Table S-2-1: Standard errors for the percentage of 9-month-olds, 2-year-olds, and 4-year-olds read to, told stories, and sung to daily in a typical week by a family member, by child and family characteristics: 2001-02, 2003-04, and 2005-06

Participation in Education: Standard Error Tables

Preprimary Education

Table S-2-1: Standard errors for the percentage of 9-month-olds, 2-year-olds, and 4-year-olds read to, told stories, and sung to daily in a typical week by a family member, by child and family characteristics: 2001-02, 2003-04, and 2005-06

Characteristic	Read stories to			Told stories			Sung to
Characteristic	9-month- olds	2-year- olds	4-year- olds	9-month- olds	2-year- olds	4-year- olds	9-month- olds	2-year- olds	4-year- olds
Total	0.80	0.76	0.76	0.72	0.80	0.55	0.74	0.83	0.68
Sex
Male	1.03	0.99	1.06	0.87	0.91	0.75	0.94	1.04	0.87
Female	1.02	1.05	0.97	0.85	1.16	0.80	1.04	1.01	1.02

Race/ethnicity
White	1.13	1.20	1.08	0.98	1.23	0.76	1.15	1.22	0.87
Black	1.15	1.51	1.27	1.09	1.23	1.30	1.18	1.57	1.75
Hispanic	1.52	1.27	1.51	1.28	1.26	1.21	1.14	1.58	1.54
Asian	1.81	2.20	2.85	1.63	1.83	2.15	1.49	2.03	2.01
Pacific Islander	9.47	8.81	12.27	13.77	11.93	9.03	9.29	5.81	12.36
American Indian/Alaska Native	3.22	4.09	3.01	3.08	4.12	2.23	3.29	4.21	3.91
More than one race	3.25	2.86	2.68	2.86	2.53	2.39	2.11	2.50	4.24

Birth weight
Normal	0.84	0.80	0.79	0.77	0.84	0.58	0.78	0.84	0.74
Low	1.63	1.64	1.42	1.31	1.41	1.41	1.10	1.64	1.58
Very low	1.32	1.62	1.91	1.36	1.39	1.44	1.26	1.73	2.02

Prematurity
Yes	1.64	1.56	1.94	1.53	1.58	1.89	1.37	1.70	1.77
No	0.83	0.84	0.80	0.71	0.85	0.56	0.79	0.87	0.78

Poverty status
In poverty	1.36	1.45	1.33	1.22	1.50	1.18	1.57	1.74	1.35
At or above poverty	0.88	0.81	0.92	0.76	0.84	0.64	0.77	0.76	0.72

Mother’s education
Less than high school	1.19	1.25	1.33	1.27	1.49	1.44	1.72	1.78	1.64
High school diploma or equivalent	1.40	1.41	1.28	1.26	1.25	1.04	1.44	1.23	1.15
Some college	1.43	1.14	1.27	1.22	1.37	1.16	1.11	1.33	1.39
Bachelor’s degree or higher	1.79	1.23	1.59	1.53	1.31	1.14	0.96	1.10	1.27
No mother in household	5.45	8.94	4.29	9.09	7.45	3.35	8.10	8.44	5.87

Family type
Two parents, with other siblings	1.11	0.87	0.97	0.91	1.01	0.65	0.92	0.92	0.90
Two parents, without other siblings	1.26	1.43	2.17	1.38	1.78	1.80	1.09	1.31	2.21
One parent, with other siblings	1.88	1.77	1.52	1.95	1.72	1.41	2.08	2.12	1.62
One parent, without other
siblings	1.97	2.03	2.56	1.93	1.93	2.52	1.94	2.71	2.55
Other	6.27	6.84	5.31	9.33	6.85	5.01	8.46	5.66	5.06

Primary language spoken in the home
English	0.88	0.88	0.78	0.78	0.93	0.66	0.86	0.95	0.68
Other than English	1.20	1.40	1.55	1.38	1.24	1.16	1.53	1.62	1.51

Mother’s employment
35 hours or more	1.23	1.26	1.18	1.11	1.08	0.88	1.11	1.23	0.98
Less than 35 hours	1.55	1.64	1.78	1.45	1.31	1.40	1.26	1.38	1.89
Unemployed	1.96	2.34	1.94	2.11	2.31	2.14	1.96	2.21	2.76
Not in labor force	1.08	1.39	1.18	1.10	1.24	0.94	1.15	1.25	1.04
No mother in household	5.45	8.94	4.29	9.09	7.45	3.35	8.10	8.44	5.87
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), Longitudinal 9-month–Preschool Restricted-Use Data File (NCES 2008-034).

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