Table 12. Percentage of children from birth through age 5 and not yet in kindergarten who receive sick child care, by arrangement type and child and family characteristics: 2005
Characteristic	Number of children (thousands)	Children with at least one weekly nonparental care arrangement1		Sick child care by type of nonparental care arrangement2
				Relative		Nonrelative		Center-based3
		Receives care when sick with no fever	Receives care when sick with fever	Receives care when sick with no fever	Receives care when sick with fever	Receives care when sick with no fever	Receives care when sick with fever	Receives care when sick with no fever	Receives care when sick with fever
Total	12,344	61	36	91	75	83	39	29	6
Child’s age
Less than 1 year	1,471	78	48	93	79	84	34	44	4!
1-2 years	4,262	69	40	88	72	81	40	38	5
3-5 years	6,611	53	31	93	77	84	40	25	6
Child’s sex
Male	6,411	60	35	90	74	82	36	28	6
Female	5,934	63	38	92	76	84	42	31	5
Child’s race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	7,088	61	35	95	79	86	38	25	3
Black, non-Hispanic	2,039	61	37	84	73	83	45	38	10
Hispanic	2,096	61	37	87	64	70	40	31	9
Asian or Pacific Islander,   non-Hispanic	348	56	28	93	72	88	29	27	4
Other race, non-Hispanic4	773	69	48	89	84	83	31	42	12
Family type
Two parents	9,168	59	32	92	72	82	36	27	4
One parent	2,961	69	48	89	81	85	51	38	10
Nonparent guardian(s)	216	69	52	95	91	61	44	40	15!
Parents’ language spoken most   at home5
Both/only parent(s) speak(s) English	11,090	62	37	92	77	85	39	29	5
One of two parents speaks English	210	52	29	72	62	66	43	40	13!
No parent speaks English	1,044	54	30	81	51	56	32	34	13
Mother’s level of education6
Less than a high school	730	64	39	86	61	60	41	42	15
High school/GED	3,104	68	44	93	82	87	39	34	8
Vocational/technical or some college	3,504	64	37	88	74	78	35	35	7
Bachelor’s degree	2,845	51	26	90	71	82	32	21	3
Graduate or professional education   or degree	1,905	60	33	96	74	89	47	24	2
Mother’s school enrollment status6
Enrolled	1,894	62	37	91	76	82	39	32	4
Not enrolled	10,194	61	36	91	75	83	38	29	6
Mother’s employment status6
35 or more hours per week	6,078	69	38	92	76	86	38	37	6
Less than 35 hours per week	2,978	64	42	94	76	80	37	23	5
Looking for work	652	60	38	69	64	74	40	47	12
Not in the labor force	2,380	38	22	89	72	72	41	18	5
Mother’s work shift6, 7
Regular shift	7,985	68	38	92	75	85	36	34	5
Variable shift	1,071	66	49	95	80	80	52	23	6
Neighborhood conditions8
Concern regarding neighborhood   health and safety conditions	2,018	60	39	85	70	84	45	28	7
No concern regarding neighborhood   health and safety conditions	10,327	62	36	93	76	83	38	30	5
Household income
$25,000 or less	3,008	64	44	87	75	74	46	37	12
$25,001 to $50,000	2,767	66	40	93	76	80	34	31	6
$50,001 to $75,000	2,635	63	30	92	69	82	28	33	4
$75,001 to $100,000	1,775	58	29	89	76	92	34	23	2
$100,001 or more	2,159	53	33	96	83	86	53	21	2
Poverty status9
At or above poverty threshold	10,017	62	35	93	76	85	37	28	4
Below poverty threshold	2,328	61	42	86	72	70	47	34	11
!Interpret data with caution; coefficient of variation is 50 percent or more. 1Estimates indicate the percentage of children with sick child care in at least one arrangement across all arrangements of all types. 2For children with more than one arrangement of a given type, estimates indicate that there is sick child care in at least one arrangement of that type. 3Center-based arrangements include day care centers, Head Start programs, preschools, prekindergartens, and other early childhood programs. 4"Other race, non-Hispanic" includes children who were multiracial and not of Hispanic ethnicity, or who were American Indian or Alaska Native, or were not Hispanic, White, Black, Asian, or Pacific Islander. 5Complete descriptions of the categories for parents’ language are as follows: (1) "Both/only parent(s) learned English as child(ren) or currently speak(s) English in the home," (2) "One of two parents learned English as a child or currently speaks English in the home," and (3) "No parent learned English as a child and both/only parent(s) currently speak(s) a non-English language in the home." 6Children without mothers living in the household are not included in estimates related to mother’s education, enrollment, employment status, or work shift. 7Work shifts were collapsed into two categories: regular and variable work shifts. A regular work shift is one with set hours. A variable shift is one that changes from days to evenings or nights regardless of whether the hours are set by the employer or the employee. 8Parents or guardians respond "yes" or "no" to the question: "Are there any conditions in your neighborhood that make you worried about the health or safety of ((CHILD)/any of the children) in your household?" 9Children are considered poor if they were living in households with incomes below the poverty threshold, which is a dollar amount determined by the federal government to meet the household’s needs, given its size and composition. NOTE: Estimates include all children from birth through 5 years of age, and not yet in kindergarten, with at least one weekly nonparental care arrangement. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Program Participation Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (ECPP-NHES:2005).