Table 1.5. Percentage of 3- to 5-year-olds enrolled in center-based preprimary programs, by poverty status, hours of attendance, and locale: 2005

Status of Education in Rural America

NCES 2007-040
June 2007

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Table 1.5.

Percentage of 3- to 5-year-olds enrolled in center-based preprimary programs, by poverty status, hours of attendance, and locale: 2005

Locale and hours of attendance	All ¹	At or above the poverty threshold	Below the poverty threshold
Total	57.1	59.9	47.2
City	57.6	60.0	52.1
Suburban	63.4	66.3	46.0
Town	52.2	53.9	46.9
Rural	49.6	52.3	38.9 !

Attends less than 30 hours a week	35.4	38.3	25.3
City	31.0	33.0	26.1
Suburban	41.8	45.1	21.7 !
Town	33.5	35.0	29.0 !
Rural	33.0	35.0	25.3 !

Attends 30 hours or more a week	21.4	21.4	21.5
City	26.3	26.7	25.5
Suburban	21.3	21.0	23.6
Town	18.7	18.9	17.9 !
Rural	16.4	17.2	13.6 !
! Interpret with caution. ¹Total includes some children for whom respondents failed to report the number of hours their child attended a preprimary program. NOTE: Estimates are based on children who have yet to enter kindergarten. Center-based programs include day care centers, Head Start program, preschool, nursery school, prekindergarten, and other early childhood programs. For comparison of poverty definitions, see appendix B. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because not all respondents reported number of hours. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), "Early Childhood Program Participation" survey, 2005.