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U.S. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (1998b). Table POP4. Difficulty speaking English: Children ages 5 to 17 who speak a language other than English at home, and who are reported to have difficulty speaking English by race and Hispanic origin, region, selected years 1979-95. America's children 1998. Retrieved January 17, 1999 from the World Wide Web: http://www.childstats.gov/ac1998.

U.S. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (1998c). Table ED1. Family reading: Percentage of children ages 3 to 5 who were read to every day in the last week by a family member by child and family characteristics, selected years, 1993-96. America's children 1998. Retrieved January 17, 1999 from the World Wide Web: http://www.cldstate.gov/ac1998/ed1.htm.

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U.S. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (1998e). Table SPECIAL2.. Number and percentage of children under age 6 participating in child care and early education programs on a regular basis by type of arrangement and child and family characteristics, 1995. America's children 1998. Retrieved January 17, 1999 from the World Wide Web: http://www.childstats.gov/ac1998/special2.htm.

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