Table 46. | Children of prekindergarten through second grade age, by enrollment status, maternal characteristics, and household income: 1991, 1995, and 1999 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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) ________________________________|________|___________|___________|______|___________|___________|______|____________|___________|______|___________|___________|______|___________|___________ |
\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.) |