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                                   |   3- to 5-year-olds, |  Enrolled in nursery |   Enrolled in kinder-|     Enrolled in 1st  |    Enrolled in 2nd
             Maternal              |     not enrolled     |  school or prekinder-|        garten        |         grade        |        grade
          characteristic           |     in school        |        garten        |______________________|______________________|______________________
       and household income        |______________________|______________________|     |     |          |     |     |          |     |     |
                                   |1991 |     |          |     |     |          |     |     |          |     |     |          |     |     |
                                   | \1\ |1995 |   1999   |1991 |1995 |   1999   |1991 |1995 |   1999   |1991 |1995 |   1999   |1991 |1995 |   1999
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  Total children, in thousands ....|4,853|4,595|4,037 (58)|3,571|4,655|4,510 (52)|4,022|4,149|3,948 (65)|4,001|4,025|4,540(154)|3,724|3,777|4,083 (78)
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                                   |                              Percentage distribution
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Mother's highest education\2\ .....|100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 ---
  Less than high school ...........| 18.2| 22.1| 20.6(1.2)|  8.2|  9.8| 10.4(0.8)| 15.8| 16.9| 16.1(1.3)| 15.6| 15.9| 17.1(1.3)| 15.5| 19.6| 18.2(1.4)
  High school diploma\3\ ..........| 42.8| 35.3| 33.6(1.5)| 32.2| 27.8| 26.3(1.2)| 39.6| 33.0| 31.1(1.5)| 38.4| 31.2| 30.6(1.6)| 37.7| 31.0| 29.8(1.6)
  Some postsecondary ..............| 22.5| 21.3| 20.1(1.2)| 28.7| 22.8| 19.6(1.0)| 24.1| 21.7| 18.5(1.3)| 24.0| 23.6| 19.8(1.2)| 26.1| 20.6| 18.9(1.4)
  Associate degree ................|  3.6|  7.0|  7.0(0.8)|  4.5|  8.6|  9.6(0.7)|  4.0|  7.0|  8.3(0.9)|  3.5|  7.3|  7.9(0.9)|  4.3|  7.6| 10.3(0.9)
  Bachelor's degree ...............|  9.2|  9.6| 13.3(1.0)| 16.5| 18.9| 22.1(1.1)| 11.4| 13.5| 15.4(1.1)| 11.7| 13.7| 15.8(1.1)| 10.0| 12.9| 15.2(1.2)
  Graduate/professional school ....|  3.7|  4.7|  5.5(0.6)|  9.9| 12.1| 11.9(0.9)|  5.0|  7.9| 10.6(1.0)|  6.7|  8.3|  8.8(0.8)|  6.4|  8.3|  7.6(0.8)
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Mother's employment status\2\ .....|100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 ---
  Working 35 hours/week or more ...| 33.8| 33.4| 36.1(1.5)| 34.0| 38.4| 42.7(1.3)| 35.3| 35.9| 43.6(1.6)| 38.2| 38.5| 43.4(1.6)| 38.9| 40.5| 44.5(1.7)
  Working less than 35 hours/week .| 20.6| 17.8| 21.0(1.3)| 26.7| 23.7| 23.3(1.1)| 21.5| 20.8| 22.2(1.4)| 23.9| 20.8| 23.4(1.4)| 22.3| 21.4| 22.1(1.5)
  Looking for work ................|  7.0|  6.8|  5.9(0.7)|  5.2|  5.9|  4.9(0.6)|  6.5|  5.6|  5.3(0.7)|  6.1|  5.0|  4.4(0.7)|  6.6|  5.4|  4.0(0.7)
  Not in labor force ..............| 38.6| 42.0| 36.9(1.5)| 34.1| 32.0| 29.2(1.2)| 36.7| 37.7| 28.9(1.5)| 31.7| 35.6| 28.8(1.5)| 32.1| 32.7| 29.5(1.6)
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Household income  .................|100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 --- |100.0|100.0|100.0 ---
  $10,000 or less .................| 19.6| 22.7| 14.5(1.3)| 15.2| 16.2| 10.8(0.9)| 17.9| 19.4| 13.4(1.2)| 18.7| 17.4| 15.6(1.4)| 18.2| 19.5| 14.7(1.5)
  $10,001 to $20,000 ..............| 19.3| 15.7| 19.5(1.3)| 14.0| 10.4| 12.6(0.9)| 16.5| 12.6| 13.2(1.1)| 16.9| 13.2| 13.8(1.1)| 16.9| 11.6| 15.3(1.2)
  $20,001 to $30,000 ..............| 23.0| 19.1| 17.3(1.1)| 16.6| 13.0| 14.1(0.9)| 20.8| 15.8| 15.3(1.1)| 20.2| 16.6| 15.2(1.2)| 18.9| 16.5| 16.2(1.3)
  $30,001 to $40,000 ..............| 15.9| 16.2| 14.6(1.0)| 15.6| 12.3| 11.4(0.7)| 14.8| 15.1| 14.6(1.1)| 15.1| 14.1| 12.8(1.0)| 15.4| 16.1| 11.3(1.0)
  $40,001 to $50,000 ..............| 10.4| 11.0|  9.9(0.8)| 12.1| 11.5|  9.9(0.7)| 11.5| 11.7|  9.8(0.9)| 10.8| 11.1| 10.2(0.9)| 12.0| 11.3| 10.4(0.9)
  $50,001 to $75,000 ..............|  8.5| 10.5| 12.9(0.9)| 15.7| 19.3| 19.4(1.0)| 11.7| 14.4| 15.9(1.1)| 11.1| 15.6| 16.1(1.1)| 11.8| 15.0| 15.2(1.1)
  More than $75,000 ...............|  3.3|  4.7| 11.3(0.9)| 10.9| 17.1| 21.9(1.1)|  6.8| 11.1| 17.8(1.2)|  7.2| 12.1| 16.4(1.1)|  6.9| 10.1| 16.9(1.2)
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