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Table 6. Mean length of time (in months) that children from birth through age 5 and not yet in kindergarten have been in current care, by arrangement and child and family characteristics: 2005 | ||||
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Characteristic | Number of children (thousands) |
Mean number of months spent in different types of nonparental care arrangement1 |
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Relative | Nonrelative | Center-based2 | ||
Total | 12,344 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 8.4 |
Child’s age | ||||
Less than 1 year | 1,471 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
1-2 years | 4,262 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 |
3-5 years | 6,611 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 12.0 |
Child’s sex | ||||
Male | 6,411 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 8.7 |
Female | 5,934 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 8.1 |
Child’s race/ethnicity | ||||
White, non-Hispanic | 7,088 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 8.6 |
Black, non-Hispanic | 2,039 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 9.4 |
Hispanic | 2,096 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 6.3 |
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | 348 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 8.5 |
Other race, non-Hispanic3 | 773 | 9.7 | 2.8 | 9.1 |
Family type | ||||
Two parents | 9,168 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 8.3 |
One parent | 2,961 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 8.6 |
Nonparent guardian(s) | 216 | 10.4 | 1.4 | 10.8 |
Parents’ language spoken most at home4 | ||||
Both/only parent(s) speak(s) English | 11,090 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 8.6 |
One of two parents speaks English | 210 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 7.1 |
No parent speaks English | 1,044 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 6.8 |
Mother’s level of education5 | ||||
Less than a high school | 730 | 8 | 2.4 | 6.4 |
High school/GED | 3,104 | 8.8 | 3.2 | 7.9 |
Vocational/technical or some college | 3,504 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 7.8 |
Bachelor’s degree | 2,845 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 9.8 |
Graduate or professional education or degree | 1,905 | 5.2 | 5 | 8.8 |
Mother’s school enrollment status5 | ||||
Enrolled | 1,894 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 9.4 |
Not enrolled | 10,194 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 8.2 |
Mother’s employment status5 | ||||
35 or more hours per week | 6,078 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 8.8 |
Less than 35 hours per week | 2,978 | 8.5 | 3.7 | 7.4 |
Looking for work | 652 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 6.5 |
Not in the labor force | 2,380 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 9 |
Mother’s work shift5, 6 | ||||
Regular shift | 7,985 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 8.6 |
Variable shift | 1,071 | 9.3 | 3.3 | 6.5 |
Neighborhood conditions7 | ||||
Concern regarding neighborhood health and safety conditions | 2,018 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 7.4 |
No concern regarding neighborhood health and safety conditions | 10,327 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 8.6 |
Household income | ||||
$25,000 or less | 3,008 | 8.2 | 2.4 | 7.4 |
$25,001 to $50,000 | 2,767 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 7.6 |
$50,001 to $75,000 | 2,635 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 8.7 |
$75,001 to $100,000 | 1,775 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 8.9 |
$100,001 or more | 2,159 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 10.1 |
Poverty status8 | ||||
At or above poverty threshold | 10,017 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 8.7 |
Below poverty threshold | 2,328 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 7.3 |
1Estimates indicate the mean number of months in care for a given type of care, per child. For children with more than one arrangement of a given type, the arrangement in which the child spent the greatest number of months was used. 2Center-based arrangements include day care centers, Head Start programs, preschools, prekindergartens, and other early childhood programs. 3"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. 4Complete 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." 5Children without mothers living in the household are not included in estimates related to mother’s education, enrollment, employment status, or work shift. 6Work 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. 7Parents 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?" 8Children 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 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). |
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