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Table 46. Children of prekindergarten through second grade age, by enrollment status, maternal characteristics, and household income: 1991, 1995, and 1999

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            Maternal            | 3- to 5-year-olds, not enrolled|Enrolled in nursery school or |    Enrolled in kindergarten   |  Enrolled in 1st grade       |      Enrolled in 2nd grade
        characteristics         |       in school                |        prekindergarten       |                               |                              |
      and household income      |________________________________|______________________________|_______________________________|______________________________|______________________________
                                |1991\1\ | 1995      |   1999    | 1991 | 1995      |   1999    | 1991 | 1995       |   1999    | 1991 | 1995      |   1999    | 1991 |  1995     |   1999
________________________________|________|___________|___________|______|___________|___________|______|____________|___________|______|___________|___________|______|___________|___________
               1                |   2    |  3        |    4      |  5   |  6        |    7      |  8   |  9         |   10      |  11  |  12       |    13     |  14  |  15       |    16
________________________________|________|___________|___________|______|___________|___________|______|____________|___________|______|___________|___________|______|___________|___________
  Total children, in thousands .|  4,853 |4,586 (102)|4,037  (58)|3,571 |4,642 (105)|4,510  (52)|4,022 |4,022   (72)|3,948  (65)|4,001 |4,025  (77)|4,540 (154)|3,724 |3,777  (73)|4,083  (78)
                                |________|___________|___________|______|___________|___________|______|____________|___________|______|___________|___________|______|___________|___________
Mother's highest education\2\ ..|  100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0  (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)
  Less than high school ........|   18.2 | 22.1 (1.4)| 20.6 (1.3)|  8.2 |  9.8 (0.9)| 10.4 (0.8)| 15.8 | 17.0  (1.0)| 16.1 (1.3)| 15.6 | 15.9 (1.1)| 17.1 (1.4)| 15.5 | 19.6 (0.9)| 18.2 (1.3)
  High school diploma\3\ .......|   42.8 | 35.3 (1.5)| 30.4 (1.6)| 32.2 | 27.7 (1.3)| 23.0 (1.2)| 39.6 | 33.1  (1.2)| 26.9 (1.5)| 38.4 | 31.2 (1.6)| 26.6 (1.4)| 37.7 | 31.0 (1.4)| 25.3 (1.5)
  Some postsecondary ...........|   22.5 | 21.3 (1.3)| 23.3 (1.3)| 28.7 | 22.7 (1.0)| 22.8 (1.2)| 24.1 | 21.5  (1.0)| 22.8 (1.4)| 24.0 | 23.6 (1.3)| 23.8 (1.5)| 26.1 | 20.6 (0.9)| 23.5 (1.4)
  Associate degree .............|    3.6 |  7.0 (0.8)|  7.0 (0.7)|  4.5 |  8.6 (0.7)|  9.6 (0.7)|  4.0 |  7.2  (0.7)|  8.3 (0.9)|  3.5 |  7.3 (0.8)|  7.9 (0.8)|  4.3 |  7.6 (0.6)| 10.3 (1.0)
  Bachelor's degree ............|    9.2 |  9.6 (0.8)| 13.3 (1.0)| 16.5 | 19.0 (1.0)| 22.1 (1.1)| 11.4 | 13.5  (0.9)| 15.4 (1.0)| 11.7 | 13.7 (1.0)| 15.8 (1.1)| 10.0 | 12.9 (0.8)| 15.2 (1.2)
  Graduate/professional school .|    3.7 |  4.7 (0.5)|  5.5 (0.6)|  9.9 | 12.1 (0.8)| 11.9 (0.8)|  5.0 |  7.7  (0.8)| 10.6 (0.9)|  6.7 |  8.3 (0.6)|  8.8 (0.9)|  6.4 |  8.3 (0.7)|  7.6 (0.8)
                                |        |           |           |      |           |           |      |            |           |      |           |           |      |           |
Mother's employment status\2\ ..|  100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0  (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)
  Working 35 hours/week         |        |           |           |      |           |           |      |            |           |      |           |           |      |           |
    or more ....................|   33.8 | 33.4 (1.4)| 36.1 (1.6)| 34.0 | 38.5 (1.1)| 42.7 (1.5)| 35.3 | 36.1  (1.2)| 43.6 (1.6)| 38.2 | 38.5 (1.5)| 43.4 (1.6)| 38.9 | 40.5 (1.2)| 44.5 (1.6)
  Working less than             |        |           |           |      |           |           |      |            |           |      |           |           |      |           |
    35 hours/week ..............|   20.6 | 17.8 (1.2)| 21.0 (1.2)| 26.7 | 23.7 (1.1)| 23.3 (1.1)| 21.5 | 20.9  (1.2)| 22.2 (1.2)| 23.9 | 20.8 (1.1)| 23.4 (1.5)| 22.3 | 21.4 (1.2)| 22.1 (1.3)
  Looking for work .............|    7.0 |  6.8 (0.8)|  5.9 (0.7)|  5.2 |  5.8 (0.7)|  4.9 (0.7)|  6.5 |  5.6  (0.7)|  5.3 (0.8)|  6.1 |  5.0 (0.7)|  4.4 (0.7)|  6.6 |  5.4 (0.7)|  4.0 (0.7)
  Not in labor force ...........|   38.6 | 42.0 (1.7)| 36.9 (1.3)| 34.1 | 32.0 (1.3)| 29.2 (1.3)| 36.7 | 37.4  (1.2)| 28.9 (1.4)| 31.7 | 35.6 (1.6)| 28.8 (1.4)| 32.1 | 32.7 (1.3)| 29.5 (1.6)
                                |        |           |           |      |           |           |      |            |           |      |           |           |      |           |
Household income  ..............|  100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0  (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)|100.0 |100.0 (0.0)|100.0 (0.0)
  $10,000 or less ..............|   19.6 | 22.7 (1.2)| 14.5 (1.1)| 15.2 | 16.1 (1.1)| 10.8 (0.9)| 17.9 | 19.5  (1.3)| 13.4 (1.2)| 18.7 | 17.4 (1.2)| 15.6 (1.1)| 18.2 | 19.5 (1.3)| 14.7 (1.4)
  $10,001 to $20,000 ...........|   19.3 | 15.7 (1.1)| 19.5 (1.0)| 14.0 | 10.4 (0.8)| 12.6 (0.8)| 16.5 | 12.5  (0.9)| 13.2 (1.1)| 16.9 | 13.2 (0.9)| 13.8 (1.1)| 16.9 | 11.6 (0.8)| 15.3 (1.1)
  $20,001 to $30,000 ...........|   23.0 | 19.1 (1.1)| 17.3 (1.2)| 16.6 | 13.1 (0.8)| 14.1 (0.8)| 20.8 | 15.6  (0.8)| 15.3 (1.1)| 20.2 | 16.6 (0.9)| 15.2 (1.1)| 18.9 | 16.5 (1.1)| 16.2 (1.2)
  $30,001 to $40,000 ...........|   15.9 | 16.2 (1.0)| 14.6 (1.2)| 15.6 | 12.4 (0.9)| 11.4 (0.7)| 14.8 | 15.3  (1.2)| 14.6 (1.2)| 15.1 | 14.1 (0.8)| 12.8 (1.1)| 15.4 | 16.1 (0.9)| 11.3 (1.0)
  $40,001 to $50,000 ...........|   10.4 | 11.0 (0.7)|  9.9 (0.8)| 12.1 | 11.5 (1.0)|  9.9 (0.7)| 11.5 | 11.7  (0.9)|  9.8 (0.9)| 10.8 | 11.1 (0.8)| 10.2 (0.9)| 12.0 | 11.3 (0.9)| 10.4 (0.9)
  $50,001 to $75,000 ...........|    8.5 | 10.5 (0.7)| 12.9 (0.8)| 15.7 | 19.3 (0.9)| 19.4 (1.0)| 11.7 | 14.4  (0.8)| 15.9 (1.1)| 11.1 | 15.6 (0.8)| 16.1 (0.9)| 11.8 | 15.0 (1.0)| 15.2 (1.0)
  More than $75,000 ............|    3.3 |  4.7 (0.7)| 11.3 (0.9)| 10.9 | 17.2 (1.1)| 21.9 (1.1)|  6.8 | 10.9  (0.6)| 17.8 (1.1)|  7.2 | 12.1 (0.7)| 16.4 (1.1)|  6.9 | 10.1 (0.8)| 16.9 (1.2)
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\1\Includes a very small number of older children of first and second grade age.
\2\Excludes data for households with no mother present.
\3\Includes equivalency certificates.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey (NHES), 1991, 1995, and 1999. (This table was prepared May 2003.)


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