Percent of Children Aged 0-5 Who Were Read to, Sung to or Told Stories Every Day, by Location and Poverty Status

Percent of Children Aged 0-5 Who Were Read to, Sung to or Told Stories Every Day, by Location and Poverty Status
Location	Activity	Percent of Children by Percent of Federal Poverty Level
Location	Activity	Less than 100	100-199	200-399	400 or more
Federal Poverty Level was $20,650 for a family of four in 2007.
Urban	Read to	34.2	37.9	51.6	60.0
Urban	Sung to or Told Stories	51.4	50.8	62.7	67.4
Large Rural	Read to	42.6	43.6	52.2	54.4
Large Rural	Sung to or Told Stories	58.8	59.5	62.5	56.7
Small Rural	Read to	45.5	42.1	48.0	62.1
Small Rural	Sung to or Told Stories	52.2	49.1	60.5	64.5

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The National Survey of Children's Health 2007. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011.

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