Child care arrangements of preschool children, by age, race/ethnicity, and household income: 1991, 1995, and 1999

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Table 45.

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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 .........|   8,525 | 3,814 | 3,705 | 1,006 |  5,389 |  1,214 |  1,376 |  547 |  1,064 | 1,342 | 1,333 | 1,098 |   848 | 1,397 | 1,443
  Percent ..............|   100.0 |  44.7 |  43.5 |  11.8 |   63.2 |   14.2 |   16.1 |  6.4 |   12.5 |  15.7 |  15.6 |  12.9 |   9.9 |  16.4 |  16.9
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent in nonparental  |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
 arrangements\2\        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  Relative care ........|    22.8 |  24.4 |  22.0 |  20.2 |   18.8 |   33.4 |   26.5 | 30.2 |   27.5 |  29.4 |  27.1 |  22.5 |  21.3 |  17.3 |  15.9
  Nonrelative care .....|    16.1 |  16.2 |  15.9 |  16.1 |   19.4 |    7.4 |   12.7 | 10.4 |   13.2 |  13.7 |  12.5 |  14.7 |  13.6 |  21.0 |  21.3
  Center based          |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
   programs\3\ .........|    59.7 |  45.7 |  69.6 |  76.5 |   60.0 |   73.2 |   44.2 | 66.1 |   55.9 |  51.1 |  51.4 |  55.4 |  60.2 |  66.6 |  74.6
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent with parental   |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  care only ............|    23.1 |  30.8 |  17.7 |  13.5 |   23.2 |   13.7 |   33.4 | 16.6 |   27.5 |  27.7 |  29.8 |  24.8 |  23.1 |  17.8 |  13.1
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Standard errors for 1999|         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  Percent ..............|     --- |   0.6 |   0.6 |   0.3 |    0.7 |    0.4 |    0.3 |  0.2 |    0.3 |   0.4 |   0.3 |   0.2 |   0.2 |   0.3 |   0.3
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent in nonparental  |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
 arrangements\2\        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  Relative care ........|     0.8 |   1.3 |   1.2 |   2.3 |    1.0 |    2.5 |    1.9 |  3.9 |    3.1 |   2.4 |   2.2 |   2.0 |   2.4 |   1.6 |   1.6
  Nonrelative care .....|     0.7 |   1.1 |   1.1 |   2.2 |    1.0 |    1.3 |    1.4 |  2.1 |    2.5 |   1.8 |   1.6 |   1.8 |     2 |   1.9 |   1.9
  Center based          |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
   programs\3\ .........|     1.0 |   1.5 |   1.4 |   2.4 |    1.3 |    2.4 |    2.2 |  3.7 |    3.4 |   2.7 |   2.4 |   2.5 |   2.9 |   2.2 |   2.0
                        |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
Percent with parental   |         |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |
  care only ............|     0.8 |   1.4 |   1.2 |   2.0 |    1.1 |    1.9 |    2.1 |  3.0 |    3.1 |   2.4 |   2.2 |   2.2 |   2.4 |   1.8 |   1.6
________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______

---Not applicable.

\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.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. 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 August 2001.)

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