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| Table 57. | Children of prekindergarten through second-grade age, by enrollment status, selected maternal characteristics, and household income: 1995, 2001, and 2005 |
| Maternal characteristic and household income | 3- to 5-year-olds, not enrolled in school (includes homeschooled children) | Enrolled in nursery school or prekindergarten | Enrolled in kindergarten | Enrolled in first grade | Enrolled in second grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 20011 | 20051 | 1995 | 20011 | 20051 | 1995 | 20011 | 20051 | 1995 | 20012 | 20051 | 1995 | 20012 | 20051 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Total children (in thousands) | 4,586 | (102.3) | 3,990 | (3.2) | 4,156 | (5.0) | 4,642 | (105.0) | 4,586 | (#) | 4,926 | (#) | 4,149 | (75.6) | 3,831 | (#) | 3,717 | (#) | 4,025 | (76.7) | 4,333 | (#) | 4,118 | (#) | 3,777 | (72.9) | 3,934 | (#) | 3,900 | (#) |
| Percentage distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother's highest level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| of education3 | 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 | 16.3 | (1.27) | 16.4 | (1.26) | 13.8 | (1.24) | 6.8 | (0.78) | 8.0 | (1.26) | 6.8 | (0.76) | 13.4 | (0.93) | 10.7 | (1.31) | 9.5 | (1.16) | 12.3 | (0.99) | 11.7 | (1.28) | 10.0 | (1.20) | 15.0 | (0.81) | 13.5 | (1.26) | 10.3 | (1.21) |
| High school/GED | 41.1 | (1.51) | 39.7 | (1.59) | 37.2 | (2.18) | 30.7 | (1.27) | 26.1 | (1.59) | 24.6 | (1.34) | 36.4 | (1.19) | 30.3 | (1.86) | 27.5 | (1.92) | 34.9 | (1.53) | 30.3 | (2.17) | 31.1 | (2.13) | 35.6 | (1.44) | 32.8 | (2.11) | 29.5 | (1.77) |
| Vocational/technical or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| some college | 21.3 | (1.34) | 19.1 | (1.30) | 21.2 | (1.43) | 22.7 | (1.01) | 24.6 | (1.30) | 19.2 | (1.32) | 21.7 | (1.00) | 23.5 | (1.84) | 20.7 | (1.70) | 23.6 | (1.29) | 24.3 | (1.87) | 19.9 | (1.94) | 20.6 | (0.94) | 22.5 | (2.18) | 19.8 | (1.64) |
| Associate's degree | 7.0 | (0.79) | 5.9 | (0.67) | 6.8 | (0.82) | 8.6 | (0.72) | 7.7 | (0.67) | 8.4 | (0.71) | 7.0 | (0.68) | 7.6 | (1.18) | 7.7 | (0.96) | 7.3 | (0.81) | 7.5 | (1.01) | 10.3 | (1.22) | 7.6 | (0.60) | 7.5 | (0.92) | 8.0 | (0.99) |
| Bachelor's degree | 11.3 | (0.86) | 14.0 | (1.16) | 14.9 | (1.20) | 22.0 | (1.10) | 22.5 | (1.16) | 25.5 | (1.13) | 15.1 | (0.98) | 20.8 | (1.58) | 21.3 | (1.42) | 15.7 | (1.02) | 19.5 | (1.68) | 18.0 | (1.23) | 15.0 | (0.94) | 15.8 | (1.70) | 18.7 | (1.46) |
| Graduate/professional degree | 3.0 | (0.48) | 5.0 | (0.63) | 6.1 | (0.73) | 9.1 | (0.70) | 11.1 | (0.63) | 15.6 | (0.94) | 6.3 | (0.69) | 7.1 | (1.02) | 13.4 | (1.43) | 6.3 | (0.49) | 6.7 | (1.04) | 10.6 | (1.22) | 6.2 | (0.67) | 7.9 | (1.28) | 13.6 | (1.62) |
| Mother's employment status3 | 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 | 33.4 | (1.45) | 36.7 | (1.55) | 33.5 | (1.92) | 38.5 | (1.13) | 43.7 | (1.18) | 39.4 | (1.42) | 35.9 | (1.05) | 38.9 | (1.99) | 36.9 | (2.25) | 38.5 | (1.49) | 46.1 | (2.33) | 40.7 | (2.35) | 40.5 | (1.17) | 42.3 | (2.30) | 41.2 | (2.19) |
| Working less than 35 hours/week | 17.8 | (1.23) | 19.2 | (1.30) | 21.1 | (1.50) | 23.7 | (1.08) | 22.8 | (1.00) | 24.4 | (1.36) | 20.8 | (1.10) | 22.6 | (1.57) | 21.5 | (1.62) | 20.8 | (1.10) | 19.7 | (1.59) | 20.7 | (1.42) | 21.4 | (1.19) | 20.1 | (1.60) | 22.7 | (1.72) |
| Looking for work | 6.8 | (0.83) | 5.7 | (0.75) | 8.7 | (1.37) | 5.8 | (0.71) | 3.9 | (0.55) | 4.0 | (0.59) | 5.6 | (0.70) | 3.9 | (0.87) | 7.3 | (1.06) | 5.0 | (0.66) | 4.1 | (0.89) | 5.7 | (1.07) | 5.4 | (0.70) | 5.1 | (1.09) | 4.9 | (0.82) |
| Not in labor force | 42.0 | (1.68) | 38.4 | (1.48) | 36.8 | (1.79) | 32.0 | (1.28) | 29.6 | (1.27) | 32.2 | (1.35) | 37.7 | (1.18) | 34.7 | (2.16) | 34.3 | (1.99) | 35.6 | (1.57) | 30.1 | (2.05) | 32.8 | (1.97) | 32.7 | (1.30) | 32.5 | (2.22) | 31.2 | (1.99) |
| 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 | 22.7 | (1.21) | 14.1 | (1.07) | 10.2 | (1.06) | 16.1 | (1.06) | 8.5 | (0.81) | 7.5 | (0.90) | 19.4 | (1.24) | 8.5 | (1.22) | 8.2 | (0.95) | 17.4 | (1.19) | 9.1 | (1.18) | 7.8 | (1.05) | 19.5 | (1.34) | 9.4 | (1.07) | 7.6 | (1.08) |
| $10,001 to $20,000 | 15.7 | (1.08) | 14.5 | (1.19) | 12.0 | (1.14) | 10.4 | (0.78) | 12.7 | (0.87) | 9.7 | (0.75) | 12.6 | (0.87) | 14.1 | (1.51) | 11.1 | (1.05) | 13.2 | (0.90) | 14.0 | (1.45) | 10.4 | (1.15) | 11.6 | (0.84) | 12.4 | (1.33) | 12.5 | (1.39) |
| $20,001 to $30,000 | 19.1 | (1.12) | 15.0 | (0.94) | 16.9 | (1.38) | 13.1 | (0.81) | 11.7 | (0.74) | 9.9 | (1.18) | 15.8 | (0.76) | 16.6 | (1.41) | 13.0 | (1.32) | 16.6 | (0.91) | 16.5 | (1.71) | 12.3 | (1.32) | 16.5 | (1.05) | 14.7 | (1.54) | 15.4 | (1.71) |
| $30,001 to $40,000 | 16.2 | (1.00) | 13.6 | (1.07) | 15.3 | (1.27) | 12.4 | (0.91) | 9.7 | (0.79) | 9.9 | (0.91) | 15.1 | (1.12) | 12.2 | (1.29) | 11.1 | (1.14) | 14.1 | (0.85) | 10.3 | (1.16) | 10.7 | (1.42) | 16.1 | (0.94) | 12.4 | (1.33) | 10.6 | (1.07) |
| $40,001 to $50,000 | 11.0 | (0.74) | 12.0 | (1.05) | 10.3 | (1.12) | 11.5 | (0.96) | 7.5 | (0.68) | 7.7 | (0.64) | 11.7 | (0.88) | 9.1 | (1.16) | 7.8 | (1.07) | 11.1 | (0.77) | 9.7 | (1.34) | 9.9 | (1.14) | 11.3 | (0.92) | 9.2 | (1.08) | 7.0 | (0.87) |
| $50,001 to $75,000 | 10.5 | (0.69) | 18.8 | (1.31) | 20.0 | (1.24) | 19.3 | (0.93) | 21.2 | (1.09) | 20.8 | (0.97) | 14.4 | (0.82) | 20.9 | (1.68) | 18.4 | (1.46) | 15.6 | (0.84) | 18.3 | (1.41) | 20.4 | (1.84) | 15.0 | (1.00) | 19.6 | (1.80) | 20.3 | (1.56) |
| More than $75,000 | 4.7 | (0.70) | 12.1 | (0.99) | 15.4 | (1.30) | 17.2 | (1.06) | 28.7 | (1.09) | 34.4 | (1.13) | 11.1 | (0.62) | 18.6 | (1.30) | 30.4 | (1.54) | 12.1 | (0.73) | 22.1 | (1.86) | 28.4 | (1.56) | 10.1 | (0.79) | 22.3 | (1.78) | 26.7 | (1.83) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Figures exclude children for whom no grade equivalent was available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Table includes a very small number of older children enrolled in first and second grade and excludes children for whom no grade equivalent was available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Excludes children living in households with no mother or female guardian present. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Program Participation Survey and Before- and After-School Programs and Activities Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (ECPP-NHES:1995, 2001, and 2005; and ASPA-NHES:2001 and 2005). (This table was prepared October 2006.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
