Children's Involvement in Home Literacy Activities statistics


	Children						Taught letters,		Visited a
Characteristic	(1,000)		Read to ¹		Told a story ¹		words, or numbers ¹		library ²

	1993	1999	1993	1999	1993	1999	1993	1999	1993	1999

Total	8,579	8,549	78	81	43	50	58	64	38	36

Age:
3 years old	3,889	3,827	79	81	46	52	57	65	34	33
4 years old	3,713	3,722	78	81	41	49	58	63	41	39
5 years old	976	1,001	76	79	36	44	58	64	38	41

Sex:
Male	4,453	4,363	77	80	43	49	58	64	38	35
Female	4,126	4,187	79	82	43	50	58	65	38	38

Race/ethnicity:
White, non-Hispanic	5,902	5,296	85	89	44	53	58	65	42	39
Black, non-Hispanic	1,271	1,258	66	71	39	45	63	68	29	35
Hispanic	1,026	1,421	58	61	38	40	54	55	26	25
Other	381	574	73	81	50	53	59	69	43	43

Mother's home language: ³
English	7,805	7,599	81	84	44	52	58	66	39	39
Not English	603	683	42	48	36	31	52	45	26	19

Mother's highest education: ³
Less than high school	1,036	952	60	61	37	36	56	60	22	18
High school	3,268	2,556	76	76	41	48	56	63	31	30
Vocational ed or some college	2,624	2,586	83	85	45	52	60	67	44	40
College degree	912	1,455	90	91	48	55	56	65	55	50
Graduate/professional training or degree	569	734	90	93	50	54	60	62	59	48

Mother's employment status: ³
Employed	4,486	5,058	79	81	44	50	57	65	39	36
Unemployed	594	452	71	70	43	47	66	63	37	29
Not in the labor force	3,328	2,773	79	84	43	50	58	64	37	40

Family type:
Two parents	6,226	5,997	81	85	44	52	57	64	41	40
None or one parent	2,353	2,553	71	72	41	44	59	65	30	29

Poverty status:
Above threshold	6,323	6,575	82	85	44	52	57	66	41	40
Below threshold	2,256	1,975	68	69	39	42	59	58	28	24

1 Three or more times in the past week.
2 At least once in the past month.
3 Excludes children with no mother in the household and no female gaurdian.

Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistsics, Sttistical Brief, NCES 2000-026, November 1999.

http://nces.ed.gov/

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/326_children's_involvement_in_home_literacy_activities.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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