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Table 202.40. | Child care arrangements of 3- to 5-year-old children who are not yet in kindergarten, by age and race/ethnicity: Various years, 1991 through 2005 |
[Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||
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Child care arrangement | Total | Age | Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||
3 years old | 4 years old | 5 years old | White | Black | Hispanic | Other1 | ||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
1991 children | ||||||||||||||||
In thousands | 8,402 | (40.9) | 3,733 | (7.1) | 3,627 | (14.6) | 1,042 | (38.6) | 5,850 | (59.9) | 1,236 | (41.0) | 999 | (31.3) | 317 | (34.6) |
Percent | 100.0 | (†) | 44.4 | (0.21) | 43.2 | (0.24) | 12.4 | (0.40) | 69.6 | (0.67) | 14.7 | (0.47) | 11.9 | (0.37) | 3.8 | (0.41) |
Percent in nonparental arrangements |
100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) |
Relative care | 16.9 | (0.60) | 16.2 | (0.72) | 18.0 | (0.85) | 15.6 | (1.34) | 14.8 | (0.66) | 24.1 | (2.09) | 19.6 | (2.08) | 19.4 | (3.87) |
Nonrelative care | 14.8 | (0.56) | 14.8 | (0.76) | 14.7 | (0.79) | 14.9 | (1.81) | 17.3 | (0.76) | 7.9 | (1.20) | 9.4 | (1.27) | 12.1 | (2.45) |
Center-based programs2 |
52.8 | (0.89) | 42.3 | (1.44) | 60.4 | (1.04) | 63.9 | (2.12) | 54.0 | (0.95) | 58.3 | (2.49) | 38.8 | (2.20) | 52.9 | (3.45) |
Percent with parental care only |
31.0 | (0.80) | 37.8 | (1.19) | 26.0 | (1.05) | 24.3 | (2.10) | 30.6 | (0.87) | 24.8 | (2.02) | 40.7 | (2.35) | 32.8 | (4.03) |
1995 children | ||||||||||||||||
In thousands | 9,222 | (52.9) | 4,123 | (8.3) | 4,061 | (12.5) | 1,038 | (48.3) | 6,334 | (94.0) | 1,389 | (56.1) | 1,042 | (38.8) | 457 | (39.1) |
Percent | 100.0 | (†) | 44.7 | (0.25) | 44.0 | (0.24) | 11.3 | (0.46) | 68.7 | (0.94) | 15.1 | (0.60) | 11.3 | (0.42) | 5.0 | (0.42) |
Percent in nonparental arrangements |
100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) |
Relative care | 19.4 | (0.64) | 21.4 | (1.23) | 18.4 | (0.95) | 15.2 | (2.14) | 16.5 | (0.84) | 28.7 | (2.78) | 22.8 | (2.01) | 22.6 | (3.75) |
Nonrelative care | 16.9 | (0.84) | 18.5 | (1.35) | 15.3 | (1.03) | 17.2 | (2.19) | 19.4 | (1.04) | 11.3 | (1.65) | 12.5 | (1.64) | 10.5 | (2.74) |
Center-based programs2 |
55.1 | (0.97) | 40.7 | (1.55) | 64.8 | (1.45) | 74.5 | (2.35) | 56.9 | (1.44) | 59.8 | (3.19) | 37.4 | (2.15) | 56.7 | (5.47) |
Percent with parental care only |
25.9 | (1.01) | 32.0 | (1.95) | 22.1 | (1.24) | 16.2 | (1.78) | 25.2 | (1.39) | 19.9 | (2.50) | 38.4 | (2.33) | 24.2 | (3.59) |
1999 children | ||||||||||||||||
In thousands | 8,518 | (139.7) | 3,809 | (79.1) | 3,703 | (79.9) | 1,006 | (54.2) | 5,384 | (77.4) | 1,214 | (59.2) | 1,376 | (52.3) | 545 | (38.3) |
Percent | 100.0 | (†) | 44.7 | (0.93) | 43.5 | (0.93) | 11.8 | (0.64) | 63.2 | (0.91) | 14.2 | (0.69) | 16.2 | (0.61) | 6.4 | (0.45) |
Percent in nonparental arrangements |
100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) |
Relative care | 22.8 | (0.77) | 24.3 | (1.28) | 22.0 | (1.14) | 20.2 | (2.06) | 18.7 | (0.90) | 33.4 | (2.58) | 26.5 | (1.86) | 30.0 | (3.97) |
Nonrelative care | 16.1 | (0.67) | 16.3 | (1.02) | 15.9 | (1.07) | 16.1 | (2.08) | 19.4 | (0.88) | 7.4 | (1.37) | 12.7 | (1.29) | 10.4 | (1.98) |
Center-based programs2 |
59.7 | (0.63) | 45.7 | (1.28) | 69.6 | (1.19) | 76.5 | (2.40) | 60.0 | (0.81) | 73.2 | (2.40) | 44.2 | (2.19) | 66.0 | (4.10) |
Percent with parental care only |
23.1 | (0.72) | 30.8 | (1.42) | 17.7 | (0.99) | 13.5 | (1.78) | 23.2 | (0.91) | 13.7 | (1.97) | 33.4 | (2.04) | 16.6 | (3.50) |
2001 children | ||||||||||||||||
In thousands | 8,551 | (11.0) | 3,795 | (91.4) | 3,861 | (89.0) | 896 | (47.0) | 5,313 | (68.0) | 1,251 | (55.1) | 1,506 | (43.5) | 482 | (38.3) |
Percent | 100.0 | (†) | 44.4 | (1.06) | 45.1 | (1.04) | 10.5 | (0.55) | 62.1 | (0.79) | 14.6 | (0.64) | 17.6 | (0.51) | 5.6 | (0.45) |
Percent in nonparental arrangements |
100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) |
Relative care | 22.8 | (0.89) | 23.6 | (1.39) | 22.5 | (1.33) | 20.9 | (2.66) | 19.6 | (1.01) | 36.7 | (3.42) | 22.8 | (1.89) | 22.8 | (3.54) |
Nonrelative care | 14.0 | (0.65) | 14.7 | (1.17) | 13.6 | (0.95) | 13.1 | (2.13) | 16.5 | (0.98) | 8.5 | (1.65) | 11.3 | (1.43) | 10.8 | (2.72) |
Center-based programs2 |
56.4 | (0.55) | 42.8 | (1.21) | 65.9 | (1.25) | 73.0 | (2.69) | 59.1 | (0.89) | 63.1 | (2.93) | 39.9 | (1.86) | 61.8 | (4.10) |
Percent with parental care only |
26.1 | (0.67) | 33.8 | (1.29) | 20.4 | (1.11) | 18.0 | (2.49) | 25.3 | (0.99) | 15.1 | (2.22) | 39.0 | (2.03) | 23.7 | (3.90) |
2005 children | ||||||||||||||||
In thousands | 9,066 | (9.0) | 4,070 | (93.0) | 3,873 | (92.0) | 1,123 | (67.3) | 5,177 | (80.2) | 1,233 | (57.1) | 1,822 | (50.0) | 834 | (54.3) |
Percent | 100.0 | (†) | 44.9 | (1.03) | 42.7 | (1.01) | 12.4 | (0.74) | 57.1 | (0.89) | 13.6 | (0.63) | 20.1 | (0.56) | 9.2 | (0.60) |
Percent in nonparental arrangements |
100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) |
Relative care | 22.6 | (1.02) | 24.0 | (1.44) | 20.8 | (1.56) | 23.8 | (3.17) | 21.4 | (1.34) | 25.0 | (3.42) | 22.6 | (1.79) | 26.4 | (3.29) |
Nonrelative care | 11.6 | (0.73) | 14.4 | (1.12) | 9.2 | (1.03) | 9.9 | (2.00) | 15.0 | (1.13) | 5.2 | (1.31) | 8.1 | (1.36) | 8.1 | (1.94) |
Center-based programs2 |
57.2 | (0.83) | 42.5 | (1.67) | 69.2 | (1.36) | 68.7 | (3.51) | 59.1 | (1.32) | 66.5 | (3.41) | 43.4 | (2.10) | 61.5 | (3.31) |
Percent with parental care only |
26.3 | (0.92) | 33.4 | (1.48) | 20.6 | (1.42) | 20.4 | (3.15) | 24.1 | (1.22) | 19.5 | (2.85) | 38.0 | (2.10) | 24.7 | (3.11) |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||
1 Includes persons of all other races and two or more races. | ||||||||||||||||
2 Center-based programs include day care centers, nursery schools, prekindergartens, preschools, and Head Start programs. | ||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Row percents for nonparental and parental care do not add to 100 percent because some children participated in more than one type of nonparental care arrangement. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Education Survey, Parent Survey, and Early Childhood Program Participation Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (ECE-NHES:1991; Parent-NHES:1999; and ECPP-NHES:1995, 2001, and 2005). (This table was prepared July 2006.) |