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| Table 218.50. | Percentage distribution of 8th-grade public school students, by number of hours they spend using a laptop or desktop computer for schoolwork on a weekday and selected student and school characteristics: 2015 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected student or school characteristic | None | Less than 1 hour | 1 to 2 hours | 2 to 3 hours | More than 3 hours | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 19.9 | (0.55) | 28.6 | (0.63) | 29.0 | (0.63) | 11.0 | (0.43) | 11.5 | (0.44) | ||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 21.4 | (0.79) | 28.3 | (0.87) | 28.4 | (0.87) | 10.5 | (0.59) | 11.4 | (0.61) | ||
| Female | 18.3 | (0.77) | 29.0 | (0.91) | 29.6 | (0.91) | 11.4 | (0.63) | 11.6 | (0.64) | ||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| White | 18.0 | (0.79) | 34.1 | (0.98) | 28.8 | (0.93) | 9.1 | (0.59) | 9.9 | (0.62) | ||
| Black | 21.6 | (1.35) | 22.2 | (1.36) | 27.3 | (1.46) | 12.8 | (1.10) | 16.1 | (1.21) | ||
| Hispanic | 23.8 | (1.10) | 24.2 | (1.11) | 29.9 | (1.18) | 11.7 | (0.83) | 10.4 | (0.79) | ||
| Asian | 10.8 | (1.89) | 26.8 | (2.70) | 32.3 | (2.86) | 16.4 | (2.26) | 13.8 | (2.10) | ||
| Pacific Islander | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| Two or more races | 16.3 | (3.26) | 29.5 | (4.03) | 27.9 | (3.96) | 13.2 | (2.99) | 13.2 | (2.99) | ||
| English language learner (ELL) status | ||||||||||||
| ELL | 23.2 | (2.24) | 22.7 | (2.22) | 27.7 | (2.37) | 13.4 | (1.81) | 12.9 | (1.78) | ||
| Non-ELL | 19.7 | (0.57) | 29.1 | (0.65) | 29.1 | (0.65) | 10.8 | (0.45) | 11.4 | (0.46) | ||
| Disability status1 | ||||||||||||
| Identified as student with disability (SD) | 25.4 | (1.88) | 25.6 | (1.89) | 24.4 | (1.86) | 12.7 | (1.44) | 11.9 | (1.40) | ||
| Not identified as SD | 19.3 | (0.58) | 29.0 | (0.66) | 29.5 | (0.67) | 10.8 | (0.45) | 11.4 | (0.47) | ||
| Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch | ||||||||||||
| Eligible | 24.5 | (0.79) | 23.9 | (0.79) | 28.4 | (0.83) | 11.3 | (0.58) | 12.0 | (0.60) | ||
| Not eligible | 13.6 | (0.74) | 34.4 | (1.02) | 30.1 | (0.98) | 10.9 | (0.67) | 11.0 | (0.67) | ||
| Information not available | 22.6 | (4.08) | 42.5 | (4.82) | 24.5 | (4.20) | 3.8 | ! | (1.86) | 6.6 | ! | (2.42) |
| School locale | ||||||||||||
| City | 22.3 | (1.12) | 25.9 | (1.18) | 29.5 | (1.22) | 11.0 | (0.84) | 11.5 | (0.86) | ||
| Suburb | 18.0 | (0.81) | 29.0 | (0.95) | 29.7 | (0.96) | 11.0 | (0.66) | 12.4 | (0.69) | ||
| Town | 17.0 | (1.65) | 29.1 | (1.99) | 30.5 | (2.02) | 11.9 | (1.42) | 11.5 | (1.40) | ||
| Rural | 22.4 | (1.30) | 31.3 | (1.44) | 26.1 | (1.37) | 10.5 | (0.96) | 9.6 | (0.92) | ||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | ||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate). | ||||||||||||
| 1 The student with disability (SD) variable used in this table includes students who have a 504 plan, even if they do not have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: American Institutes for Research, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Validity Studies Panel, Initial Tables From the 2015 Computer Access and Familiarity Study. (This table was prepared January 2017.) |
