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| Table 207.20. | Percentage of kindergartners through fifth-graders whose parents reported doing education-related activities with their children in the past month, by selected child, parent, and school characteristics: 2012, 2016, and 2019 |
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| Selected child, parent, or school characteristic | Visited a library | Went to a play, concert, or other live show |
Visited an art gallery, museum, or historical site |
Visited a zoo or aquarium |
Attended an event sponsored by a community, religious, or ethnic group |
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| 2012 | 2016 | 2019 | 2012 | 2016 | 2019 | 2012 | 2016 | 2019 | 2012 | 2016 | 2019 | 2012 | 2016 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 46.5 | (0.88) | 41.6 | (1.05) | 42.8 | (0.96) | 32.0 | (0.88) | 33.7 | (0.94) | 33.3 | (0.82) | 25.9 | (0.77) | 29.5 | (0.92) | 28.0 | (0.75) | 24.6 | (0.86) | 32.5 | (1.09) | 26.5 | (0.78) | 57.3 | (0.79) | 55.8 | (1.01) | 53.2 | (1.03) | |||||||||
| Sex of child | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 44.8 | (1.40) | 39.8 | (1.62) | 41.2 | (1.39) | 30.0 | (1.25) | 29.9 | (1.40) | 30.1 | (1.20) | 25.6 | (1.11) | 28.7 | (1.38) | 29.3 | (1.29) | 24.1 | (1.07) | 32.6 | (1.48) | 27.5 | (1.22) | 57.2 | (1.24) | 55.0 | (1.50) | 52.0 | (1.32) | |||||||||
| Female | 48.3 | (1.37) | 43.6 | (1.44) | 44.5 | (1.43) | 34.1 | (1.16) | 37.8 | (1.41) | 36.8 | (1.18) | 26.2 | (1.09) | 30.4 | (1.47) | 26.5 | (1.09) | 25.2 | (1.18) | 32.4 | (1.71) | 25.5 | (1.13) | 57.5 | (1.15) | 56.6 | (1.34) | 54.5 | (1.46) | |||||||||
Race/ethnicity of child1 |
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| White | 45.3 | (1.14) | 40.3 | (1.39) | 42.6 | (1.14) | 33.6 | (1.10) | 34.7 | (1.19) | 35.3 | (1.18) | 27.4 | (1.00) | 29.6 | (1.13) | 28.8 | (1.03) | 20.8 | (0.99) | 28.0 | (1.41) | 22.6 | (1.03) | 56.8 | (1.13) | 56.6 | (1.24) | 54.3 | (1.18) | |||||||||
| Black | 50.2 | (2.97) | 43.1 | (3.21) | 45.9 | (2.81) | 35.9 | (2.65) | 31.9 | (3.38) | 33.6 | (2.75) | 25.1 | (2.05) | 29.9 | (3.43) | 26.5 | (2.83) | 27.5 | (2.69) | 39.8 | (3.64) | 31.4 | (3.14) | 68.7 | (2.10) | 63.7 | (3.06) | 57.8 | (2.90) | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 43.5 | (2.11) | 37.6 | (2.06) | 37.8 | (1.95) | 26.8 | (1.80) | 32.3 | (2.11) | 30.2 | (1.60) | 23.3 | (1.66) | 28.1 | (2.08) | 25.8 | (1.72) | 29.3 | (2.04) | 37.8 | (2.44) | 30.7 | (1.85) | 53.5 | (2.28) | 50.8 | (2.39) | 50.4 | (2.05) | |||||||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 59.8 | (3.72) | 56.9 | (5.86) | 61.6 | (3.74) | 33.7 | (3.10) | 33.5 | (3.58) | 37.5 | (3.51) | 24.8 | (3.34) | 29.4 | (3.78) | 39.2 | (3.44) | 33.1 | (3.65) | 32.9 | (3.59) | 35.8 | (3.60) | 52.2 | (4.21) | 52.0 | (5.69) | 44.7 | (3.86) | |||||||||
| Asian | 59.4 | (3.79) | 57.2 | (6.06) | 62.6 | (3.81) | 34.5 | (3.30) | 32.9 | (3.62) | 37.5 | (3.54) | 24.6 | (3.39) | 29.7 | (3.92) | 38.5 | (3.50) | 33.9 | (3.65) | 33.0 | (3.72) | 36.8 | (3.71) | 50.6 | (4.44) | 51.4 | (5.88) | 44.0 | (3.94) | |||||||||
| Pacific Islander | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
36.6 | (10.71) | ‡ | (†) | 30.1 | ! | (10.09) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 34.2 | ! | (13.19) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 22.4 | ! | (9.74) | 28.8 | ! | (12.17) | ‡ | (†) | 21.2 | ! | (8.98) | 62.6 | (11.60) | ‡ | (†) | 56.6 | (12.81) | ||||
| Two or more races | 48.4 | (3.83) | 48.2 | (5.24) | 39.4 | (4.65) | 30.2 | (3.49) | 35.5 | (4.42) | 26.7 | (3.02) | 29.0 | (3.35) | 32.7 | (4.53) | 23.6 | (2.73) | 21.8 | (3.00) | 30.3 | (4.21) | 20.0 | (2.95) | 53.6 | (3.85) | 55.5 | (4.51) | 53.9 | (3.57) | |||||||||
Grade of child |
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| Kindergarten and grade 1 | 46.0 | (1.44) | 41.2 | (2.01) | 44.8 | (1.73) | 31.9 | (1.69) | 32.9 | (1.80) | 33.1 | (1.34) | 28.5 | (1.44) | 27.7 | (1.53) | 30.4 | (1.36) | 28.7 | (1.78) | 38.9 | (2.11) | 29.9 | (1.52) | 55.9 | (1.41) | 53.2 | (1.98) | 51.7 | (1.44) | |||||||||
| Grades 2 and 3 | 48.6 | (1.59) | 41.2 | (1.52) | 44.9 | (1.71) | 32.8 | (1.52) | 33.4 | (1.75) | 33.2 | (1.56) | 27.1 | (1.59) | 29.7 | (1.86) | 28.5 | (1.53) | 26.1 | (1.49) | 31.0 | (1.74) | 28.4 | (1.57) | 59.0 | (1.57) | 58.7 | (1.71) | 54.4 | (1.83) | |||||||||
| Grades 4 and 5 | 45.0 | (1.59) | 42.6 | (1.57) | 38.5 | (1.76) | 31.3 | (1.30) | 34.8 | (1.52) | 33.6 | (1.44) | 21.8 | (1.28) | 31.4 | (1.50) | 24.9 | (1.27) | 18.5 | (1.04) | 26.7 | (1.73) | 21.1 | (1.31) | 57.3 | (1.48) | 55.9 | (1.80) | 53.7 | (1.46) | |||||||||
Language spoken most at home by child2 |
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| English | 46.6 | (1.00) | 42.4 | (1.09) | 43.5 | (1.01) | 32.7 | (0.91) | 34.3 | (0.97) | 34.1 | (0.92) | 26.8 | (0.76) | 30.0 | (0.91) | 28.6 | (0.84) | 23.3 | (0.87) | 31.2 | (0.97) | 25.3 | (0.84) | 57.8 | (0.78) | 56.4 | (1.01) | 53.6 | (1.07) | |||||||||
| Spanish | 33.8 | (4.10) | 23.7 | (3.52) | 37.6 | (5.24) | 20.0 | (3.13) | 31.8 | (5.19) | 18.3 | (3.63) | 12.8 | (2.11) | 27.7 | (5.07) | 27.8 | (5.61) | 30.4 | (3.61) | 48.1 | (6.15) | 34.6 | (5.56) | 54.9 | (3.69) | 53.9 | (5.81) | 51.0 | (5.45) | |||||||||
| English and Spanish equally |
48.7 | (4.14) | 45.0 | (4.73) | 37.2 | (4.75) | 24.2 | (3.38) | 31.4 | (4.65) | 26.1 | (3.17) | 23.3 | (4.60) | 28.1 | (4.93) | 20.5 | (3.04) | 34.5 | (4.78) | 38.2 | (4.58) | 30.6 | (3.96) | 53.0 | (5.31) | 53.9 | (4.64) | 50.0 | (4.64) | |||||||||
| English and other language equally |
61.5 | (5.01) | 47.9 | (10.18) | 40.7 | (5.77) | 42.8 | (4.44) | 29.7 | (6.76) | 42.3 | (5.31) | 31.2 | (5.01) | 22.5 | (5.70) | 23.1 | (3.38) | 38.7 | (4.85) | 27.0 | (7.21) | 40.8 | (6.70) | 64.2 | (3.82) | 53.0 | (10.71) | 54.9 | (5.43) | |||||||||
| Other language | 47.0 | (10.39) | 41.1 | (7.07) | 47.3 | (9.32) | 32.0 | (9.29) | 27.7 | ! | (9.41) | 32.8 | (6.36) | 17.6 | ! | (7.68) | 31.9 | ! | (10.74) | 38.6 | (7.57) | 21.9 | ! | (9.08) | 32.7 | ! | (10.23) | 30.1 | (6.90) | 42.5 | (11.31) | 43.9 | (6.89) | 48.2 | (10.77) | ||||
Highest education level of parents/guardians in the household |
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| Less than a high school diploma |
37.4 | (3.31) | 28.8 | (4.16) | 38.1 | (4.69) | 18.5 | (2.69) | 23.3 | (4.07) | 21.4 | (3.28) | 18.1 | (3.19) | 17.0 | (2.75) | 18.8 | (3.34) | 27.7 | (3.58) | 36.3 | (5.24) | 27.5 | (3.43) | 48.0 | (2.88) | 38.8 | (4.70) | 46.2 | (4.59) | |||||||||
| High school diploma/GED | 45.0 | (2.43) | 36.8 | (3.24) | 35.2 | (2.59) | 26.3 | (2.17) | 26.5 | (2.94) | 26.1 | (2.19) | 21.2 | (2.12) | 24.3 | (2.74) | 21.0 | (2.16) | 23.3 | (1.90) | 35.1 | (3.29) | 30.9 | (2.66) | 53.8 | (2.41) | 50.3 | (2.91) | 46.8 | (3.05) | |||||||||
| Vocational/technical or some college |
41.0 | (1.74) | 37.0 | (2.39) | 38.3 | (1.86) | 30.7 | (1.76) | 28.2 | (2.16) | 29.0 | (1.95) | 23.7 | (1.55) | 21.6 | (1.77) | 26.4 | (1.83) | 23.8 | (1.70) | 30.5 | (2.50) | 27.6 | (1.92) | 54.0 | (1.64) | 54.7 | (2.53) | 51.5 | (2.07) | |||||||||
| Associate's degree | 43.7 | (3.08) | 37.8 | (3.19) | 36.3 | (2.41) | 28.0 | (2.74) | 29.8 | (2.77) | 31.7 | (2.64) | 24.9 | (2.39) | 30.4 | (2.96) | 25.0 | (2.01) | 25.8 | (2.72) | 30.8 | (3.18) | 17.9 | (1.84) | 58.2 | (2.38) | 55.7 | (2.87) | 49.3 | (2.76) | |||||||||
| Bachelor's degree/some graduate school |
51.2 | (1.53) | 45.3 | (1.68) | 45.1 | (1.57) | 38.3 | (1.45) | 39.1 | (1.97) | 36.4 | (1.73) | 30.2 | (1.47) | 36.6 | (1.89) | 30.9 | (1.63) | 24.3 | (1.50) | 32.8 | (1.79) | 26.4 | (1.69) | 61.5 | (1.37) | 60.7 | (1.60) | 56.4 | (1.53) | |||||||||
| Graduate/professional degree |
57.8 | (1.56) | 55.6 | (1.91) | 56.0 | (1.48) | 45.0 | (1.68) | 46.8 | (1.79) | 46.2 | (1.56) | 35.6 | (1.72) | 38.9 | (1.57) | 37.9 | (1.46) | 24.7 | (1.23) | 29.8 | (1.80) | 25.5 | (1.29) | 67.0 | (1.56) | 65.6 | (1.48) | 61.9 | (1.54) | |||||||||
Family income (in current dollars) |
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| $20,000 or less | 43.6 | (2.48) | 37.8 | (3.32) | 41.6 | (3.65) | 22.1 | (1.72) | 22.3 | (2.55) | 24.6 | (2.67) | 19.4 | (1.87) | 24.2 | (2.75) | 20.9 | (2.40) | 25.7 | (2.05) | 35.6 | (3.75) | 30.4 | (3.28) | 51.5 | (2.11) | 39.6 | (3.36) | 44.7 | (4.93) | |||||||||
| $20,001 to $50,000 | 44.1 | (2.11) | 39.3 | (2.46) | 41.0 | (1.97) | 27.7 | (1.58) | 26.6 | (2.15) | 27.5 | (1.65) | 21.1 | (1.47) | 24.7 | (1.92) | 24.5 | (2.12) | 25.4 | (1.84) | 33.5 | (2.52) | 27.2 | (1.83) | 56.7 | (2.01) | 54.4 | (2.23) | 49.7 | (2.37) | |||||||||
| $50,001 to $75,000 | 47.1 | (2.14) | 39.7 | (2.86) | 40.3 | (2.36) | 33.7 | (2.39) | 32.9 | (2.39) | 30.2 | (2.23) | 29.7 | (1.88) | 27.5 | (2.68) | 27.0 | (2.10) | 27.4 | (1.96) | 33.8 | (2.52) | 25.9 | (2.28) | 56.3 | (2.05) | 58.7 | (2.64) | 51.8 | (2.41) | |||||||||
| $75,001 to $100,000 | 46.8 | (2.16) | 44.3 | (2.42) | 41.8 | (2.33) | 34.4 | (2.01) | 37.1 | (2.52) | 32.3 | (2.14) | 28.2 | (2.07) | 28.8 | (1.78) | 24.2 | (1.88) | 26.2 | (2.03) | 28.3 | (2.60) | 26.4 | (2.18) | 60.1 | (2.18) | 60.9 | (2.54) | 53.0 | (2.84) | |||||||||
| Over $100,000 | 50.1 | (1.76) | 45.2 | (1.50) | 45.6 | (1.34) | 40.0 | (1.39) | 43.6 | (1.46) | 41.1 | (1.34) | 31.2 | (1.63) | 37.2 | (1.49) | 33.9 | (1.35) | 20.5 | (1.21) | 31.5 | (1.63) | 25.4 | (1.03) | 60.7 | (1.59) | 60.2 | (1.69) | 58.5 | (1.47) | |||||||||
Poverty status3 |
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| Poor | 45.0 | (2.53) | 38.0 | (2.59) | 39.0 | (2.72) | 22.5 | (1.63) | 23.2 | (2.64) | 23.1 | (1.94) | 18.3 | (1.55) | 23.7 | (2.28) | 21.3 | (1.95) | 24.3 | (2.09) | 36.3 | (3.21) | 29.4 | (2.54) | 54.0 | (2.18) | 44.4 | (3.02) | 48.4 | (3.53) | |||||||||
| Near-poor | 41.8 | (1.86) | 40.0 | (2.56) | 43.8 | (2.36) | 28.5 | (2.10) | 25.8 | (1.93) | 30.1 | (1.72) | 21.9 | (1.77) | 23.6 | (2.16) | 24.7 | (2.27) | 26.2 | (1.99) | 33.8 | (2.73) | 25.0 | (2.33) | 57.1 | (2.10) | 55.0 | (2.39) | 48.8 | (2.28) | |||||||||
| Nonpoor | 48.8 | (1.14) | 43.4 | (1.13) | 43.5 | (1.03) | 36.9 | (1.00) | 40.0 | (1.18) | 37.3 | (1.05) | 30.4 | (1.04) | 33.6 | (1.11) | 30.9 | (0.90) | 24.1 | (0.91) | 30.8 | (1.13) | 26.2 | (0.91) | 58.7 | (0.96) | 59.7 | (1.14) | 56.0 | (1.07) | |||||||||
Control of school4 |
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| Public | 46.1 | (0.91) | 41.6 | (1.11) | 42.3 | (1.09) | 31.1 | (0.95) | 32.8 | (1.01) | 32.4 | (0.88) | 25.2 | (0.82) | 29.0 | (1.05) | 27.3 | (0.75) | 24.5 | (0.92) | 32.8 | (1.23) | 26.3 | (0.88) | 56.0 | (0.84) | 54.6 | (1.12) | 51.3 | (1.13) | |||||||||
| Private | 50.1 | (2.66) | 42.0 | (2.91) | 46.6 | (2.74) | 41.6 | (2.56) | 42.2 | (2.84) | 40.8 | (2.57) | 33.6 | (2.43) | 34.3 | (2.46) | 33.0 | (3.03) | 26.0 | (2.37) | 29.2 | (1.93) | 28.4 | (2.94) | 71.7 | (2.20) | 67.1 | (2.81) | 68.5 | (3.00) | |||||||||
Locale of household5 |
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| City | 48.0 | (1.56) | 43.5 | (2.04) | 45.6 | (1.79) | 31.3 | (1.43) | 33.1 | (1.90) | 35.4 | (1.45) | 28.2 | (1.33) | 32.9 | (1.74) | 33.6 | (1.66) | 28.6 | (1.48) | 36.7 | (2.17) | 32.4 | (1.79) | 55.0 | (1.58) | 52.7 | (2.21) | 51.4 | (2.12) | |||||||||
| Suburban | 47.3 | (1.63) | 43.4 | (1.38) | 45.7 | (1.47) | 34.7 | (1.36) | 35.8 | (1.33) | 34.3 | (1.22) | 27.9 | (1.31) | 30.2 | (1.21) | 28.0 | (1.30) | 27.0 | (1.38) | 33.7 | (1.55) | 25.4 | (0.96) | 55.9 | (1.26) | 57.2 | (1.51) | 53.8 | (1.48) | |||||||||
| Town | 50.1 | (4.33) | 35.5 | (3.69) | 39.6 | (3.02) | 26.6 | (2.89) | 26.6 | (2.74) | 33.9 | (2.70) | 21.4 | (3.03) | 22.3 | (2.80) | 22.8 | (2.34) | 21.0 | (3.20) | 21.1 | (3.20) | 23.2 | (2.21) | 59.1 | (3.87) | 55.5 | (3.50) | 52.9 | (3.51) | |||||||||
| Rural | 41.7 | (1.82) | 35.9 | (2.73) | 32.0 | (2.25) | 30.7 | (1.58) | 32.8 | (2.90) | 26.7 | (1.99) | 21.8 | (1.32) | 23.9 | (2.01) | 20.1 | (1.73) | 17.3 | (1.48) | 26.3 | (2.71) | 20.1 | (2.14) | 61.8 | (1.43) | 58.7 | (2.84) | 55.6 | (2.22) | |||||||||
| ---Not available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †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 In 2019, for a small number of non-Hispanic children, their parents did not choose any race from the categories provided on the race item in the questionnaire. These children are excluded from the 2019 breakouts by race. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Children who were not able to speak are excluded from this analysis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Poor children are those whose family incomes were below the Census Bureau's poverty threshold in the year prior to data collection; near-poor children are those whose family incomes ranged from the poverty threshold to 199 percent of the poverty threshold; and nonpoor children are those whose family incomes were at or above 200 percent of the poverty threshold. The poverty threshold is a dollar amount that varies depending on a family's size and composition and is updated annually to account for inflation. In 2019, for example, the poverty threshold for a family of four with two children was $25,926. Survey respondents are asked to select the range within which their income falls, rather than giving the exact amount of their income; therefore, the measure of poverty status is an approximation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Based on matching of enrolled students' school to public and private school lists maintained by the National Center of Education Statistics in the Common Core of Data or Private School Survey. Excludes students with no designated school. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Based on zip code of the household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: NHES:2012 used self-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaires that were mailed to respondents. For NHES:2016, initial contact with all respondents was by mail, and the majority of respondents received paper-and-pencil questionnaires. However, as an experiment with web use, a small sample of NHES:2016 respondents received mailed invitations to complete the survey online. For NHES:2019, the majority of data were collected using a web-based survey instrument that respondents accessed with credentials they received in a mailed invitation. Paper surveys were used for nonresponse follow-up and for a small experiment. The respondent was the parent most knowledgeable about the child's education. Responding parents reported on their own activities and the activities of their spouse/other adults in the household. Unless otherwise noted, all information is based on parent reports. Excludes children whose parents reported any homeschooling. For the total numbers of children enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade in 2012, 2016, and 2019, see table 207.30. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES:2012, 2016, and 2019). (This table was prepared August 2020.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
