| Table 112. | Percentage distribution of 4th graders in public schools, by time spent on homework and television viewing each day: 1992 and 1996 |
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| Time spent on homework each day |Amount of television watched each day
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Selected characteristics | | |Half | |More | |Four | Two | One
of students |Don't |Don't |hour |One |than |Six hours | to | to |hour
|have |do |or |hour |one |or more |five |three | or
| | |less | |hour | |hours |hours |less
__________________________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
__________________________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
| 1992
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All students ..........|15.1 (1.2)|3.0 (0.3)|39.4 (1.3)|26.7 (0.9)|15.8 (0.7)|21.2 (0.7)|21.6 (0.7)|35.9 (0.7)|21.3 (0.7)
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Male ...................|16.6 (1.5)|4.6 (0.4)|38.8 (1.4)|25.0 (1.1)|15.0 (0.9)|25.3 (1.1)|21.8 (0.9)|34.3 (1.2)|18.5 (0.9)
Female .................|13.5 (1.1)|1.4 (0.3)|40.1 (1.5)|28.4 (1.0)|16.6 (0.8)|17.1 (0.8)|21.3 (0.9)|37.4 (1.0)|24.1 (0.9)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | |
White ....................|16.9 (1.4)|2.4 (0.3)|38.9 (1.6)|27.7 (1.1)|14.1 (0.7)|15.1 (0.8)|22.3 (0.9)|39.8 (0.8)|22.9 (0.9)
Black ....................| 9.5 (1.4)|5.3 (0.9)|42.7 (1.5)|22.2 (1.4)|20.2 (1.3)|44.0 (2.0)|18.8 (1.5)|22.6 (1.6)|14.5 (1.0)
Hispanic .................|11.6 (1.5)|3.6 (0.7)|38.3 (1.8)|27.1 (1.4)|19.4 (1.6)|28.6 (1.6)|20.7 (1.2)|31.4 (1.7)|19.2 (1.6)
Asian/Pacific Islander ...| 8.9 (2.6)|2.2 (1.1)|35.2 (2.9)|34.1 (3.4)|19.5 (2.7)|19.2 (2.4)|21.7 (2.9)|33.4 (3.5)|25.7 (3.0)
American Indian ..........|16.4 (3.1)|1.8 (0.9)|43.8 (4.3)|15.8 (2.7)|22.1 (3.4)|28.1 (3.7)|23.4 (3.9)|25.1 (3.5)|23.3 (3.0)
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Parents' highest level | | | | | | | | |
of education | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school ..|17.6 (3.1)|5.1 (1.6)|37.6 (2.8)|24.2 (2.3)|15.4 (2.1)|28.2 (3.9)|20.8 (2.1)|32.3 (4.1)|18.8 (3.4)
Graduated high school ..|14.3 (2.0)|3.2 (0.6)|39.9 (2.6)|23.2 (1.9)|19.4 (1.6)|24.5 (1.9)|25.2 (2.4)|36.1 (1.7)|14.3 (1.2)
Some education after | | | | | | | | |
high school ...........|16.9 (2.4)|2.8 (0.8)|40.9 (2.3)|25.8 (2.3)|13.6 (1.7)|20.8 (1.8)|24.9 (1.9)|35.9 (2.2)|18.4 (1.7)
Graduated college ......|14.4 (1.5)|2.2 (0.3)|40.0 (1.5)|28.7 (1.3)|14.7 (0.9)|17.5 (1.1)|19.4 (0.9)|37.0 (1.1)|26.2 (1.2)
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Region | | | | | | | | |
Northeast ..............| 2.9 (0.4)|2.4 (0.5)|42.8 (1.7)|33.6 (1.6)|18.2 (1.3)|21.9 (2.4)|21.5 (2.2)|36.6 (1.6)|20.0 (1.8)
Southeast ..............|11.4 (1.5)|4.8 (0.7)|38.0 (1.9)|27.4 (1.7)|18.5 (1.2)|27.0 (1.7)|18.3 (1.0)|35.0 (1.4)|19.7 (1.5)
Central ................|27.0 (3.4)|2.0 (0.5)|34.6 (2.8)|22.7 (1.6)|13.7 (1.1)|17.8 (1.2)|24.7 (0.9)|38.2 (1.3)|19.2 (1.0)
West ...................|15.9 (2.5)|2.8 (0.3)|42.7 (3.1)|24.8 (1.9)|13.8 (1.6)|19.0 (1.4)|21.4 (1.5)|33.9 (1.5)|25.7 (1.3)
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Type of location | | | | | | | | |
Central city ...........|13.1 (2.5)|4.2 (0.6)|43.2 (2.4)|23.7 (1.7)|15.7 (1.3)|26.8 (1.5)|21.2 (0.6)|30.8 (1.1)|21.2 (1.3)
Urban fringe/large town |16.0 (1.9)|2.4 (0.3)|41.2 (2.1)|27.1 (1.3)|13.4 (1.1)|17.2 (1.1)|21.0 (1.4)|38.5 (1.3)|23.3 (1.3)
Rural/small town .......|18.2 (2.8)|3.4 (0.6)|35.7 (2.5)|27.0 (2.3)|15.8 (1.3)|20.4 (1.5)|23.2 (1.2)|38.3 (1.5)|18.1 (1.2)
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| 1996
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All students ..........|11.0 (1.0)|3.0 (0.3)|40.3 (1.1)|29.3 (0.8)|16.4 (0.6)|19.0 (0.7)|19.5 (0.7)|36.4 (0.7)|25.1 (1.1)
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Male ...................|11.8 (1.1)|4.4 (0.5)|40.0 (1.4)|27.7 (1.0)|16.1 (0.7)|22.4 (0.9)|21.4 (1.0)|34.8 (1.0)|21.4 (1.3)
Female .................|10.2 (1.1)|1.6 (0.2)|40.7 (1.3)|30.9 (1.2)|16.6 (1.0)|15.5 (0.9)|17.6 (1.0)|38.0 (0.8)|28.9 (1.2)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | |
White ..................|12.6 (1.4)|2.5 (0.4)|39.0 (1.3)|30.7 (1.0)|15.1 (0.8)|13.3 (0.7)|19.9 (0.9)|40.5 (0.8)|26.3 (1.3)
Black ..................| 7.4 (1.6)|5.2 (0.7)|43.5 (1.7)|24.5 (1.6)|19.4 (1.5)|42.1 (2.0)|19.0 (1.4)|22.1 (1.5)|16.8 (1.6)
Hispanic ...............| 7.8 (1.2)|3.8 (0.8)|42.3 (2.1)|28.1 (2.0)|18.1 (1.7)|21.5 (1.8)|18.2 (1.2)|33.8 (1.7)|26.6 (1.8)
Asian/Pacific Islander .| 4.8 (1.8)|1.7 (0.9)|41.5 (4.3)|28.8 (2.5)|23.1 (3.4)|18.9 (3.1)|18.8 (3.3)|29.2 (3.8)|33.1 (5.2)
American Indian ........|14.4 (3.2)|3.0 (1.6)|44.7 (3.7)|24.2 (4.2)|13.6 (2.8)|25.1 (4.2)|16.2 (3.3)|29.1 (4.1)|29.6 (4.7)
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Parents' highest level | | | | | | | | |
of education | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school ..| 6.8 (2.1)|6.4 (1.7)|42.1 (4.6)|21.7 (3.4)|23.0 (3.8)|27.3 (3.6)|24.9 (3.0)|24.4 (3.3)|23.4 (2.8)
Graduated high school ..|12.2 (2.0)|3.5 (0.8)|42.7 (2.1)|26.8 (1.9)|14.8 (1.3)|22.1 (1.8)|19.8 (1.5)|38.6 (1.8)|19.6 (1.9)
Some education after | | | | | | | | |
high school ...........|11.0 (2.4)|1.9 (0.7)|39.7 (2.7)|35.5 (2.7)|11.9 (1.6)|15.8 (2.1)|24.5 (2.3)|39.6 (2.2)|20.1 (2.1)
Graduated college ......|10.5 (1.2)|1.9 (0.3)|39.5 (1.6)|31.5 (1.2)|16.6 (0.9)|16.8 (1.1)|17.3 (1.2)|38.9 (1.1)|27.0 (1.7)
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Region | | | | | | | | |
Northeast ..............| 2.5 (0.8)|2.9 (0.5)|39.2 (2.8)|36.3 (1.6)|19.1 (1.4)|17.2 (1.7)|21.7 (1.2)|36.2 (1.8)|24.9 (1.9)
Southeast ..............| 4.8 (1.0)|3.4 (0.5)|44.2 (1.9)|29.5 (0.8)|18.1 (1.4)|27.8 (1.9)|18.8 (1.8)|31.9 (1.5)|21.5 (1.6)
Central ................|23.2 (3.1)|3.0 (0.6)|35.2 (1.6)|24.6 (1.6)|13.9 (1.2)|16.4 (1.4)|20.0 (1.6)|40.0 (0.8)|23.6 (2.2)
West ...................|11.5 (1.9)|2.8 (0.5)|42.6 (2.1)|27.8 (1.8)|15.3 (1.2)|16.4 (1.3)|18.1 (1.2)|36.7 (1.4)|28.8 (2.3)
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Type of location | | | | | | | | |
Central city ...........| 9.1 (1.7)|4.0 (0.6)|42.7 (1.6)|26.9 (1.5)|17.3 (1.3)|23.9 (1.2)|18.6 (1.0)|34.5 (1.0)|23.1 (1.3)
Urban fringe/large town | 9.4 (1.5)|2.6 (0.3)|42.2 (1.6)|30.8 (1.2)|15.0 (1.1)|15.1 (1.1)|19.6 (1.1)|38.8 (1.0)|26.5 (1.6)
Rural/small town .......|18.2 (2.8)|3.7 (0.7)|38.8 (2.4)|24.7 (2.5)|14.7 (1.5)|20.4 (1.3)|20.6 (1.4)|34.2 (1.6)|24.9 (2.1)
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NOTE.--Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Mathematics Results, 1992 and 1996. (This table was prepared September 1997).
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