	(1.9)	2	(0.5)	15	(1.2)	20	(1.6)	14	(1.3)	13	(1.2)	9	(1.0)	27	(1.6)
Asian/Pacific Islander	10	(4.5)	1	(#)	39	(3.4)	28	(4.3)	22	(3.4)	3	(1.3)	26	(3.7)	17	(2.7)	15	(2.8)	11	(1.9)	7	(1.6)	21	(3.2)
American Indian/Alaska Native	17	(5.0)	4	(2.4)	31	(5.7)	18	(4.2)	30	(5.7)	1	(#)	18	(3.8)	13	(3.3)	16	(3.7)	17	(3.3)	11	(3.3)	23	(4.4)
Control of school
Public	17	(1.7)	2	(0.3)	40	(1.3)	26	(0.9)	14	(0.6)	2	(0.2)	16	(0.8)	21	(0.9)	19	(0.7)	13	(0.7)	9	(0.5)	21	(0.8)
Private	7	(1.8)	1	(0.2)	34	(2.4)	38	(2.2)	21	(1.9)	2	(0.6)	21	(2.3)	24	(1.5)	18	(1.4)	14	(1.1)	9	(1.0)	12	(1.4)
1994
All students	13	(0.9)	3	(0.3)	39	(1.0)	30	(0.7)	15	(0.6)	2	(0.2)	17	(0.6)	21	(0.6)	17	(0.5)	13	(0.6)	9	(0.4)	21	(0.7)
Sex
Male	14	(1.0)	5	(0.5)	39	(1.1)	28	(1.0)	15	(0.7)	2	(0.3)	15	(0.8)	19	(0.8)	16	(0.6)	13	(0.7)	10	(0.6)	25	(0.9)
Female	12	(1.1)	2	(0.2)	40	(1.2)	32	(1.0)	15	(0.8)	2	(0.3)	20	(0.9)	23	(0.8)	17	(0.9)	13	(0.8)	8	(0.6)	17	(0.9)
1998
All students	8	(0.8)	2	(0.2)	43	(1.0)	31	(0.8)	16	(0.6)	3	(0.5)	21	(0.6)	22	(0.7)	19	(0.6)	11	(0.5)	8	(0.4)	16	(0.6)
Sex
Male	9	(1.0)	3	(0.3)	41	(1.1)	30	(1.0)	16	(0.8)	3	(0.5)	18	(0.9)	22	(0.9)	18	(1.0)	12	(0.7)	8	(0.6)	18	(1.0)
Female	7	(0.7)	1	(0.2)	44	(1.2)	32	(1.0)	16	(0.7)	3	(0.5)	24	(0.8)	22	(0.8)	19	(0.7)	10	(0.6)	7	(0.5)	14	(0.7)
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	9	(1.0)	2	(0.2)	43	(1.2)	32	(1.1)	15	(0.7)	3	(0.7)	23	(0.9)	24	(0.8)	20	(0.8)	12	(0.7)	7	(0.6)	11	(0.8)
Black, non-Hispanic	6	(0.9)	3	(0.5)	45	(1.9)	27	(1.5)	19	(1.5)	2	(0.5)	14	(1.2)	14	(1.1)	14	(1.2)	11	(0.8)	12	(0.9)	34	(1.5)
Hispanic	7	(1.1)	3	(0.5)	42	(1.9)	30	(1.5)	18	(1.2)	3	(0.5)	21	(1.2)	19	(1.0)	18	(1.2)	11	(0.9)	8	(0.8)	19	(1.0)
Asian/Pacific Islander	4	(1.7)	1	(#)	39	(3.1)	36	(2.6)	20	(2.3)	4	(1.1)	26	(2.8)	20	(3.0)	16	(2.5)	10	(2.8)	9	(1.9)	14	(2.4)
American Indian/Alaska Native	8	(2.2)	7	(2.0)	40	(4.9)	27	(2.8)	19	(3.6)	1	(#)	19	(3.6)	19	(2.3)	15	(2.6)	8	(2.1)	12	(3.1)	27	(3.4)
2000
All students	10	(0.9)	2	(0.2)	43	(0.9)	29	(0.6)	16	(0.7)	2	(0.2)	23	(0.7)	23	(0.6)	17	(0.4)	11	(0.5)	6	(0.4)	18	(0.6)
Sex
Male	11	(0.9)	3	(0.3)	43	(1.2)	27	(0.8)	16	(0.9)	2	(0.3)	20	(1.1)	21	(0.8)	18	(0.7)	11	(0.6)	7	(0.5)	22	(0.9)
Female	9	(1.0)	1	(0.2)	43	(1.1)	31	(0.9)	16	(0.7)	2	(0.3)	26	(0.9)	24	(0.8)	17	(0.7)	10	(0.6)	6	(0.4)	15	(0.7)
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	11	(1.1)	1	(0.2)	43	(1.2)	30	(0.8)	15	(0.9)	2	(0.3)	25	(0.9)	25	(0.9)	19	(0.6)	11	(0.6)	6	(0.5)	13	(0.7)
Black, non-Hispanic	8	(0.9)	4	(0.8)	45	(1.8)	26	(1.3)	17	(1.0)	1	(0.2)	14	(0.9)	13	(1.0)	13	(0.9)	10	(0.9)	8	(0.8)	42	(1.5)
Hispanic	7	(1.0)	3	(0.5)	43	(1.4)	29	(1.3)	18	(1.3)	2	(0.4)	22	(1.2)	21	(1.2)	16	(1.1)	10	(1.0)	7	(0.6)	22	(1.5)
Asian/Pacific Islander	1	(0.7)	1	(0.7)	42	(3.2)	35	(3.2)	21	(3.4)	6	(1.4)	29	(2.7)	28	(3.1)	15	(2.8)	8	(1.6)	7	(1.7)	8	(1.8)
American Indian/Alaska Native	15	(4.7)	7	(2.2)	42	(5.4)	24	(4.5)	13	(2.6)	1	(#)	20	(3.6)	18	(2.2)	21	(3.8)	11	(3.4)	7	(2.2)	23	(3.4)
Control of school
Public	10	(1.0)	2	(0.2)	44	(1.0)	29	(0.7)	15	(0.7)	2	(0.2)	22	(0.8)	22	(0.7)	17	(0.5)	11	(0.5)	6	(0.4)	19	(0.7)
Private	8	(1.6)	1	(0.4)	37	(1.6)	34	(1.5)	20	(1.7)	5	(1.0)	25	(1.4)	24	(0.9)	19	(0.8)	10	(0.9)	6	(0.7)	11	(1.3)
Type of location
Central city	8	(1.0)	3	(0.4)	41	(1.4)	30	(1.1)	18	(1.2)	2	(0.4)	21	(0.9)	21	(1.1)	16	(0.6)	10	(0.8)	7	(0.6)	24	(1.3)
Urban fringe/large town	8	(1.3)	2	(0.3)	44	(1.3)	30	(1.2)	16	(1.1)	3	(0.3)	24	(1.3)	24	(1.0)	18	(0.8)	10	(0.7)	6	(0.6)	15	(1.0)
Rural/small town	15	(2.3)	2	(0.5)	44	(2.0)	27	(1.4)	12	(1.2)	2	(0.4)	22	(1.8)	23	(1.4)	19	(1.0)	13	(1.1)	6	(0.7)	16	(1.5)

# Rounds to zero. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1992 through 2000 Reading Assessments; retrieved October 2001 from the NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/). (This table was prepared November 2001.)