Table 46. | Children of prekindergarten through second grade age, by enrollment status, maternal characteristics, and household income: 1991, 1995, and 1999 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 3- to 5-year-olds, |Enrolled in nursery |Enrolled in kinder- | Enrolled in 1st | Enrolled in 2nd Maternal | not enrolled |school or prekinder- | garten | grade | grade characteristics | in school\1\ | garten |_________________________|_________________________|_________________________ and household income |_________________________|_________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1991 | 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 |4,595 |4,037 (58)|3,571 |4,655 |4,510 (52)|4,022 |4,149 |3,948 (65)|4,001 |4,025 |4,540 (154)|3,724 |3,777 |4,083 (78) |______|______|___________|______|______|___________|______|______|___________|______|______|___________|______|______|___________ | Percentage distribution |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mother's highest 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 ...........| 18.2 | 22.1 | 20.6 (1.2)| 8.2 | 9.8 | 10.4 (0.8)| 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.1 (1.3)| 15.6 | 15.9 | 17.1 (1.3)| 15.5 | 19.6 | 18.2 (1.4) High school diploma\3\ ..........| 42.8 | 35.3 | 33.6 (1.5)| 32.2 | 27.8 | 26.3 (1.2)| 39.6 | 33.0 | 31.1 (1.5)| 38.4 | 31.2 | 30.6 (1.6)| 37.7 | 31.0 | 29.8 (1.6) Some postsecondary ..............| 22.5 | 21.3 | 20.1 (1.2)| 28.7 | 22.8 | 19.6 (1.0)| 24.1 | 21.7 | 18.5 (1.3)| 24.0 | 23.6 | 19.8 (1.2)| 26.1 | 20.6 | 18.9 (1.4) Associate degree ................| 3.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 (0.8)| 4.5 | 8.6 | 9.6 (0.7)| 4.0 | 7.0 | 8.3 (0.9)| 3.5 | 7.3 | 7.9 (0.9)| 4.3 | 7.6 | 10.3 (0.9) Bachelor's degree ...............| 9.2 | 9.6 | 13.3 (1.0)| 16.5 | 18.9 | 22.1 (1.1)| 11.4 | 13.5 | 15.4 (1.1)| 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.8 (1.1)| 10.0 | 12.9 | 15.2 (1.2) Graduate/professional school ....| 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.5 (0.6)| 9.9 | 12.1 | 11.9 (0.9)| 5.0 | 7.9 | 10.6 (1.0)| 6.7 | 8.3 | 8.8 (0.8)| 6.4 | 8.3 | 7.6 (0.8) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 ...| 33.8 | 33.4 | 36.1 (1.5)| 34.0 | 38.4 | 42.7 (1.3)| 35.3 | 35.9 | 43.6 (1.6)| 38.2 | 38.5 | 43.4 (1.6)| 38.9 | 40.5 | 44.5 (1.7) Working less than 35 hours/week .| 20.6 | 17.8 | 21.0 (1.3)| 26.7 | 23.7 | 23.3 (1.1)| 21.5 | 20.8 | 22.2 (1.4)| 23.9 | 20.8 | 23.4 (1.4)| 22.3 | 21.4 | 22.1 (1.5) Looking for work ................| 7.0 | 6.8 | 5.9 (0.7)| 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.9 (0.6)| 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 (0.7)| 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 (0.7)| 6.6 | 5.4 | 4.0 (0.7) Not in labor force ..............| 38.6 | 42.0 | 36.9 (1.5)| 34.1 | 32.0 | 29.2 (1.2)| 36.7 | 37.7 | 28.9 (1.5)| 31.7 | 35.6 | 28.8 (1.5)| 32.1 | 32.7 | 29.5 (1.6) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 .................| 19.6 | 22.7 | 14.5 (1.3)| 15.2 | 16.2 | 10.8 (0.9)| 17.9 | 19.4 | 13.4 (1.2)| 18.7 | 17.4 | 15.6 (1.4)| 18.2 | 19.5 | 14.7 (1.5) $10,001 to $20,000 ..............| 19.3 | 15.7 | 19.5 (1.3)| 14.0 | 10.4 | 12.6 (0.9)| 16.5 | 12.6 | 13.2 (1.1)| 16.9 | 13.2 | 13.8 (1.1)| 16.9 | 11.6 | 15.3 (1.2) $20,001 to $30,000 ..............| 23.0 | 19.1 | 17.3 (1.1)| 16.6 | 13.0 | 14.1 (0.9)| 20.8 | 15.8 | 15.3 (1.1)| 20.2 | 16.6 | 15.2 (1.2)| 18.9 | 16.5 | 16.2 (1.3) $30,001 to $40,000 ..............| 15.9 | 16.2 | 14.6 (1.0)| 15.6 | 12.3 | 11.4 (0.7)| 14.8 | 15.1 | 14.6 (1.1)| 15.1 | 14.1 | 12.8 (1.0)| 15.4 | 16.1 | 11.3 (1.0) $40,001 to $50,000 ..............| 10.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 (0.8)| 12.1 | 11.5 | 9.9 (0.7)| 11.5 | 11.7 | 9.8 (0.9)| 10.8 | 11.1 | 10.2 (0.9)| 12.0 | 11.3 | 10.4 (0.9) $50,001 to $75,000 ..............| 8.5 | 10.5 | 12.9 (0.9)| 15.7 | 19.3 | 19.4 (1.0)| 11.7 | 14.4 | 15.9 (1.1)| 11.1 | 15.6 | 16.1 (1.1)| 11.8 | 15.0 | 15.2 (1.1) More than $75,000 ...............| 3.3 | 4.7 | 11.3 (0.9)| 10.9 | 17.1 | 21.9 (1.1)| 6.8 | 11.1 | 17.8 (1.2)| 7.2 | 12.1 | 16.4 (1.1)| 6.9 | 10.1 | 16.9 (1.2) ___________________________________|______|______|___________|______|______|___________|______|______|___________|______|______|___________|______|______|___________ |
---Not applicable. \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 September 2001.)
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