Child care, nursery school, and kindergarten experiences prior tofirst grade, by educational attainment of parents: 1991

Table 46.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                |         |      Parents' highest level of educational attainment1/
          Educational           |  Total  |_______________________________________________________________
          experiences           |         |Less than|High school|Vocational/| College |Graduate |No parent
                                |         |  high   |or equiva- | technical |graduate |or pro-  |in house-
                                |         | school  |   lency   |  or some  |         |fessional|  hold
                                |         |         |           |  college  |         | school  |
________________________________|_________|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________
               1                |    2    |    3    |     4     |     5     |    6    |    7    |    8
________________________________|_________|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________
                                |  Use of nonparental home-based child care prior to starting
                                |                        first grade
                                |_________________________________________________________________________
Number of 1st and 2nd grade     |         |         |           |           |         |         |
  children, in thousands .......|   7,547 |     791 |     2,393 |     2,288 |   1,051 |     947 |      78
                                |         |         |           |           |         |         |
Percent using child care        |         |         |           |           |         |         |
 by relatives ..................|      28 |      28 |        34 |        34 |      20 |      17 |      24
  In own home2/ ................|      10 |      12 |        11 |        12 |       8 |       8 |       6
  In other home ................|      18 |      16 |        23 |        22 |      12 |       9 |      18
                                |         |         |           |           |         |         |
Percent using child care        |         |         |           |           |         |         |
 by nonrelatives ...............|      27 |      11 |        22 |        31 |      32 |      37 |      12
  In own home2/ ................|       6 |       3 |         4 |         5 |       8 |      11 |       4
  In other home ................|      21 |       8 |        18 |        26 |      24 |      26 |       8
                                |=========|=========|===========|===========|=========|=========|=========
                                |   Attendance at day care centers, nursery schools,  prekindergarten,
                                |    and Head Start on a regular basis prior to starting first grade
                                |_________________________________________________________________________
                                |         |         |           |           |         |         |
  Total ........................|     100 |     100 |       100 |       100 |     100 |     100 |     100
                                |         |         |           |           |         |         |
Percent attending day care      |         |         |           |           |         |         |
  center, not nursery school ...|      15 |       8 |        15 |        17 |      16 |      12 |      18
Percent attending nursery       |         |         |           |           |         |         |
  school, not day care center ..|      34 |      27 |        32 |        31 |      40 |      48 |      29
Percent attending day care      |         |         |           |           |         |         |
  center and nursery school ....|      22 |      11 |        18 |        27 |      23 |      23 |      19
Percent not attending day care  |         |         |           |           |         |         |
  center or nursery school .....|      29 |      53 |        34 |        25 |      21 |      16 |      34
                                |=========|=========|===========|===========|=========|=========|=========
                                |       Attendance at kindergarten programs
                                |_________________________________________________________________________
                                |         |         |           |           |         |         |
  Total ........................|     100 |     100 |       100 |       100 |     100 |     100 |     100
                                |         |         |           |           |         |         |
Percent attending kindergarten .|      98 |      95 |        98 |        99 |      99 |      98 |      99
  Public kindergartens..........|      84 |      92 |        90 |        83 |      79 |      73 |      85
    Full-day ...................|      33 |      45 |        38 |        31 |      23 |      23 |      46
    Part-day ...................|      51 |      47 |        52 |        52 |      56 |      50 |      39
  Private kindergartens.........|      14 |       3 |         8 |        16 |      20 |      25 |      14
    Full-day ...................|       7 |       1 |         4 |         8 |      11 |      14 |       8
    Part-day ...................|       7 |       2 |         4 |         8 |       9 |      11 |       6
                                |         |         |           |           |         |         |
Percent not attending kinder-   |         |         |           |           |         |         |
  garten .......................|       2 |       4 |         2 |         1 |       1 |       2 |       1
________________________________|_________|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________

1/Highest level of schooling completed by either parent or guardian in the household or the only parent or guardian in the household.
2/Includes those in own home as well as those in both own and other home.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Experiences in Child Care and Early Childhood Progams of First and Second Graders." (This table was prepared April 1992.)

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