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Table 43. Children of prekindergarten through second-grade age, by enrollment status, maternal characteristics, and household income: 1995, 1999, and 2001
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                                    |            3- to 5-year-olds,      |           Enrolled in nursery     |                                   |                                   |
                                    |          not enrolled in school    |        school or prekindergarten  |        Enrolled in kindergarten   |          Enrolled in 1st grade    |          Enrolled in 2nd grade
Maternal characteristic             |____________________________________|___________________________________|___________________________________|___________________________________|__________________________________
and household income                |       1995|        1999|    2001\1\|       1995|       1999|    2001\1\|       1995|       1999|    2001\1\|       1995|       1999|    2001\1\|       1995|       1999|   2001\1\
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1                                   |          2|           3|          4|          5|          6|          7|          8|          9|         10|         11|         12|         13|         14|         15|        16
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Total children, in thousands .......|4,586 (102)|4,037    (3)|3,990   (3)|4,642 (105)|4,510   (4)|4,586  (#) |4,149  (76)|3,948  (#) |3,831  (#) |4,025  (77)|4,540  (#) |4,333  (#) |3,777  (73)|4,083  (#) |3,934  (#)
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Percentage distribution             |           |            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Mother's highest level              |           |            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   of education\2\ .................|100.0  (†) |100.0   (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†)
  Less than high school ............| 16.3(1.27)| 14.7 (1.07)| 16.4(1.26)|  6.8(0.78)|  7.4(0.72)|  8.0(1.26)| 13.4(0.93)| 10.6(1.09)| 10.7(1.31)| 12.3(0.99)| 12.4(1.15)| 11.7(1.28)| 15.0(0.81)| 12.6(1.02)| 13.5(1.26)
  High school/GED ..................| 41.1(1.51)| 36.2 (1.61)| 39.7(1.59)| 30.7(1.27)| 26.1(1.17)| 26.1(1.59)| 36.4(1.19)| 32.4(1.54)| 30.3(1.86)| 34.9(1.53)| 31.2(1.48)| 30.3(2.17)| 35.6(1.44)| 30.8(1.61)| 32.8(2.11)
  Vocational/technical or           |           |            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
    some college ...................| 21.3(1.34)| 23.3 (1.32)| 19.1(1.30)| 22.7(1.01)| 22.8(1.17)| 24.6(1.30)| 21.7(1.00)| 22.8(1.37)| 23.5(1.84)| 23.6(1.29)| 23.8(1.48)| 24.3(1.87)| 20.6(0.94)| 23.5(1.42)| 22.5(2.18)
  Associate's degree ...............|  7.0(0.79)|  7.0 (0.68)|  5.9(0.67)|  8.6(0.72)|  9.6(0.66)|  7.7(0.67)|  7.0(0.68)|  8.3(0.91)|  7.6(1.18)|  7.3(0.81)|  7.9(0.79)|  7.5(1.01)|  7.6(0.60)| 10.3(1.04)|  7.5(0.92)
  Bachelor's degree ................| 11.3(0.86)| 14.7 (1.03)| 14.0(1.16)| 22.0(1.10)| 23.7(1.12)| 22.5(1.16)| 15.1(0.98)| 17.0(1.12)| 20.8(1.58)| 15.7(1.02)| 17.8(1.07)| 19.5(1.68)| 15.0(0.94)| 16.1(1.14)| 15.8(1.70)
  Graduate/professional degree .....|  3.0(0.48)|  4.0 (0.47)|  5.0(0.63)|  9.1(0.70)| 10.3(0.77)| 11.1(0.63)|  6.3(0.69)|  8.9(0.79)|  7.1(1.02)|  6.3(0.49)|  6.9(0.77)|  6.7(1.04)|  6.2(0.67)|  6.6(0.78)|  7.9(1.28)
                                    |           |            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Mother's employment status\2\ ......|100.0  (†) |100.0   (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†)
  Working 35 hours/week or more ....| 33.4(1.45)| 36.1 (1.61)| 36.7(1.55)| 38.5(1.13)| 42.7(1.52)| 43.7(1.18)| 35.9(1.05)| 43.6(1.55)| 38.9(1.99)| 38.5(1.49)| 43.4(1.63)| 46.1(2.33)| 40.5(1.17)| 44.5(1.57)| 42.3(2.30)
  Working less than 35 hours/week ..| 17.8(1.23)| 21.0 (1.25)| 19.2(1.30)| 23.7(1.08)| 23.3(1.13)| 22.8(1.00)| 20.8(1.10)| 22.2(1.24)| 22.6(1.57)| 20.8(1.10)| 23.4(1.46)| 19.7(1.59)| 21.4(1.19)| 22.1(1.30)| 20.1(1.60)
  Looking for work .................|  6.8(0.83)|  5.9 (0.75)|  5.7(0.75)|  5.8(0.71)|  4.9(0.66)|  3.9(0.55)|  5.6(0.70)|  5.3(0.81)|  3.9(0.87)|  5.0(0.66)|  4.4(0.74)|  4.1(0.89)|  5.4(0.70)|  4.0(0.65)|  5.1(1.09)
  Not in labor force ...............| 42.0(1.68)| 36.9 (1.31)| 38.4(1.48)| 32.0(1.28)| 29.2(1.27)| 29.6(1.27)| 37.7(1.18)| 28.9(1.38)| 34.7(2.16)| 35.6(1.57)| 28.8(1.42)| 30.1(2.05)| 32.7(1.30)| 29.5(1.56)| 32.5(2.22)
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Household income  ..................|100.0  (†) |100.0   (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†) |100.0  (†)
  $10,000 or less ..................| 22.7(1.21)| 14.5 (1.05)| 14.1(1.07)| 16.1(1.06)| 10.8(0.90)|  8.5(0.81)| 19.4(1.24)| 13.4(1.16)|  8.5(1.22)| 17.4(1.19)| 15.6(1.14)|  9.1(1.18)| 19.5(1.34)| 14.7(1.38)|  9.4(1.07)
  $10,001 to $20,000 ...............| 15.7(1.08)| 19.5 (1.05)| 14.5(1.19)| 10.4(0.78)| 12.6(0.82)| 12.7(0.87)| 12.6(0.87)| 13.2(1.14)| 14.1(1.51)| 13.2(0.90)| 13.8(1.09)| 14.0(1.45)| 11.6(0.84)| 15.3(1.10)| 12.4(1.33)
  $20,001 to $30,000 ...............| 19.1(1.12)| 17.3 (1.24)| 15.0(0.94)| 13.1(0.81)| 14.1(0.83)| 11.7(0.74)| 15.8(0.76)| 15.3(1.10)| 16.6(1.41)| 16.6(0.91)| 15.2(1.14)| 16.5(1.71)| 16.5(1.05)| 16.2(1.16)| 14.7(1.54)
  $30,001 to $40,000 ...............| 16.2(1.00)| 14.6 (1.16)| 13.6(1.07)| 12.4(0.91)| 11.4(0.69)|  9.7(0.79)| 15.1(1.12)| 14.6(1.23)| 12.2(1.29)| 14.1(0.85)| 12.8(1.08)| 10.3(1.16)| 16.1(0.94)| 11.3(0.96)| 12.4(1.33)
  $40,001 to $50,000 ...............| 11.0(0.74)|  9.9 (0.85)| 12.0(1.05)| 11.5(0.96)|  9.9(0.66)|  7.5(0.68)| 11.7(0.88)|  9.8(0.92)|  9.1(1.16)| 11.1(0.77)| 10.2(0.94)|  9.7(1.34)| 11.3(0.92)| 10.4(0.92)|  9.2(1.08)
  $50,001 to $75,000 ...............| 10.5(0.69)| 12.9 (0.83)| 18.8(1.31)| 19.3(0.93)| 19.4(1.03)| 21.2(1.09)| 14.4(0.82)| 15.9(1.11)| 20.9(1.68)| 15.6(0.84)| 16.1(0.95)| 18.3(1.41)| 15.0(1.00)| 15.2(1.03)| 19.6(1.80)
  More than $75,000 ................|  4.7(0.70)| 11.3 (0.88)| 12.1(0.99)| 17.2(1.06)| 21.9(1.05)| 28.7(1.09)| 11.1(0.62)| 17.8(1.10)| 18.6(1.30)| 12.1(0.73)| 16.4(1.11)| 22.1(1.86)| 10.1(0.79)| 16.9(1.18)| 22.3(1.78)
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†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Table includes a very small number of older children enrolled in first and second grade and excludes children for whom no grade equivalency was available.
\2\Excludes data for households with no mother present.
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, Early Childhood Program Participation Survey (ECPP:1995 and 2001), Parent Survey (Parent-NHES:1999), and Before- and After-School Programs and Activities Survey (ASPA-NHES:2001) of The National Household Surveys Program, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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