Table 46

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Table 46. Percentage of 3- to 5-year-olds not yet enrolled in kindergarten who have participated in home literacy activities with a family member, by type of activity
and selected child and family characteristics: 1993, 1999, and 2001
_________________________________ _ _____ _________ _____ _________ ____________ _ __ ______ _ __ _____ _ ______
_______ __ _____ _ __ _______ _____
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| | Percent participating 3 or more times in the past week
| | __ ______ _ __ _____ _ ______
_______ __ _____ _ __ _____ _____
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_____ _ __ _____ _ __ _____ _____
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| | | Told a story | Taught letters, |
| Children (in thousands) | Read to by family member | by family member | words, or numbers |
Selected child and family | _____ _________ _____ _________ ____________ | __ ______ _ __ _____ _ __ _____ | __ _____ _ __ _____ _ __ _____ | __ _____ _ __ _____ _ __ _____ |
characteristic | 1993 | 1999 | 2001 | 1993\1\ | 1999 | 2001 | 1993 | 1999 | 2001 | 1993 | 1999 | 2001 |
_________________________________ | _____ ________| _____ _______ | _____________ | __ ______ | __ _____ | __ _______ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ |
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
_________________________________ | _____ ______ | _____ _______ | _____ ______ | __ ______ | __ _____ | __ _______ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ |
Total ...............................
| 8,579 (42.0) | 8,525 (13.6) | 8,551 (11.0) | 78 (0.7) | 82 (0.7) | 84 (0.8) | 43 (0.9) | 50 (1.1) | 54 (0.9) | 58 (0.8) | 64 (0.9) | 74 (1.0) |
| _____ ______ | _____ _______ | _____ ______ | __ ______ | __ _____ | __ _______ | __ _______
| __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ |
Age | | | | | | | | | | | | |
3 years old .........................
| 3,889 (8.2) | 3,814 (78.7) | 3,795 (91.4) | 79 (1.0) | 82 (1.1) | 84 (1.1) | 46 (1.3) | 53 (1.6) | 54 (1.4) | 57 (1.3) | 66 (1.2) | 71 (1.7) |
4 years old ........................
| 3,713 (15.7) | 3,705 (80.1) | 3,861 (89.0) | 78 (1.0) | 82 (1.1) | 85 (1.2) | 41 (1.5) | 48 (1.6) | 55 (1.4) | 58 (1.1) | 63 (1.4) | 77 (1.3) |
5 years old ........................
| 976 (39.4) | 1,006 (54.2) | 896 (47.0) | 76 (2.1) | 79 (2.4) | 81 (2.7) | 36 (2.7) | 45 (3.0) | 52 (3.0) | 58 (2.8) | 65 (2.7) | 75 (2.5) |
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ..............................
| 4,453 (60.2) | 4,364 (79.3) | 4,292 (79.9) | 77 (1.0) | 81 (1.0) | 82 (1.2) | 43 (1.3) | 50 (1.4) | 53 (1.4) | 58 (1.0) | 64 (1.3) | 73 (1.6) |
Female ..............................
| 4,126 (65.0) | 4,162 (79.4) | 4,260 (79.6) | 79 (1.0) | 82 (1.1) | 86 (1.0) | 43 (1.2) | 50 (1.5) | 55 (1.3) | 58 (1.4) | 65 (1.3) | 76 (1.3) |
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ................
| 5,902 (63.6) | 5,389 (77.0) | 5,313 (68.0) | 85 (0.7) | 89 (0.7) | 89 (0.8) | 44 (1.0) | 53 (1.2) | 58 (1.1) | 58 (0.9) | 65 (1.1) | 75 (1.2) |
Black, non-Hispanic ...............
| 1,271 (44.9) | 1,214 (59.2) | 1,251 (55.1) | 66 (2.4) | 72 (2.4) | 77 (2.6) | 39 (2.7) | 44 (2.7) | 51 (2.9) | 63 (2.7) | 67 (2.5) | 78 (3.4) |
Hispanic .........................
| 1,026 (34.1) | 1,376 (52.3) | 1,506 (43.5) | 58 (2.4) | 62 (2.1) | 71 (1.9) | 38 (2.2) | 40 (2.3) | 42 (2.1) | 54 (1.9) | 57 (2.2) | 68 (2.0) |
Other .............................
| 381 (33.5) | 547 (38.5) | 482 (38.3) | 73 (3.8) | 82 (3.3) | 87 (2.7) | 50 (5.3) | 54 (4.0) | 60 (4.0) | 59 (3.9) | 68 (4.4) | 78 (3.6) |
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Mother's highest level | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of education\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school ................
| 1,036 (50.1) | 894 (51.7) | 996 (54.5) | 60 (2.7) | 63 (2.8) | 69 (2.8) | 37 (3.2) | 36 (3.0) | 43 (3.7) | 56 (2.7) | 60 (3.4) | 67 (3.0) |
High school/GED .....................
| 3,268 (79.6) | 2,549 (80.7) | 2,712 (89.0) | 75 (1.3) | 77 (1.8) | 81 (1.6) | 41 (1.3) | 49 (2.1) | 53 (1.7) | 56 (1.3) | 64 (1.6) | 73 (1.5) |
Vocational/technical | | | | | | | | | | | | |
or some college ...................
| 2,291 (69.1) | 1,907 (75.9) | 1,833 (73.9) | 83 (1.4) | 84 (1.5) | 85 (1.8) | 45 (1.9) | 53 (1.9) | 53 (2.5) | 60 (1.7) | 68 (1.5) | 76 (1.8) |
Associate's degree ...................
| 332 (25.7) | 689 (40.8) | 573 (40.9) | 84 (3.1) | 88 (1.7) | 89 (2.5) | 44 (4.3) | 51 (3.1) | 56 (3.2) | 63 (3.9) | 66 (3.0) | 78 (3.5) |
Bachelor's degree ..................
| 912 (42.3) | 1,611 (69.1) | 1,553 (68.4) | 90 (1.6) | 92 (1.1) | 93 (1.2) | 48 (2.4) | 56 (2.2) | 58 (2.2) | 57 (2.2) | 65 (2.1) | 76 (1.9) |
Graduate/professional degree ................
| 569 (37.7) | 602 (34.7) | 685 (45.7) | 90 (2.1) | 92 (1.8) | 96 (1.1) | 50 (3.2) | 51 (3.5) | 67 (3.6) | 60 (2.7) | 62 (3.6) | 80 (2.8) |
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Mother's employment status\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Employed ..............................
| 4,486 (77.3) | 5,097 (75.9) | 5,148 (84.2) | 79 (1.0) | 82 (1.0) | 86 (1.0) | 44 (1.0) | 50 (1.5) | 54 (1.3) | 57 (1.2) | 65 (1.2) | 73 (1.3) |
Unemployed ..........................
| 594 (45.0) | 443 (43.7) | 396 (36.9) | 71 (3.4) | 73 (3.1) | 77 (5.0) | 43 (2.9) | 49 (4.3) | 56 (5.6) | 66 (3.7) | 64 (4.0) | 73 (5.0) |
Not in labor force ..................
| 3,328 (72.9) | 2,712 (70.6) | 2,809 (73.3) | 79 (1.3) | 84 (1.2) | 83 (1.4) | 43 (1.5) | 50 (1.5) | 54 (2.0) | 58 (1.5) | 65 (1.8) | 76 (1.7) |
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Family composition of household | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Two parents .......................
| 6,226 (78.1) | 6,058 (72.8) | 6,416 (75.1) | 81 (0.7) | 85 (0.6) | 87 (0.8) | 44 (1.0) | 52 (1.2) | 55 (1.0) | 57 (0.9) | 64 (1.0) | 74 (1.1) |
None or one parent ..................
| 2,353 (66.5) | 2,467 (75.6) | 2,135 (75.1) | 71 (1.7) | 74 (1.7) | 76 (2.0) | 41 (2.0) | 44 (2.1) | 51 (2.2) | 59 (2.1) | 65 (1.8) | 73 (2.2) |
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Poverty status | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Above poverty threshold ..............
| 6,323 (62.1) | 6,522 (75.8) | 6,620 (61.6) | 82 (0.7) | 85 (0.7) | 87 (0.8) | 44 (0.9) | 52 (1.1) | 55 (0.9) | 57 (0.8) | 66 (1.0) | 75 (1.1) |
At or below poverty threshold ....
| 2,256 (56.6) | 2,004 (73.0) | 1,931 (62.1) | 67 (1.6) | 70 (2.1) | 74 (2.3) | 39 (1.8) | 42 (2.7) | 51 (2.7) | 60 (2.0) | 59 (2.3) | 72 (2.4) |
_________________________________ | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ | __ ______ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ | __ _____ |
\1\ In 1993, respondents were asked about reading frequency in one of two versions. The percentages presented in the table are for all of the respondents
who answered three or more times on either version of the questions.
\2\Refers to visiting a library at least once in the past month.
\3\Excludes children who did not have a mother (birth, adoptive, step, or foster) residing in their household and also did not have a female respondent on
the telephone.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Readiness Survey (SR-NHES:1993), Parent Survey (Parent-NHES:1999),
and Early Childhood Program Participation Survey (ECPP-NHES:2001) of The National Household Education Surveys Program. (This table was prepared July 2005.)

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Did arts and crafts | Visited a library\2\
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33 (0.8) | 39 (0.8) | 46 (1.0) | 38 (1.0) | 37 (0.9) | 36 (1.1)
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34 (1.3) | 41 (1.7) | 43 (1.7) | 34 (1.3) | 33 (1.3) | 35 (1.9)
33 (1.1) | 38 (1.3) | 48 (1.5) | 41 (1.5) | 39 (1.4) | 37 (1.4)
33 (2.3) | 35 (2.5) | 44 (2.7) | 38 (2.7) | 42 (2.8) | 37 (3.4)
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31 (1.0) | 38 (1.2) | 41 (1.3) | 38 (1.5) | 35 (1.2) | 35 (1.4)
36 (1.2) | 40 (1.2) | 50 (1.5) | 38 (1.1) | 38 (1.3) | 37 (1.6)
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36 (1.0) | 44 (1.1) | 49 (1.2) | 42 (1.3) | 40 (1.1) | 39 (1.3)
28 (2.4) | 27 (2.6) | 34 (3.3) | 29 (2.6) | 34 (2.7) | 31 (2.6)
25 (2.1) | 32 (2.0) | 42 (2.2) | 26 (1.6) | 24 (1.7) | 30 (2.0)
32 (3.3) | 33 (3.3) | 46 (3.8) | 43 (4.6) | 43 (3.9) | 38 (4.6)
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25 (2.2) | 28 (2.8) | 30 (2.9) | 22 (2.7) | 17 (2.2) | 21 (2.4)
30 (1.2) | 38 (1.7) | 43 (1.7) | 30 (1.8) | 30 (1.8) | 30 (1.9)
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37 (1.8) | 39 (1.9) | 47 (2.3) | 44 (2.2) | 39 (2.0) | 38 (2.2)
39 (4.1) | 43 (3.2) | 46 (3.8) | 38 (4.1) | 45 (3.3) | 42 (4.3)
37 (2.4) | 42 (1.7) | 53 (2.7) | 55 (2.2) | 51 (2.1) | 46 (2.4)
42 (3.0) | 51 (3.6) | 55 (3.8) | 59 (3.5) | 48 (3.2) | 55 (3.8)
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33 (1.1) | 37 (1.0) | 45 (1.5) | 39 (1.2) | 36 (1.0) | 36 (1.2)
33 (3.9) | 40 (4.6) | 38 (5.2) | 37 (3.7) | 31 (3.9) | 37 (4.8)
34 (1.4) | 43 (1.5) | 48 (2.0) | 37 (1.4) | 41 (1.5) | 38 (1.9)
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35 (0.9) | 42 (1.0) | 48 (1.1) | 41 (1.2) | 40 (1.0) | 38 (1.2)
30 (1.9) | 33 (1.5) | 39 (2.3) | 30 (1.7) | 29 (1.8) | 30 (2.1)
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36 (0.9) | 41 (0.9) | 47 (1.0) | 41 (1.2) | 40 (1.1) | 39 (1.2)
27 (1.9) | 33 (2.2) | 40 (2.4) | 28 (2.0) | 25 (2.1) | 27 (2.2)
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