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Table 48. Child care arrangements of preschool children, by age, race/ethnicity, and household income: 1991, 1995, and 1999
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                        |         |          Age          |        Race/ethnicity           |                Household income
                        |         |_______________________|_________________________________|________________________________________________________
    Characteristics     |  Total  |3 years|4 years|5 years| White, | Black, |Hispanic|Other |$10,000 |$10,001|$20,001|$30,001|$40,001|$50,001| More
                        |         |  old  |  old  |  old  |  non-  |  non-  |        |      |   or   |  to   |  to   |  to   |  to   |  to   | than
                        |         |       |       |       |Hispanic|Hispanic|        |      |  less  |$20,000|$30,000|$40,000|$50,000|$75,000|$75,000
________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
           1            |    2    |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |  9   |   10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |  15   |  16
________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
          1991          |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Children\1\             |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  In thousands .........|   8,428 | 3,749 | 3,636 | 1,044 |  5,867 |  1,239 |  1,002 |  319 |  1,495 | 1,437 | 1,711 | 1,319 |   936 |   974 |   556
  Percent ..............|   100.0 |  44.5 |  43.1 |  12.4 |   69.6 |   14.7 |   11.9 |  3.8 |   17.7 |  17.0 |  20.3 |  15.7 |  11.1 |  11.6 |   6.6
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent in nonparental  |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
 arrangements\2\        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  Relative care ........|    16.9 |  16.1 |  18.1 |  15.6 |   14.8 |   24.1 |   19.5 | 19.3 |   16.8 |  19.3 |  18.9 |  15.9 |  16.6 |  15.6 |   9.6
  Nonrelative care .....|    14.8 |  14.8 |  14.8 |  15.0 |   17.3 |    7.9 |    9.7 | 12.1 |    6.3 |  11.8 |  12.9 |  15.7 |  21.4 |  21.9 |  25.9
  Center based .........|         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
   programs\3\ .........|    52.8 |  42.3 |  60.4 |  63.9 |   54.0 |   58.2 |   38.9 | 53.2 |   44.9 |  44.5 |  44.5 |  53.2 |  60.0 |  68.4 |  80.4
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent with parental   |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  care only ............|    31.0 |  37.8 |  25.9 |  24.3 |   30.6 |   25.0 |   40.6 | 32.6 |   42.4 |  35.9 |  38.5 |  29.7 |  23.1 |  15.2 |   8.8
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
          1995          |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Children\1\             |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  In thousands .........|   9,232 | 4,126 | 4,065 | 1,041 |  6,337 |  1,396 |  1,042 |  457 |  1,795 | 1,204 | 1,484 | 1,319 | 1,037 | 1,381 | 1,012
  Percent ..............|   100.0 |  44.7 |  44.0 |  11.3 |   68.6 |   15.1 |   11.3 |  5.0 |   19.4 |  13.0 |  16.1 |  14.3 |  11.2 |  15.0 |  11.0
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent in nonparental  |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
 arrangements\2\        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  Relative care ........|    19.4 |  21.4 |  18.3 |  15.1 |   16.5 |   28.6 |   22.8 | 22.6 |   18.1 |  25.2 |  20.7 |  20.0 |  18.1 |  18.8 |  13.7
  Nonrelative care .....|    16.9 |  18.5 |  15.3 |  17.2 |   19.4 |   11.3 |   12.5 | 10.5 |   10.5 |  15.1 |  13.5 |  20.3 |  19.8 |  19.1 |  25.2
  Center based .........|         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
   programs\3\ .........|    55.1 |  40.7 |  64.7 |  74.5 |   56.9 |   59.5 |   37.4 | 56.7 |   48.8 |  44.6 |  45.5 |  46.1 |  55.5 |  71.1 |  82.2
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent with parental   |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  care only ............|    25.9 |  32.0 |  22.2 |  16.2 |   25.2 |   20.3 |   38.4 | 24.2 |   34.4 |  32.7 |  34.2 |  29.7 |  23.1 |  11.8 |   7.8
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
          1999          |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Children\1\             |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  In thousands .........|   8,549 | 3,827 | 3,722 | 1,001 |  5,296 |  1,258 |  1,421 |  574 |  1,126 | 1,395 | 1,327 | 1,050 |   792 | 1,351 | 1,509
  Percent ..............|   100.0 |  44.8 |  43.5 |  11.7 |   61.9 |   14.7 |   16.6 |  6.7 |   13.2 |  16.3 |  15.5 |  12.3 |   9.3 |  15.8 |  17.7
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent in nonparental  |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
 arrangements\2\        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  Relative care ........|    23.3 |  25.1 |  22.3 |  20.3 |   18.8 |   36.0 |   25.9 | 31.0 |   28.9 |  29.5 |  27.7 |  23.3 |  20.9 |  17.3 |  16.2
  Nonrelative care .....|    15.9 |  16.5 |  15.3 |  16.2 |   19.3 |    8.0 |   12.7 |  9.9 |   12.8 |  12.9 |  12.2 |  14.9 |  14.2 |  20.5 |  21.9
  Center based .........|         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
   programs\3\ .........|    59.3 |  45.6 |  68.9 |  76.1 |   59.4 |   72.5 |   44.4 | 66.0 |   56.6 |  51.1 |  50.8 |  54.5 |  59.7 |  65.5 |  74.0
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent with parental   |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  care only ............|    23.3 |  30.7 |  18.3 |  13.5 |   23.6 |   13.1 |   33.6 | 17.5 |   26.6 |  28.1 |  29.6 |  25.3 |  23.1 |  19.0 |  13.4
________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______

\1\Estimates are based only on children 3 to 5 years old who have not entered kindergarten.
\2\Rows do not add up to 100.0 because some children participated in more than one type of nonparental arrangement.
\3\ Center based programs include day care centers, nursery schools, prekindergarten, preschools and Head Start programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey (NHES), 1991, 1995, and 1999. (This table was prepared October 2000.)


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